Floating Gears

Correct. Shifting is feel. Shut off the radio, close the windows. Listen to the motor and the transmission./tires.

I never learned what RPM to shift at. Still can't tell you.

Mikeeee

 

Best advice I can give is don't rush it. Easy out and easy in, if you are grinding most likely you are trying to get it to go to early. Dont force it. It will be second nature in no time. I wouldn't look at the tach the truck and your ears will let you know when to shift.

 

So, If you were rollling in a particular gear, and I said "what would the truck sound like in the next gear?"

You could do it right? make a truck sound , just at a little lower tone, right?

Same deal, just let the truck R's fall down to the next sound level..put it in the hole, you can give a little pressure on the shifter where you can feel the teeth in the gear, but not grind out loud for all of god and earth to hear...

Unfortunately, if they let you take off alone, youd figure it out in 2 seconds...lol, the joys

 

1750 rpm's? 30 mph in 6th? wtf is 8th, 9th &10th just for fuel economy? I'm guessing you're not turning 1380 @70 mph then.
Sorry I can't help you on the conversion. I don't know how to DC. We didn't have those fancy trucking schools. I don't remember if I learned on sound or rpm, but I think it's all about the sound of the motor and visually how fast you are going. I know a lot of people run it up, pop it out and catch it on the way back down. I would say in lower gears I almost speed shift and on the high side I pop it out and in the next gear with in 20-30 rpm's. More of you know where the pedal should be than what rpm's it should be...

I'm definitely gonna grind some gears thinking about this and looking a the tach.

 

Personally, I think its totally fricken hilarious when a guy hops in and starts double clutching...It always scares me at first!! Is there a spider? wtf? Why you stompin dood!!!

Picture double clutching as fast as you can, starting with low gear....
(thats funny right there, dont care who ya are)

 

Some great advice for you in here OP. I'll reiterate what I think is important. RPMs are your friend, if you know the RPMs where your particular truck likes to shift when double clutching, it's the same for floating. Keep in mind what another poster mentioned in regard to not looking at RPMs alone - you have to match up your road speed, that can make things vary slightly, like if you're going up or down a hill. Your load will affect your shift points, i.e. whether you're heavy or light. You can go by listening to your truck too. All of these pointers are valid. Obviously, don't keep your eyes glued on the tach to the point where you're not keeping your eyes on your surroundings.

But I'd say the biggie is realizing what RPM your truck likes the gears to go in and out. That's your starting point. After that, you'll know if you have to consider your weight and speed if the gears don't slide in and out when shifting. If you can't get it out of gear, give it a little fuel.

 

Theres a reason why hurricanes are named after women,lol.

 

I went from double clutching to single clutching, and then I went to floating gears. That made it easier for me to learn. Make sure you still allow about one second for the rpms to drop when up shifting. It will take you just as long to shift a gear either using the clutch or not.

Always have the engine brake turned off when shifting, or you will never find the gear, because the rpms drop a lot faster with it on.