Approaching a stop

Bad things like in damaging the clutch or even damaging the gears in the transmission.

other mechanical issue such as U joints ext.. also can feel the effect of a float shift gone bad.

there really would be no danger in crashing.

Its a very common way to shift, many many old timers out here shift that way.

 

ok i would hate for my worst fear to come true (knock on wood) i love my husband very much and love that he out there making money for the family but i would be so devestated if i had to ever live without him and take care of our 2 kids but i guess thats every family member that sits ok home and really dont know what he has to deal with on a day to day basis

 

I must be confused...what is floating? did i miss something???

 

Essentially shifting w/o ever touching the clutch. Shift neutral shift into gear once rpm's fall to right spot for gear to go in w/o grinding. Just opposite when downshifting. pull stick to neutral raise rpm shift to gear.

Floating is the way I was taught to shift. Only use clutch to take off, and to stop.

I only learned double clutching to get my CDL. Which to me appears pointless since the RPM's must be matched eather way.

 

floating is where u change gears without using your clutch or at least thats how it was explained to me if im wrong please somebody say so

 

How do you shift these trannys without floating? I use the clutch to take the pressure off to get out of gear. Then when everything, RPM's/ speed, is right you push/force/slide/stuff it/ into the next gear. It's never easy. Well,,,, if you have taken the same corner many times before you can learn which gear it will slide easily into. I've gotten most of my regular routes down , But, if I have to drive a new one. It's like starting from scratch.

My brother lives on top of a big hill. Going up his driveway is like driving up the side of a ditch. Nobody with a truck can do it. In the summer I, and everyone else, gets a good speed up at the bottom then using a top gear chugs along until you reach the top. In the winter when it's slippery you have two choices. #1 Stop in the middle of the road select a gear ,like 3rd or 4th, and hope you have enough speed to get over the top without spinning out. Or, get half way up, spin out, roll/slide back into the middle of the highway and try again.

The feed truck driver who has been driving for 30 years can not make it to the top of the hill on the first try in the winter. Sometimes not even in the summer.



God, what I would not do to have somebody around who could teach me how to shift so I did not have to learn from scratch all by myself.