Learned to shift without clutch this weekend!

That's great, Ozzy. By the way, what kind of truck are you driving right now? I've found that clutches can vary greatly in terms of the amount of force required to fully disengage them, from the 80 lb monster clutch on an old KW to the light and easy 15-20 lbs of the modern Freightliners I drive now.

 

the clutches in the freightliners are the easiest in my opinion, the worst I have driven were prostars and got bad clutch leg within minutes of being in traffic jams, with the freight I can be in a jam for hours and not have clutch leg compared to those prostars.

 

Don't shift and do the stop-n-go in traffic jams. Get some following distance and try to keep rolling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ9DLSnbFTs&list=UUz8jzvWHJ1y9dijv9YdED5Q

 

I went from a ProStar, to a Cascadia, and I agree with you.

This is what I tried to do, but it sounds like the Smith system, and a lot of people on this forum hate the Smith system.

 

So what? They must be victims of the Dunning-Kruger effect. There is no better education and training for drivers than the Smith System.

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude.

 

that doesnt exactly work, 4wheelers do not let you keep a following distance, they think you are leaving that space for 10 cars to cut you off...

 

Slow moving traffic is an excellent time to practice floating gears. After some practice you won't need the clutch in traffic unless you actually come to a standstill. Saves a lot of wear and tear on the left knee, in the northeast anyway....

 

Odd I never have a problem keeping plenty of rolling room even in the worst LA or Atlanta traffic.