I recently graduated a cdl school that used only 10 speeds. I have been doing some driving for a farm while waiting for my orientation day to come around. All the trucks on the farm have thirteen speeds and i have trouble with them. Upshifting is okay but shifting them down is a real pain. I am use to using the addition method to know when to downshift ex: 1+5=6th gear. Any avice on the timing of a 13 speed would be greatly appreciated. Other people I've talked to about simply say don't split and drive it like a 9 speed. I don't want to do this because somewhere down the road(maybe years) the question could com up if I can drive a 13 speed. Any help or advice would greatly be appreciated.
13 speed
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by kammerbrad, Oct 11, 2010.
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13 speed, once learned, you'll never want anything else. I only watched the first video, so don't know if the others showed it, but you don't need to split the high side in every gear. What I did, and it depends on load, was to shift with the splitter on the low position, until I got to eighth. Once I had the rpms up there, I'd split to the high position. You could do that with a load as well, but your negating the advantage of a 13 then.
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