Needing advice on keeping an engine good

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Thank you for the input from yur experience. The hills i downshift on most of the time i was barely up to 45mph so i would like to think i didnt have momentum. She has taken those same hills whilst i lugged her down to 1100. She never bucked or chugged but seein as my boss took forever to find the perfect little truck with everytjing he was looking for i would rather keep it working as long as it is on the farm. If it doesnt hurt the motor to charge a hil at 16 to 1700 rpms then ill proly do that, but other wise i just kind keep her at 1500 and itll take the small hills. On the highways when getting up to speed im sure i will see a better performance if i run her to 1600 and maybe do like you say progressivly shift. She builds boost wonderfully up until 9th, then she takes a little longer. This truck is an 07 so i assume an 07 motor. Cant say if the previous owners turned her down or not but i make it work. As i said in the original post i feel a 13 speed wouldve been a better mate. I feel motors should have the power on reserve so that if you need it you can use it but otherwise kust keep em up a little and take little gears. I feel that keeps and engine working a long time, but i cohld be wrong.

 

Ill try and remember not to shake her. It does not have a pyrometer and i doubt my boss will go for putting one in. Proly would think it is too much work and to just keep dropping gears if im worried, but ill ask. In honesty i dont think i have floored it going up a hill yet. In my head i just get to thinking if i floor it at the bottom of the hill then when she starts to pull down ill soot it up and choke her, thats the gas trucks in my system. I do question if an acert motor would allow access fuel to leave thru the exhaust if floorin it. Would the IVA emission system prevent the fuel from leaving and clog her up? Also, and this makes me think im a wannabe, but i can only anticipate hills and if ill have to drop a gear based on if ive encountered it before. I get to going off repetion because i haul the grain from the fields. I do try and size em up the first time and decide if i think it calls for gain speed and rpms before hitting it or if i can just keep cruisin at 1500 in tje gear im in and just apply fuel as i climb the hill. But im new so if im wrong help me out. And yes upshifting a 10 on a hill is impossible and i dont do it. I know the truck can build boost up to 7th but thats depending on the hill. If i know i cant then i just stay low and let the puddlejumpers get their panties in a twist. Ive missed a gear a few times on hills so far. I float, and hit the gears without grinding about 75 to 80 percent of the time. Want to get real good with no grinding but have never sat down with a true trucker to watch and pattern my rpm throttlin

 

Thank you for the input. Oil pressure drives at 40 lr above a little. Not sure what viscosity oil is in it. I have no boost gauge and no egt gauge so i cant watch boost. Rpms and how mucb throttle i give it is how i drive. I dont think i go past half throttle. Give her a little fuel before the hil to build boost and momentum then let her go down if she wants

 

Thank you for your input. Sounds like you were in a very similar situation as i am. My boss bought a short hopper bottom to keep his turning radius short so have hit 80k, i think i got to 75 or a little over with 798 bushel of beans. Anyway, yeah i have the concept of floating but sometimes wonder if im executing it wrong. Say on level ground when upshifting i take her to 14 or 1500 and then wait till 1100 and drop into the next gear, works most of the time. Downshifting on flats ill let her drop to 1100 and rev up while slightly holding her against the notch till she wants to fall in, little grinding. On hills though having to downshift i find i hit the gears perfectly as long as i take the rpms high enough but idk if thats right or if everyone has to just do what it takes to not lose a gear. I honestly feel like a wannabe but im not kicking a clutch that much. Pullin out of a gear really screws up my shifting and timing like 90% of the time, any advice on that?