Tame the Surge...

Personally I wouldn't worry bout it. Just take a bottle of ibuprofen every day for the headaches and enjoy the ride.

The beast is un tameable. It'll take a few months before you both get along.

 

Oh come on..... It's tamable, you just have to talk dirty and show it who's boss.

 

Agree, totally. Becomes 'second nature' in a short month. Put me in a box and I'm all kinda 'huh'????

Tame the beast, take over, own it. YEP.

 

@Hammer166 ................ since you showed up.. OFFER UP, man~! Six busted you out, haha!

 

I actually wrote a post on surge once upon a time... let me see if I can find it! Although a couple of these guys already nailed down the basics.

 

Pulling smooth bore tankers
Pulling smooth bore tankers

There you go, @G13Tomcat . That's a pretty good thread on the topic of surge.

And includes a rarity:

 

Great bump, man.. THANK YA~! i STILL learn, on a daily. 54 and learning.. sheesh.

 

One thing that has worked for me on steep hills. If I know it will require ultimately dropping down to 6th or 7th at 1500 rpm and 25mph or so, I enter the hill at speed and as I start slowing pull it out of 10th gear. As I am slowing, when I get close to 25mph I bring my rpm's up to 1500 and it slides right in gear. By the time it goes in gear, the fluid is at the rear already and I am at the right speed/gear/rpm to climb the hill. Only 1 smooth downshift.