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Class Alien · #1 12-19-2006, 12:10 AM

I recently got my class A & have been accepted to orientation at Trans Am trucking. I have a few questions , if anyone can please help me.
At the school I attended all I drove was straight 10's I found out Trans Am has half its fleet automatic trans. & half its fleet super 10's.
What is the difference between straight 10's & super 10's ?
Also will they hold it against me when I do my first driving test that I have never driven a super 10 ?
Also if I get my choice between automatic & super 10 which would you
recommend I choose .
Any advice on these questions will be greatly appreciated .

millersod215 · #2 12-19-2006, 12:17 AM

All i can tell you is a super 10 is a bit tricky, personally i like them, i think they're fun to drive, but it's gonna confuse you for a while. There's no high/low switch, but there's a little button on the side of the shifter, you have the normal 6 holes, but each hole has 2 gears in it, if that makes any sense. So your low hole, has 1st and 2nd gear, and so on as you shift up through the gears, the thing you need to keep in mind is the position of your button, when your going from 2nd gear your button will be up, but in order to go to 3rd it needs to be down. Confused yet

Really though, it's not too bad, much harder to explain, than to actually just go and do it.

-FlyByNight- · #3 12-19-2006, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Class Alien

I recently got my class A & have been accepted to orientation at Trans Am trucking. I have a few questions , if anyone can please help me.
At the school I attended all I drove was straight 10's I found out Trans Am has half its fleet automatic trans. & half its fleet super 10's.
What is the difference between straight 10's & super 10's ?
Also will they hold it against me when I do my first driving test that I have never driven a super 10 ?
Also if I get my choice between automatic & super 10 which would you
recommend I choose .
Any advice on these questions will be greatly appreciated .

If I'm not mistaken, with a super ten you push a button to shift every other gear without actually having to physically shift the stick. No, they're not going to hold it against you that you've never driven a super ten. If you're just starting out, I would suggest you go with the standard over the autoshift so you can get more experience shifting. I'm sure you already read what I said about Trans Am on your other post here. Good luck!

classicxl · #4 12-19-2006, 12:53 AM

a super 10 has a spliter button on the side. each hole has two gears and you only go through the pattern once when on a straight 10 you go through the pattern select hi and go through the pattern again. dont worry you will figure it out and it is really simple

Fourcats · #5 12-19-2006, 02:51 AM

With the "super ten" you need to get your foot off the throttle for it to shift, you can hear it clunk in. If you don't wait for the clunk you get a neutral. :?
I had a real hard time getting past my "floating the gears" habit, missed a bunch of shifts :evil:

Good luck.

LadyNorthStar · #6 12-19-2006, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fourcats

With the "super ten" you need to get your foot off the throttle for it to shift, you can hear it clunk in. If you don't wait for the clunk you get a neutral. :?

If its "clunking", you got issues. Instead of just taking your foot off the throttle, preselect, then move the shifter quickly out and back in gear to shift it, that'll be easier on your clunkin tranny.

Sentinel · #7 12-19-2006, 01:58 PM

Here is a link to the Roadranger WEB site for the Super 10 transmission (as well as others). There is a very good video at the following link.

Good luck on orientation!!

http://www.roadranger.com/Roadranger...rText=super+10

http://www.roadranger.com/ecm/groups.../ct_056130.wmv

Class Alien · #8 12-21-2006, 07:19 AM

Thank You Sentinel for the Super 10 website link. It was very helpful.

madii'swife · #9 12-23-2006, 04:59 AM

Just had to step in here and say, that in our very recent experience the ONLY non-auto's TransAm has are in their yard, used for practice and testing. My husband's truck, husband's trainers truck, and every truck he's been in or seen was an auto.

madii'swife · #10 12-23-2006, 05:00 AM

Meant to also say, my husband just completed his training time, and has his own truck. If you have any questions that we might be able to answer let me know.