Double clutch or Float. You decide.

but it floats so smoothly...

 

My trainer from werner didn't show me because he said got into alot of trouble for showing a previous student how to do it. Even when I had my road test with super service they told us strictly no floating. The guy even made a joke about it saying something about floating = failing. The first guy that went out said he completly forgot and ended failing for floating. They also claimed that they could tell by the transmission who floats gears and if they see a transmission wore out due to floating they were taking the cost out of the drivers pay.I wasnt too worried because I couldn't due it anyway.

 

Matt, It'll work fine until it doesn't anymore.

 

sometimes i try to shift with the clutch and it seems like i've never driven a truck before!! So i only use to clutch when starting/stopping

 

They can't determine if you float or not by inspecting the transmission gears. All floating will do is shine the gear teeth a little if you don't time it just right. It won't tear up the gears like you have been led to believe.

 

yep, only time you need the clutch is when stopped.

think about how many times your going to be shifting throughout the day. it'll take you a month to equal that in your car.

 

when floating, do you need to keep constant pressure on the accelerator, or do you release the accelerator, float gears, then accelerate some more?

 

You do it the same way as you would when using the clutch but without depressing the clutch and much quicker on the stick. Start off by practicing timing your 1st to 2nd shift many times, then progress from there to higher gears.

 

If your gentle and time it right it's less wear and tear on the transmission. The reason some companies say no floating is they usually have inexperienced drivers such as fresh graduates who don't have the timing just right and grind them in, and more importantly they don't realize if the gear isn't all the way in and they stomp the throttle snapping a gear.

This I learned from a driver of 42+ years and a company trainer/tester

 

You pull on the stick before releasing the throttle, once released it'll pop out of gear...time it (ie 400 split etc) and it'll slide right in. Make sure your jake is off while up shifting or you'll never catch it