13 Speed Shifting

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by BigMac1882, May 8, 2015.

  1. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    Maybe they can sell more trans that way. :) Funny, regardless of what features are present in a trans. they is a (cough) driver out there that can f it up. Lets not go into using a clutch mmmk.
     
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  3. Ezrider_48501

    Ezrider_48501 Road Train Member

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    i drive a 13 speed every day and i cant answer that question..... why? because it doesn't matter just drive the truck, driver.

    you say you drove one years ago, so assuming you have a few years of experience. you shouldn't need to be looking at the speedo to shift your gears. i rarely ever think about what gear im in just that my rpms are in the proper range for what im doing

    if you get stuck out of gear don't worry about the splits only whole gears grab a gear higher than you think you need to be in and rev it up, if it almost goes in at the top of the rpm range go up one gear, if it almost want to fall in on the bottom side of the rpm range go down one gear
     
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