I like 13 speeds very well rounded highway transmission i normaly use an 18 or 10 speed nowdays love the 18 hate the 10 lol stupid 10 speeds try to do too much per gear.
Swift making it difficult
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Cw5110, Jan 8, 2014.
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What you're talking about has nothing to do with the clutch - that's from poor shifting on account of the driver, and trying to mash it into gear either too early or too late. Even the 5x4s, 6x4s, etc. required the same of the driver, as they were also unsynchronized transmissions.
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Hot oil trucks, casing laydown and equipment trucks, workover rig pumps, pump trucks, wench trucks, all class b vehicles. And dont forget you dont need a cdl to operate any of these on location.
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Also, my transmission rebuilder told me that no matter how perfect you are, or think you are, sooner or later everyone screws up.
As for wearing out the clutch, I must be doing that wrong too because I drive a '98 that we bought in '07 and it's only been adjusted a couple times.
Might depend a little on the engine too. I pull 80,000 in the hills with an M11 and that engine is a screamer. The tach needle moves like a windshield wiper so the window of opportunity might be smaller to nail the shiftI don't know. I do find the C15's easier to float. I can complete the shift faster with the clutch too...and that matters with 370 hp.
And I've ridden with a few "pros" that float their downshifts...or think they can float their downshifts. I can't bear to ride with them. I think they just get used to it. I don't believe any driver that says he floats up and down perfectly silent all the time every time. -
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The problem with double clutching may not be in double clutching itself, but you're talking about people who don't get floating right... let's talk about those who don't get clutching right. Because there's no reason I should be changing clutches in a 2012 model year truck, and yet I find myself doing that fairly regularly. -
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