Procision test track evaluation

Sept. 5, 2014
Reporters were invited to Eaton Corp.'s Marshall Proving Grounds in Michigan to put its new Procision Class 6-7 dual clutch truck transmisison through its paces -- taking a variety of medium-duty models up and down steep inclines to try out the gearbox's "Hill Helper" and "Auto Grade Braking" features, as well as acceration tests on the facility's banked oval track.

Reporters were invited to Eaton Corp.'s 600-plus acre Marshall Proving Grounds in Michigan to put its new Procision Class 6-7 dual clutch truck transmisison through its paces -- taking a variety of medium-duty models up and down steep inclines to try out the gearbox's "Hill Helper" and "Auto Grade Braking" features, as well as acceleration tests on the facility's banked oval track.

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