13 speed - why splitting gears when downshifting?

... does this sound like a tranmission busting driver alert or am I janking the dog's chain a bit?

 

on 13's and 18's i rarely ever split down when slowing down. split down when climbing a hill yes

 

you rang?

 

Depends on speed, cornering, weight.

 

Good post....might need to add what the terrain is like during and after the turn....up-hill ( steep climb or not) , down-hill ( again steep or not )...either way slow and steady is the best way....at least IMHO.

 

You might want the full benefit of the jake, if not don't split.

 

That is it.

To explain to a newbie. Running down a hill I might drop a half step just to let the jake be more effective or run the engine rpm under the limiter at the speed that I want to run on the hill. That is about all the effectiveness of the 13/18 in downshifting.

Running on the jake down the gears to get in low range or come to a stop by splitting is much less effective then taking whole gears. It is much more time consuming, more effort, and less actual (jake, compression) braking. Of course you may have to take one half step to get into low range just because the range shifter does not move unless you are in the lower half of the gear.