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How often do you grind?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by ethos, Apr 7, 2013.

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  1. Apr 7, 2013 #1
    ethos

    ethos Road Train Member

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    I am not talking the loud, this is my first day grind. Just anytime you get that slight noise and vibration. How often do you miss your perfect shift. For me very rarely except downshifting in low range. Then I often get a slight grind especially if loaded. Never thought to ask anyone this question, just curious.
     
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  3. Apr 7, 2013 #2
    dschmidt201

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    I suck at truck driving I grind all the time especially going into nuetral that's when I grind the most
     
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  4. Apr 7, 2013 #3
    AZS

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    happens every now and then, hell it's not even me sometimes, truck just wants to be stubborn and not take the gear even on the easiest shift from 7 to 8 accelerating on the interstate, done it hundreds of times at the same rpm but for whatever reason in that moment it says nope.
     
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  5. Apr 7, 2013 #4
    ethos

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    Lol, your right.
     
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  7. Apr 7, 2013 #5
    Blind Driver

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    It grinds at times, but it's never my fault. Stupid transmission.
     
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  8. Apr 7, 2013 #6
    ShooterK2

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    In a truck with an Eaton, I hardly ever grind a gear. The truck I am currently in, however, has a Meritor transmission, and, combined with the Cummins ISX under the hood (which drops rpm's extremely fast), I grind quite a bit.
     
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  9. Apr 7, 2013 #7
    snowwy

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    i'll grind when i'm tired sometimes. and sometimes when i split the gears to which i don't split that often. so i'm not used to the split.
     
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  10. Apr 7, 2013 #8
    Trucker Bug

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    Every day. It happens. Doesn't mean you suck at driving. Sometimes it just happens
     
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  11. Apr 7, 2013 #9
    SAMMY6969

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    YEA I GRIND EVERYDAY.NOT ALL THE TYM ITS MY FAUGHT.ITS THE TRANNY SOMETYMS IT JUST GRINDS...BUTT I KNOW WHEN IM REALLY TIRED I SUCK..AND THATS MY TELL..ITS TYM TO FIND A SPOT AND SHUT IT DOWN....SO DONT worry ABOUT IT,AS LONG AS U KNOW WHERE GEARS ARE AND WHAT RPM U SHOULD BE AT...
     
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  12. Apr 7, 2013 #10
    AchioteCoyote

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    I knew it wasn't my fault! It has been that stupid transmission all this time! Thank you! Thank you!
     
    AchioteCoyote, Apr 7, 2013
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