Eaton Fuller 10spd Arrgh!

Help I'm in CDL school, (not a mill). I'm using the tranny listed above. I run up to about 19-2200rpm, double clutch and at times the instructor says I'm forcing the gear, ie "banging the gear" I'm clutching fast, C-N-C-gear. Is it the fact that I'm shifting too fast for the clutch? Instructor keeps telling me its like a dance, to finesse, but I must be breaking dancing...lol. No pun intended. The rpms drop off fairly quick so I feel like I'm going OK. But I can say when I get right it feels great. Kinda like when your golfing and make that perfect swing, you can't even feel or hear the ball when you hit it. In downshift shifting, C-N-gas-C-gear, it feels like I'm pulling and using muscle to put it in gear, and/or popping the clutch. Once I lose a gear, I have a devil of a time getting it back in a gear, and that's when I'll rev high and cram it in. I so want to get this down.
Also, in doing these manuevers in heavy city traffic on city streets, lose a gear, then get completley choked, and before I know I'm turning and not even watching my mirrors or anything!! Arrgh! so frustrating. I'm ex military and ex fire department, so I don't rattle under chaotic situations, or even gunfire!! But for the life of me, I can't seem to control myself in the that truck!...LOL
Is this common? Will I get out of this? I've still got another week before my cdl test and then I'll do 10k miles with a trainer before I'm on my own. So far WSE's training has been top notch, I just want to excel, not struggle....Any thoughts?

 

Excellent thanks! Yeah that's about the right rpms I'm starting my clutch/neutral. I'll try that counting thing. Instructor has given me some good advice, but it still is coming slower than I'd expect. I wouldn't say my instructor is PO'd at all, I think he sees potential in me and is as frustrated as I when it comes to this...lol. I'm truly having a blast doing this and next week we're really gonna log some serious miles as it is our last week. As of yet, I haven't eased the shifter up to "feel" the gear, I've just been guessing as to its location and going for it...lol. I'll make the adjustments. Thanks again.

 

Dang that was sweet!!

My shifting sounds more like sasquatch is coming up from the tranny to kick my arse!!!

 

O..........M...............G What kind of medieval contraption is that?!?!?!?

 

Yeah we drive the yard alot doing our skills maneuvers, and to be honest in the yard truck I do fine!!! LOL that's the part that sucks, I know I'm trying to hard. Its like when I'd go watch my son play little league when he was a boy. He's try to hard to swing for the fences he'd strike out everytime. But when I was on duty at the FD and he played, he was a star...lol. Too funny, thanks I'll try to embed that into my head before monday....