Proper method of downshifting/slowing down

I have quite a lot of experience driving straight trucks 6 speed and automatic but I don’t have much 10 speed experience and am wondering if anybody can help point out their method of slowing down while approaching a stop sign or light or a situation where you need to slow down because you may need to stop but also may need to keep going I am wondering with a 10 speed is it ok to ride the clutch while slowing down? If I am slowing down from say 7th would you stall the transmission like in a normal vehicle if the rpm were too low? Would I brake and then also clutch and if I needed to keep going shift into 4th or 5th or whatever gear I need to be in ?? I am good with double clutching properly and up shifting but for some reason I’m not sure how to properly down shift. It’s been 2 years since I have driven a 10 speed and forget what I used to do I probably slowed down in neutral and was riding the clutch while slowing down. I’m staring a new job and have to go for a ride with the boss and will be driving a 10 speed so I want to make sure I’m shifting properly

 

thanks for the reply! I did try to find some good to YouTube videos but almost all of them focus on up shifting it’s hard to find info on down shifting. I only drive straight trucks so I’ve never used a Jake or trailer brakes before. I think I’m way over thinking things and just need to get back behind the wheel to get a feel for a 10 speed again.

 

Thanks for the reply ! So do you downshift in correct order all the way from whatever gear you are in down to 3/4 or is it ok to skip gears on the way down

 

My issue is that when you are driving you aren’t rapidly gaining speed and going through the gears very fast but when you are slowing down you are slowing faster than you would speed up so the speed in which you downshift would need to be faster than upshifting which is a slower process. So I feel like skipping gears in the way down is normal practice but I do not have enough experience like I said it’s been 2 years since I have driven a 10 speed and I used to drive a 10 speed from Toronto to Sudbury on an overnite run once a month because that was the only truck that could run the reefer overnight all night and I got pretty good with it but don’t remember how I used to slow down there was a lot of gear grinding going on trying to learn floating the gears but after learning double clutching was much easier IMO as a new driver I just stuck to double clutching and never really had an issue

 

Thanks a lot for the reply ! Sudbury is definitely a bit hilly and now I’m in BC where there’s not much room for error so I just want to be as comfortable and informed as I can because the mountains and hills are no joke, I highly respect talented drivers who tackle the mountains with ease ! I’ll get there I need to learn about chains ⛓ now also and don’t want to look like the idiot new driver who has never used chains before... can’t wait