Auto shift vs Manual!!

I enjoyed the autos in the ice and snow because you can still put them in manual and shift yourself and I never had no problems dropping n hooking the only difference I can tell is 10sd lifts a trailer that's low a lil better my guess is because of the delay on the autos getting fuel to the motor to get going and the manual you start to let off the clutch it's going and no delay

 

I learned on an 8 speed in school. Went to USX for a year and drove auto. Left US and went to a company and drove a 13 speed stick and it took about 24 hours to get it figured out. It's all in the persons ability to learn and retain skill.

 

Everybody grinds some learning to float. Most units you slip it out of gear and it will ease into next higher gear about 400rpms lower than you shifted. 13/18 will be 200 rpms if you are using splitter. Kind of like riding bicycle. All of a sudden you can float. Get with someone and go practice. Look around. It's sure not brain surgery. lol As for auto. If you are driver you will get right back into shifting after not doing so for some time. If you were good before you're not going to all of a sudden become some zombie. Relax.

 

I never learned how to double clutch so all I do is float them...just remember match your engine speed to your ground speed...I dont drive by the tach but sometimes it helps downshifting if you go 400rpms up it will go right into gear...I guess I can just hear when it needs to shift and when it will go into gear. I dont use the clutch unless Im starting out. My uncle has 2 auto shakers on his farm...they are harder for me to drive than the manuel just because I keep looking for the clutch and the stick...I have found that if you learn how to shift it comes back easily (I only drive seasonally) but if you understand how it works its not hard at all...good luck!!

 

until i learned to float gears (day 1 on the job) i never truly understood why trucks need to be shifted the way they are and why rpm's matter so much. i don't understand why floating isn't taught in the schools. nothing truly clicked with me till my first time doing it. sometimes i will still have to tap the clutch to get it out of gear though if i wasn't really paying much attention to my downshifting for example and let my rpm's get too low

 

everyone has had to just stab the clutch when they arent paying attention haha...but I have to agree with your post!!

 

When I switched from manual to auto I kept trying to push in the clutch and the guy giving me the driving test kept asking me what I was doing and finally told him trying to push in the clutch man lol now that I switched back to manual from auto I caught myself pushing the brake in and trying to put it in gear with the selector switch that the autos had lol

 

Learn how to double-clutch 1st and do it....floating will come later. Double clutching is as basic as learning how to turn and back properly....BUT it the most important tool in your box. If you can't move , you can't drive. Learn it the old school way is the best way...like riding a bike once you learn you will never forget it, may get a little rusty with an auto, but the knowledge is still there.

 

Exactly, I've floated gears from day 1, it's so much easier then double clutching.

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Originally Posted by Trucker79010


I don't even remember how to double clutch lol it's all bout floating

Exactly, I've floated gears from day 1, it's so much easier then double clutching.

Both of these comments made from guys that have less than 10 years between them.....Carry on...til you ruin a drive-line in bad weather or in the middle of no-where.....