Equipment

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.

Sean Kilcarr

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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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.