What gear do you start/stop in?

i'd like to know what 123456 thinks was wrong with the guys shifting though?? i kind of had to teach myself how to shift. when i went to cdl school for the B license they only had 6 speeds. i went to work a lumber yard and had to figure out how to drive the 9 speed myself.

 

You're right when you know what you're doing. When you know how to match your road speed with the selected gear shifting is very easy and becomes second nature. The only problem with floating when someone doesn't know how to shift is you can bang a gear and do some damage. Not the grinding or rubbing we all do once in a while but a hard bang to where alot of times it pops out of gear. What I insinuated was that a driver should know how to shift in any condition and floating does not make you a truck driver like some have claimed. It's just common sense that you should take care of the equipment so it takes care of you. BTW, old timers think that shotgunning the engine on the up shift shows inexperience. When you know exactly what gear to be in at any given time then the truck is working for you.

 

o.m.d.,

It's just that some of us know better to run that low range so high. There's no reason to tack that engine to the max when in low range.

Take it easy on it. That and as soon as he's in high gear, he turns his jakes on.

Alot of folks do, just as long as you know what you're doing !! Which in a panic situation, most don't !!

Just like buttholes, right, it's my opinion ....

 

oh i didnt really notice, my speakers werent really loud. you've got one hell of an eye for detail lol. i only ask because like i said i taught myself and as i figure i do it right, just wanted to ask. i've never banged a gear like gashauler is saying though, definitely did my fair share of grinding them though.

the way i shift, i usually use all gears, when i'm empty i will start in 1st instead of low. i cant skip gears on the 9spd it chugs it way too low, i've got a tandem axle on a straight truck, skipping gears IS possible, but it usually runs the RPM's below 1000 and it doesnt like it, so i just dont bother doing it, i'm very fast, but am very easy with my shifter.

so basically i start out, i only go up to about 1200 maybe 1500, and i shift, i go threw my low range very fast, high range i go up to about 1600 or 1700. i found this is the sweet spot.

 

He really slammed it into gear when he was slowing down. From neutral to force into a gear like that is a nice shock to the driveline.

 

But he was cool..........

 

Reving the engine when up shifting. We had to do it sometimes when we had twin sticks but not since then.

 

123456 is right about running up to the peg. It's much easier on the engine to stay just a little below the governed speed. I really never bother to skip gears on the way up but going down I would. Like coming up to a light I would slow down and let the RPM's drop way down and then maybe go from 10th to 6th then stop. Or go from 10th to the right gear if the light changed to green. The whole trick is knowing what gear to be in at any given time. I would get better fuel milage by shifting as soon as I could on the way up. If the truck can accelerate you're not lugging so bring it down as much as you want.