Shifting

Super 10 is awesome.

 

Check out this thread on page 6. This should help you a bunch!




http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...w-drivers/47214-eaton-fuller-10spd-arrgh.html

 

All I can say it take your time, to most people inclucing me down shiffting was the hardest but will come to you in time.. Don't get frustrated because that will just make it worse..

 

I'll repeat the best tip ever given to me by another driver/instructor.

Treat the truck like a woman (as in making love). Use two fingers to shift and don't "man-handle" the stick. Feel for the gear and don't force it in, it will go in when it "feels" right.

 

downshifting is more dificult than upshifting. reason being you have to raise the RPM, check your tach, usually (most trucks i have driven so far) 1500 rpm is about right,given you shift at the proper MPH .

 

yeah - it's gonna vary from truck to truck. My trainer's truck you down shifted at 1400. In mine, you down shift at *1200* (2005 Pete 379, 427K miles, Fuller 8 + 5)

 

my boss just bought a '06 kw with a super 10, can i shift this truck without going through all the gears? or do i have to split every one.

 

i like the speedo trick, add your mph's to know when to shift and what gear. 45mph 4+5= down to 9th. 35 3+5=8th, and so on.not sure if it even applies to every truck though! but its good for 10 speeds!

 

The biggest beginner problem is trying to rush the shift. People think the truck will come to a dead stop in a second (if going uphill), or become a runaway (if going down) unless they catch it instantly.

Not so. There's no need to panic. Just stab the clutch and get out of the gear you are in, pre-select the next gear with a flipper if applicable, stab the clutch again & rev with a throttle blip to just past the rpm you want (watch the tach), and slip into the next gear down. Let out the clutch again, and there you are.

Unless you are going up or down a really steep grade with a lot of weight---something a student shouldn't be doing in the early days of school---you have longer to get it done than you think.

Once the process feels "right" and makes sense, your shifting speed will increase of its own accord.