Question about manual transmission differences

There's no question there.

But I never had a problem and I drove stick before.

 

Same here. I think the main reason people say that is it's easier to teach someone who doesn't already have bad habits.

 

They're different but the same. Similar to how a dirtbike and a street cruiser bike are different but the same. They have the same basic operating principles, but you ride them very differently.

 

That's a good analogy.

 

There is no question.

No such thing as a stupid question. You have been told correct.

A car is syncronized and everything is done for you when you go from a stop to the second gear it's really easy. Nothing to really worry about other than stalling on first due to inexperience.

A car also weights only 2000 or so pounds. Its about a pallet in that trailer back there. Now imagine say... 24 cars in the box and now you are 80000 pounds. The clutch under your cab of a big truck is really huge. To start that load, you need to apply torque, get that clutch engaged and moving. Suddenly you are now at top horse power RPM time to shift... whoo still 8 gears to go.... plus the high range shift coming up in a few.

It's truly a big deal for a newbie to master a manual in school. Even more important these days than ever before.

Now I don't scare you with stories related to shifting... but I'll give you a taste. You are on Mt Eagle going up grade, she's feeling the load, no more 65, that goes bye bye, you need to down shift and keep the power on espcially. If you flub this shift and scratch (No syncro.,..) you need to go the second gear down to try and catch her to keep moving upgrade.

You will learn double clutching, you will also learn knee pain, that's about a 40 pound push you will be doing on those. And you will learn to like it.

We are coming into winter. Now is a good time to learn, get it all out of your system before you find yourself walking on water in Wyoming coming across Sherman Hill. The frozen kind into a wind that can and will push you over. But before we get that far out into your future, focus on school yard shifting.

 

They are right. Semi transmission & car transmission/clutch are used differently.

 

Once you've learned both, you will develop a natural instinct to instantly adapt between car and truck. It won't be a problem one way or the other. However, if you're NOW comfortable and natural driving a car stick, you WILL have problems in the beginning adapting to the way big trucks shift. But it's a learning (retraining) process you're just going to have to endure.