Is coasting in neutral bad

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by PermanentTourist, Feb 18, 2017.

  1. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume we're ALL lazy then. Cuz WE ALL float shift.

    The only reason the clutch is there.

    Stopping and reverse. Forward. And the occasional can't get it out of gear.
     
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  3. PROPANE

    PROPANE Bobtail Member

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    oh sorry, I edited mine post to say just kidding. let me up now.
     
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  4. fargonaz

    fargonaz Road Train Member

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    To the OP, go for it.
    I think if anyone else had bothered to actually read what you said, they'd probably still have their panties in a bunch. I'm too lazy and suck at shifting to bother with it.
     
  5. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Maybe you do.

    SOME of us do it the RIGHT way.






    :D
     
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  6. PROPANE

    PROPANE Bobtail Member

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    yep thats why you have a big right leg ,and a tiny left leg.
     
  7. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    My left leg swings the kickstand. It's bigger then the right leg.
     
  8. fargonaz

    fargonaz Road Train Member

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    Come on, that was uncalled for. I could make several assumptions about you, but that generally shuts down civilized discourse. Lets not take a page from the book of sore loosers.
     
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  9. PROPANE

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    to be honest, I've moved a 10 speed around in a parking lot, thats about it. I just have my Class B, and drive a automatic all day.

    but one guy who was a OTR driver, has his Class A, told me about slip shifting. and it can be done in a regular truck, in this case a f-250.
     
  10. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Well, he's right about one thing. The situation of rookies training other rookies while being ran as a team operation is unsettlingly common.

    Good trainers deserve to be paid at a premium.
     
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  11. MACK E-6

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    I would advise against doing that in a synchronized transmission such as that found in a pickup truck. Synchronizers do not take kindly to that.
     
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