[Graymist]

Have any of you guys tried neutral-shifting while splitting, with your 18-speeds ?

[wildkat]

Originally Posted by Graymist

Have any of you guys tried neutral-shifting while splitting, with your 18-speeds ?

VERY BAD idea Graymist, you can tear the splitter apart...PRE-SELECT all shifts, both range & splitter.

[Graymist]

Originally Posted by wildkat

VERY BAD idea Graymist, you can tear the splitter apart...PRE-SELECT all shifts, both range & splitter.

Interesting that you should say that, Kat. I, personally, have tried to do it a few times, with an empty single trailer & never with a super b, and ended up grinding the gears horribly, and that was the end.

I was told about this technique by one of our senior guys who does a lot of cycloning in the bush. Apparently, as per him, that's the way all the guys in the bush shift gears, in order to ensure that the gear never slips, once it's shifted into a selected position, especially in winter.

[COLT]

Originally Posted by Graymist

Have any of you guys tried neutral-shifting while splitting, with your 18-speeds ?

I don't know about tearing up the splitter, but a less experienced driver could find themselves out of gear longer than planed...

Why do people do this Grey ? Pre selecting is fast, I think it's an old way of doing things for older transmisions, or wore out transmisions ?

18 speeds are a must for heavy loads, that's why they exist.

The light duty trucks most everyone on this board drives, wouldn't handle one day with me... :wink:

I get 3 mpg. and I'm only loaded 1/2 the time :shock:

[COLT]

You posted when I was writing,

When the back of the trany gets old they tend to miss the split at the worst times :shock: Been there, done that ops:

Bush roads are places that a missed shift can be a ride down the hill backwards :shock:

Yah I know, if I had CHAINS on... BLAH BLAH :wink:

[wildkat]

I dunno Gray & COLT, I was taught to pre-select & the old guy who taught me used to rap my hands if I made the mistake of doing it in neutral, he told me it was murder on the splitter.