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On da road!!!

johnday

johnday

The Crazy Scot, #3
Wow, what a day!! Put my first few hours of driving a "REAL" truck on the streets of Detroit!! First thing I learned, is that the first 5 gears are pretty slow. Second thing, some people will move for you.
Thirdly, it's not much like driving a manual trans in your car or light truck. With the transmissions in the big trucks, the gears are not synchronized, so you have to double clutch your way through, both upshifting and down shifting. I was always taught not to rev the engine when changing gears. When downshifting in one of these, you have to, or you don't make the gear. It can be a workout in the lower gears, from 6th on up, everything seems to smooth out very noticably.
Man, this stuff is fun, and to think I'm going to get paid for it too!!!!:yum:
:burp::burp::tiphat:
 
Once you have your CDL and are out from under the watchful eyes of your trainers, you'll soon learn that "float-shifting", meaning not using the clutch, takes a lot of the work out of shifting a big truck.

PSSST!!! ( I'll tell ya later how it's done!!!:hide: )
 
Thanks Jerry!!
Float shifting, I managed to do that inadvertently a few times today. I remember back many years ago, when my 340 Dart had clutch problems. The thing wouldn't disengage for some reason, so I learned to float it. Easy to do when you know about where your rpms should be!!:burp::burp::tiphat:
 
Trakternut said:
Once you have your CDL and are out from under the watchful eyes of your trainers, you'll soon learn that "float-shifting", meaning not using the clutch, takes a lot of the work out of shifting a big truck.

PSSST!!! ( I'll tell ya later how it's done!!!:hide: )
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Heh....I remember the first time I ever rode with an experienced trucker. I was about 19 (and knew everything :D) and Arnie was in his 50's. We were driving along talking (accellerating, decellerating, Chicago trafic) when suddenly, I realize he has his left foot lounging on the dash board! He had owned and driven his Tractor since the early 70's, and that thing was so tuned to him, and him to it that it was like riding in the smoothest Cadillac automatic transmission you have ever known!
 
SHE'S DONE IT! SHE'S DONE IT! I am so chuffed, I don't know what to do with myself, I am so proud. Mother and daughter now both have artic licenses, well it is up to you now, johnday, we are routing for you!
 
Congrats Ice Queen and congrats to your daughter. :beer:
Best of luck to her on the road.

Now John, keep us posted on your progress.
I think we'll be toasting with you soon. :D :beer:
 
EXCELLENT!!!!!!! That's just great!!! Congrats to Ice and Zoe, Now get in that truck and start turning some miles.

Has Zoe gotten any job offers yet? Seems here that with the driver shortage, that translates into no shortage of jobs. I was just offered a completley unsolicitated job tonight hauling mail.
Next Friday I'll know if I'm a success or not. I feel pretty confident, and not sure if that is good or bad.

Again, congrats, and watch popping any buttons, ya can get arrested for that overhere.:pat::yum::thumb::a1::thumb::a1:
 
Thanks folks, I will pass your message on to Zoe. We are routing for you Johnday, as I have already said.
 
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