Main Responsibilities. Marine engineers are responsible for the design, maintenance and repair of the various mechanical systems in a ship. A marine engineer often works closely with the architect who designed the initial blueprint for a shipâs structure.
The transmission wildcard here is the Ram truck. Ram doesnât offer a medium-duty-truck transmission in its pickup. So weâve chosen to compare the automatics from Ford and GM to the Aisin Seiki AS68RC six-speed found in Ramâs cab-and-chassis trucksâand not the 68RFE six-speed used in Ram pickups. Will this Aisin Seiki be the next transmission offered in the Ram pickup once its power goes up? We wouldnât be surprised.
Allison 1000 transmission. The 1000 series (and similar 2000 and 2400 series) is a line of automatic transmissions for on-road trucks. All are 5 or 6-speed electronically controlled units and are manufactured by Allison Transmission in Indianapolis, Indiana as well as in Baltimore, Maryland. 1 Allison 1000.