11/2 - Training

Good luck Rob.

 

Shifting on the Sims and real life are totally different, so don't get worked up about it. Just like shifting bob tailing and under 80,000 is totally different. Main thing is finding the sweet spot to shift at (1200 RPM) and then NOT PRESSING THE CLUTCH ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARDS. Which engages the clutch brake. Practice that on shifting, 3-4 inches depression MAX

 

I will tell you highway is dead on. I smoked the simulator but the truck I struggled with ( you will see my accounting of it on my 10/12 thread). Give yourself the space to learn and not overthink it. I will let highway correct but I do my lows at about 1 k highs about 1200. I downshift between 1k and 800 except for 10 to 9 which I found 52 mph or just under 1100 is my sweet spot.

Think Adams family theme for lows that snap snap is about the speed and for highs it is more like snap . Snap when up shifting in the tractor (freight liner).

I hope that helps and makes sense

 

You got it don't stress best advise I promise

 

This pretty much says it all. I never shift/shifted over 11500 unless I was going up a hill then that sucker was wound up as you loose a lot no matter how fast you are.

 

1500 rpm is way too high. Please check out the rpm ratio I posted. Also I think as doing the speed thing until two things happened. First I lost points on my final for it and my psd instructor told me I was too high. When I told him I was watching speed he told me two things. 1 shifting is about rpm's and moving properly (This will make sense very soon). 2 Speed is a great way to remember or regroups yourself on what gear you should be in when you get lost.

He said every student gets lost when they don't have it in the right gear or grind and don't find. Example I was coming to a toll booth. I downshifted like a Mack daddy and went from 6th down to fifth but that son of a gun would go in gear. I was at 15 mph and never needed to drop to fifth. I remembered what he said and bang into 7th and idled through.

I hope that makes sense.