I passed my road test today and was very close to stalling the tractor as I downshifted to 5th gear and made a turn to get on the highway. While turning in 5th, the tractor began shaking horribly to the point where it almost shut off. I downshifted all the way from 10th with no shaking. It only started shaking when making the turn.
Just wondering if the tractor did stall out, would it had been an auto fail?
Is stalling the tractor an automatic fail on the road test?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by bluejet, Oct 24, 2016.
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It would be in my state.
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If you're close to stalling in 5th on a turn, you're going way too slow. 100rpm is roughly 1mph in 5th. Close to stalling would be around 500 rpm. 5mph is a fast walk. Step it up.
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In Ohio, yes. So is lifting both hands and screwing up the break test.
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Assuming it was a 10 speed, yes 5th is the recommended gear for turns. In a 9 speed, 4th would be the magic gear, and in mine after the 9 was converted to a 13 speed, 5LO was the magic turn gear.
i just recommend applying a little throttle at the apex of the turn. Keep one eye on the left part of the turn, the other eye on the right part of the turn and another eye on the gauges to make sure you're above 1000 rpm. You don't want to lug and shudder like that. Stalling out is indeed a failure.Shows that the driver is not in control of the vehicle. -
Thanks for the tip. Thank god it didn't stall out. It was extremely close. As close as it could get.
Would have been a very dark day if I had failed again as this was my last chance.tucker Thanks this. -
Fail.
You are too wimpy to add power. And you need a eye on at least the Tach, keep it above 1100. Anything below that you need to downshift. Some trucks will lug down but not all.
The situation is made worse by tall fleet generic 10 speed gearing. I don't know how slow you are going, but you don't creep in a turn, add power and get in there. Let's go you will be upshifting as soon you straighten out. That is if you don't hear brakes in stereo or symphonic as several lanes you just cut off screech behind you...
You say shake, I call it bucking. Then it will slam you back and forth causing your foot to slam back and forth on the hammer the first time you slam back, it stalls. cough cough, making you look stupid.
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I always like to be in top gear of low range for turns. I'd rather have the RPM's up higher so I can always back off the throttle and slow down a little if I need to.
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^^^ He's right. Some of the drivers we had driving for one of the companies I wrenched for destroyed stuff at an alarming rate. In 12 months I seen 2 clutches lock solid, numerous clutch brake failures, even a couple thrashed transmissions from improper shifting and PTO engagement. Our location only had 25 units....
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