New respect for truck drivers,
#11
09-18-2006, 12:56 PM
bobtail - first day in the truck IIRC. Haven't thought about it much as I never could see doing that again. Seriously - then again the guy I was with - needed the help - he had never driven stick before.......
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#12
09-18-2006, 12:57 PM
Yooper,
It also sounded crazy to me when I first heard it at the Peterbilt dealership. But, when I left I tried it and sure enough it crawls along but it can be done until you get to too high of a gear.
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#13
09-18-2006, 01:02 PM
Originally Posted by duck
bobtail - first day in the truck IIRC. Haven't thought about it much as I never could see doing that again. Seriously - then again the guy I was with - needed the help - he had never driven stick before.......
 They must let you drive it like that until you learn to shift... :?:
#14
09-18-2006, 01:07 PM
We did it one day - then we hooked the wagon on. My instructor was this old school O/O that never drove for SNI. He just took the job as trainer to be home. Guy used to drive a Marmon of all things. He didn't complain when I floated the gears but warned me that big orange wouldn't let that fly on the test.
Spent something like 10 days with the trailer I think. Don't really remember. All I know is I passed my cdl and they only took off 1 point for not backing up straight enough. BS - they never pass anyone 100%. Guy I was with - man he liked to go from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 5. Me I went 2, 4, 6 - get moving !!! :lol:
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#17
09-18-2006, 02:01 PM
Re: New respect for truck drivers,
Originally Posted by Jbroad572
.................. my instructor decided to take us on the road..... :shock: Is exactly how I felt.
I was frustrated by the time I was up, I think I shut the truck down 3 times, lots of jerking, but Im sure I wasn't the worse to ever come through that school. After I pulled over to let the next student go, I asked if that was normal and if most people have as much trouble. The instructor just laughed... ..............  ops: thankfully we were on a deserted street.
#18
09-18-2006, 04:24 PM
Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
Wait till you get real good. Dad used to work with a guy who found a way to take the old cabover Intl's with 10 speeds and go from a dead stop to high gear in about 2 seconds flat. He would go thru the washbay, about 80 feet long, starting at a dead stop at one end and be in high gear doing about 60 mph by the other end. Would run the engine up against the rev limiter and leave it there and just be snatching gears as fast as he could.
Same guy would bring a truck and trailer to the washbay in the winter and do a u-turn into the bay by dropping a gear, whipping the steering wheel around and stand on the throttle. The unit would basically jacknife and he would bring it out perfectly lined up to go in the washbay while sliding across ice. Dude was absolutely nuts but could wheel a rig around. I have driven a truck almost 30 yrs, most of my trucks being rather quick and could never do that. Please post these stories in the make believe forum...lol
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#20
09-18-2006, 05:10 PM
Originally Posted by ssoutlaw
Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
Wait till you get real good. Dad used to work with a guy who found a way to take the old cabover Intl's with 10 speeds and go from a dead stop to high gear in about 2 seconds flat. He would go thru the washbay, about 80 feet long, starting at a dead stop at one end and be in high gear doing about 60 mph by the other end. Would run the engine up against the rev limiter and leave it there and just be snatching gears as fast as he could.
Same guy would bring a truck and trailer to the washbay in the winter and do a u-turn into the bay by dropping a gear, whipping the steering wheel around and stand on the throttle. The unit would basically jacknife and he would bring it out perfectly lined up to go in the washbay while sliding across ice. Dude was absolutely nuts but could wheel a rig around. I have driven a truck almost 30 yrs, most of my trucks being rather quick and could never do that. Please post these stories in the make believe forum...lol
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