How to recover from a miss shift downshifting

I used to over rev because for some reason I thought it would go into gear as the RPMs came back down. If I was over revved by just a little, it might work, but if I over revved by a lit, I think the RPMs would be dropping to fast.

For finding the right gear on a 10 Speed, I did okay with the Remember The 5s Method and even went to skipping gears better when slowing down.

The 5s means for example 25mph or 2 + 5 is gear 7.

Very often when doing a quick slow down for a a sharp exit, I would just brake while in 10th gear. Just heated the truck would lug, I would clutch while still braking more.

When I got to 15mph (1 + 5 = 6) with the Remember The 5s idea, I'd then go to Neutral, rev, and clutch to 6 saving myself several down shifts going from 10 to 6.

This is just stuff I worked out last time I was in a manual and it was working out for me. Others could probably comment or clarify things about how I was doing this.

 

I wanna get one when i grow up.

 

I know of many people who went to Schneider went they switched to automatics. Several of them saved so much time not having to shift that they were able to complete their doctoral thesis. They went from the school of hard knocks to ivy league professionals.

 

Yall are wayyyy behind the times. I've been using a direct drive system that connects the driveline directly to a centrifugal clutch. Just push the go pedal and you're gone like Frank Sinatra.

No transmission needed.

 

Direct drive has been around a long time

 

Based on your road speed, go for gear that matches your road speed.
In the high range, this memory aide helps me figure that out:
15 mph = 1 + 5 = 6th gear, add the mph numbers together to get your gear.
25 mph = 7th
35 mph = 8th
45 mph = 9th

If you are slowing down for a light, brake until 15 mph and then hit 6th gear, 6th gear is usually an easy gear to hit...plus you can then drop to the low range if needed. Or you can hit the brakes to a rolling stop, and pop into your take off gear. You don't need to downshift through all the lower range gears once you hit 6th....just find your takeoff gear as you roll up to the stop light.

6th gear is my best friend....need to turn while downshifting? Hit 6th, and then drop a gear or two as needed.

 

It's easy to know what gear to go in if you're using an Eaton 10 speed. Look at the speedometer. Add the numbers up closest to where the needle is. If it's showing 35mph, 3+5=8 so drop it into 8th gear. 45 would be 9th and 55 would be 10th. Of course 25 would be 7th and so on. A trick my trainer showed us and it worked beautifully with my first truck.

Edit: I just noticed the poster above me put the same info out there.

 

Grind it til you find it.

 

I tried this mathematical formula the other day. When I looked at my speedo it said 91 rolling across I-10, so I got on my calculator and done the mathematical equation....I determined that I needed drop it down to 10th gear. The result was I scattered my 18 speed transmission everywhere. What did I do wrong???

Also, so you run 35mph in 8th gear?

 

Grind em til u find em driver cmon!!