Super 10 advice

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  1. Hype6477

    Hype6477 Light Load Member

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    I'm going to be driving my friends super 10, what should I know. I never driven one before but I pulled an end dump for a couple years.
     
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  3. Woodchuck88

    Woodchuck88 Medium Load Member

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    Are we talking super 10 transmission?
     
  4. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Instead of throwing the gear lever to change gears & use air splitter to move between lo & hi-range you flip the splitter to move from even to odd gears. You only throw the stick on every other gear.

    Say you start in starting gear (1 or 2). Accelerate, at RPM where you would shift gears, flip splitter, lift off "gas" pedal, then mash on gas pedal. At RPM to shift gears, lift on gas, while in between gear position drop the splitter to low and put the stick in next slot. Accelerate, at RPM for shift, lift and flip the splitter.

    Until you are used to it don't skip any gears and plan on stopping at every traffic light. You use the splitter on every other gear shifting up & down, you throw the stick half as often as the 9/10 speed.
     
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  5. Sumtinlidat

    Sumtinlidat Light Load Member

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    10 wheeler with a strong arm?

    Watch how you take turns. Fully loaded it’ll be top heavy.
     
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  6. wsyrob

    wsyrob Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    This ought to help

     
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  7. BKLusk64

    BKLusk64 Light Load Member

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    Drive it like the high side if a 13/18. Or if you ever drove a single axle with a two soeed rear.
     
  8. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    You can split each gear instead of having a range sector in the "middle". They are nice.
     
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