schneider shifting practices

Totally know what you mean tallman, this is how i was taught over 8 years ago and i have about 6 seasons of ag in, so floating is second nature to me. it's just that when i've done it this way my whole life, and now i'm told to do it differently, now it feels like i back in preschool instead of college. how is knight to work for? i'd hate to jump ship, but if schneider doesn't pass me on the final test, due to the whole floating vs double clutching thing, they may leave me no choice.

 

yeah they want you to double clutch all the time, is what i was told. the double clutch down shifting is the hardest part of it for me as well.

 

totally agree with you ezx 1100, double clutching to me seems like a waste on the clutch, fuel, and seems like it takes longer. Now it's to get these other corporate dummies to see it that way, that seems to be the problem. I mean I understand that they may be using the clutch as a fail-safe to protect the tranny, lesser of two evils they problebly think, but aren't we supposed to be "professionals", if one can't float, especially the new trucks, myself i learned on a 87 mack daycab how to float, should one be able to drive and call themselves "professional"? just a side thought for corporate, and of course my opinon.

 

barchetta just missing you by a week, i whent to green bay just this last week for my first week of orientation. if you want name of the awesome instructors that i had, as well as the name of the personal instructor that helped me so much, pm me or my e-mail is jeremyrafferty99@msn.com. tell your instructors that jeremy says hi. best of luck to ya, and keep er safe.