Floating Gears

He is talking about DOWNshfting boys...you don't need to increase RPM's when up shifting..only when dropping a gear do you need tobring RPM's up to the sinc point (sincronise the direct drive shaft with the gears spin in the tranny...maybe you both should watch the video again, it is explained in that..not real clear but it is explained.

 

I'm refering to "Shotgunning", which is what gashauler was talkin about.

 

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I know, I'm messing with him since I was talking about upshifting. :smt077

 

I was lightly patting the throttle to slow the fall of the rpms on an upshift, & this did make the shift smoother. I just got on a different truck with a 13spd and in the low range, I shift at 1000 rpms like moving a switch, a totally smooth non-event. The only time I throttle up is on a downshift. I will float on the downshifts in high range, but in traffic and low range, I clutch it..

 

Floating gears is an "art". If done correctly, will save thousands in replacement clutches. I was told the same thing....."You can learn to float gears in your own truck, not mine." Now the only time i use my clutch is starting and stopping, and dire situations.

 

I learned it in an old KW dump truck that had as much play in the stick when it was in gear as it did in neutral. These newer ones are way easier by comparison. Nobody really knew what the gear pattern was in that truck.

 

OK I get it..I got mixed with the mess..teach me to get in the middle of a conversation won't it?

 

HEY! I knew a guy named Art. He was pretty shifty and they found him floating... In the river... Coincidence?

 

Exactly. I have been trucking for 30 years and there are some times, particularly when climbing a grade with a load, that I do a full double clutch to make a smooth shift.

The rest of the time I float the gears, if that's whats is smoothest.

Heard too many stories from the "super-truckers" out there that they _Never_ use the clutch when shifting.

Fine, I guess as long as you own the rig, you can tear the thing up and its all on you. Personally I think these super-duper" truckers are lying, but who cares?

When I get in the seat of a truck its "my rig" even if I don't own it and I don't want to bust the transmission up, even if its owned by someone else.