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<p>[QUOTE="rank, post: 3944662, member: 38931"]I taught myself to drive on a 1995 T600 with a 15. Took my test with it and passed on first try. That was a million mile truck. After I got my CDL I discovered that I couldn't get insurance unless I took a CDL course first so I signed up for one. They had a few new Columbia's or Century's or whatever....2008's I think wit 10 speeds. I couldn't shift them to save my life. I just couldn't get them in and out of gear they were so tight....and when I did I couldn't find the gate. The instructor thought I was lying that I had my CDL. It was bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Told the story to the head instructor and he said "I know, I can't shift them either". Apparently, according to him they did something to the transmissions around that time that made them shift different. He put me in an old FLD120 and everything was fine again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rank, post: 3944662, member: 38931"]I taught myself to drive on a 1995 T600 with a 15. Took my test with it and passed on first try. That was a million mile truck. After I got my CDL I discovered that I couldn't get insurance unless I took a CDL course first so I signed up for one. They had a few new Columbia's or Century's or whatever....2008's I think wit 10 speeds. I couldn't shift them to save my life. I just couldn't get them in and out of gear they were so tight....and when I did I couldn't find the gate. The instructor thought I was lying that I had my CDL. It was bad. Told the story to the head instructor and he said "I know, I can't shift them either". Apparently, according to him they did something to the transmissions around that time that made them shift different. He put me in an old FLD120 and everything was fine again.[/QUOTE]
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