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HEY ALL, JUST GOT MY FIRST TASTE OF TRUCK DRIVING, AND I CANT SHIFT A CRASH BOX WORTH THE LEAD IT TAKES TO DRAG IT OUT.. im used to japanese syncro imports,, lining up the tach and thinking about shifting.. what a pain in the ass.. wow.. you come to accept how much technology is able to advance.. :oops: anyway, it makes me appreciate equipment, that is hard work, but trucking is insane! eventually, i will conquer it.. but that will take tremendous amount of time, and no i dont like many of my class mates at jcc tech.. some of them i find intresting. but i need my cdl and certificate for work.. to haul and move the equipment and parts... so, i have a major hurdle to climb. and someday ill climb it.. and now ive just climbed it, as of april fourth two thoousand seven i have signed off on the 9 speed truck and the ten speed truck.. and passed my cdl backing test i;m fairly sure, ill look at the results on monday. so now i have my road test and soloing and i'll have it.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those trucks have dog box trannies because the dog style is way stronger than a syncro style. Important when the vehicle pulls twenty times the weight of a passenger car.
You will get the hang of it, after a while you will only use a the clutch to start from a dead stop.

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RedLanternRacing, builders of the fastest cars in last place.
Success is not an option.
1981 Scirocco, "Vera"

It only took 1 trip around Atlanta on I-285 during rush hour to convince me to stop double clutching. And only about 2 days to get good at clutchless shifting. Of course my old Datsun 510 only had a mear suggestion of syncros.

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George Bright Member # 141
One of the youngest of the old farts.
Yes I voted against you joining the club.

i just got qualified to drive the 9 speed truck the other day, block turn right hander and the whole match.. im proud of myself, part of the reason ive been absent lately, is 50 hrs a week at school :-)-

Pete,

Congratulations!

I sat in an F-750 at the Raleigh Auto Expo a few weeks ago. I thought the 7-speed in that was pretty impressive, but 9 speeds is ... well... 28.6% more gears! No one can ever call you shiftless again.

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Art McDonald
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2008 Dishman Cup
Pivot Cone Snob

Rodney is a waxer (but in a good way)

Good for you Peter. It just takes practice. Next up shifting clutchless and skip shifting.

Art,
9 and 10 speed setups are a 5 speed gearbox with a range selector lever. A 13 speed is the same with a second slider.

BTW I got my Class A license in Indiana where part of the driving test is backing the truck and trailer through a 3 barrel slalom. You also had too parallel park a 48 ft trailer in a 60 ft space. The first time passing rate was not very high at the 10 day school I went to.

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George Bright Member # 141
One of the youngest of the old farts.
Yes I voted against you joining the club.