Mac 8spd maxitorque es t300

Most of us float the gears and never touch the clutch unless stopped.

 

First keep doing what you are doing to shift, don’t worry about what others do, you are you.

second take note of where you upshift, seeing you are using a 308 Mack, if I was driving it, I would split the second gear and go through the four others hitting 1850 and on the way down shift around 1200. But this is me, I’ve driven almost everything on the road.

 

Watch rpm’s when you shift.
Instead of 400 rpm’s be probably closer to say 600 rpm’s between gear, be same when downshifting go to a grand then bump it up to that many and it’ll fall into gear

 

Maxi torque transmissions are some of the biggest piles of crap right next to meritor, usually about the time I remember how to shift them is when it’s time for me to get back into my own truck

did you mention what was under the hood or did I miss it? Don’t know a lot about the new ones rpm wise, but the old 237/300/350s low rpm was 1200 up to 2100 I think?

 

Is that the 8 speed with the blue range selector? If I remember right you shift 1-2 select high range then 3-8. Try allowing 400 rpms between 1-4 and maybe 500 between 4-7. Probably 550 between 7-8. Those Maxitorque transmissions are some of the most arrogant transmissions I've ever ran, but they're definitely the toughest. If you can learn to shift one of those you'll be able to drive anything