Wowww That Really Isn’t That Hard I really touught it was harder than that i heard you can even drive as you driving a 10 speed but only until 8th gear idk if thats true
@Perseus1275 tbh it’s a whole lot easier to shift a 13 speed than it is a 10. Most of the time you’re going to start in 4th, so you go 4-5 then flip the switch for the high stage and do all your highs and lows. But once you get up to speed and your on the highway, climbing a hill you have more control and power. Once you start to climb a hill with a 10 speed, you need to: push in the clutch, take the gear out of its position, give the engine some throttle to drop the gear. With a 13 speed you can shift to the low gear while applying throttle and simply release the throttle to go into 10-low. You still have to use the same technique as a 10 speed when going from 10 low to 9 high but not as often which smooths out your ride.
You actually explained it very well, I really want to learn how to go thru the gears while driving down the road, I’ve moved a 13 speed T680 but it was around the yard because the tech that was woking on it didn’t know how to drive manual and even then it felt really cool to move a truck like that
2 things I loved about driving was shifting and backing up. During the day I worked the yard in a shunt truck and the afternoon was spent on the big city roads delivering loads or picking up usually either hanging meat or boxed meat. That boxed meat was heavy but kept me in shape. Too old for that now. Excellent video
As a rookie i drove a 13 speed kay double ya in a concrete mixer. Fun times and also nail biters.. but now being experienced for 7 years I get a smile on my face remembering.
You did a better job explaining than my brother-in-law, who spent way too much time either laughing or swearing at me. 13-speed and a ten-yard dump back in the day.
So I've been out of trucking about 1.5 years went through a rough time in life Yada yada...but I just got my cdl transferred to OK, got my medical card I was worried I might of forgot how to float, but watching your video brought back alot of memories very informative thanks buddy.
I had to slipseat into a 13-speed on one day's notice. I had never driven a 13-speed before, only 8s, 9s, 10s and Super 10s. I watched this video the night before getting into a 13-speed for the first time, and I was able to drive it with no problems. Thanks Alex!
I get overwhelmed with information really easily, but this felt totally comfortable to me! I just play truck sims and simply assumed the gearshift was massive, but now I know it's a layered thing
Not many people knows this, but if you put it into low gear, while the ranger is up, you can use it as a 4th gear. It's very useful when going around a corner and you're too lazy to flip the ranger down and back up again to go into 4th. Or you can go from 3rd to Low, then use the splitter to go into 4th hi. This really changes the way you drive the truck
When you downshift, blip the throttle to get the RPM where it should be when the transmission shifts into the lower gear. It helps if you had a motorcycle at some point when you were a kid. My first car was a standard transmission with synchromesh gearing and my GSXR (sportbike)also required good shifting skills. Kids today have little opportunity to learn to shift in their cars, so taking the CDL is their first time.
Video was perfect. I just talked to my boss today about getting into a 13 speed brand new truck, & it will be my first manual. Thank you for this video bro
Best way to learn is just to experience it. A 13 speed works in an H pattern and to split the gears, it brings your RPM’s about halfway down in your sweet spot when you put it in the high of that gear. With a 10 speed, you have to pull it clear over to the left and back to put it into 6th gear. Your low range only helps to gain momentum from a dead stop.
I ain’t gonna lie I was confused at the beginning but once you were explaining as you drove it made a lot more sense. I’m going to reserve a spot in class to get my CDL hopefully in February, ready to start driving.
That's interesting. I'd never become a trucker but that gave me more of an understanding on how a 13 speed works. 1st thru 4th, 5th, 5th high, 6th low, 6th high, etc. I never knew what high and low gears meant and thought there was actually 13 gears
Best way I learned is to be gentle with both the throttle and the gear shift. Just let the throttle float down until you can gently pull out of gear, don't let off the throttle all at once. The trick is to eliminate any pressure on the actual gears inside the transmission so they're not binding and can easily disengage.
I also noticed how he floated his gears. This was by far the best explanation that I've found on the topic of shifting. The only way to drive a big rig.
Black "needle" is the Range selector. Red "needle" is the Splitter. The gear you are trying to call 12th is 8 Lo. Use to be 8 Direct before the Direct and Overdrive splits had to be dumbed down to Lo and Hi.
I thought the splitter in the up position was direct and the splitter down is low. Because how I picture it all working, is the auxiliary box is just a reducer, (splitter switch down activates it.) and the splitter up is using main box ratios with the auxiliary box in a direct or pass through state. ?
i don't know if we have the 13 speed/ shift in sweden but i was so stressed about the gear part of my training and now i feel calmer. like it's just a much bigger version of a car, so thank you for that
You nailed it man!! Explained it in simple working man's language, i have watched some video's done by experts 🤔 and I'm none the wiser, feel i could drive one of these transmissions after 5mins watching you
At first was confusing on after 4th gear, then to go to 5 low, was the needle, 5 high red needle, and so on. Was better understanding when you got the rig out on the road...THANK YOU for this! NOW I understand even better!
The reality of the situation is you don't even need to drive it like a 13 speed. Just an 8 speed. 1,2,3,,4...splitter, 5,6,7,8 and then when ur over 60mph on the highway, flip the red switch, let off the gas, and then accelerate again, puts it in the final gear. When slowing down off highway, let off gas, flip switch back, then accelerate, moves it back to 8th and you can downshift like normal etc. That's the way my instructor taught me.
Can you please do another video downshifting? Downshifting to come to a complete stop and downshifting to come to a slow roll? I can shift well, but for some reason I struggle to down shift
Downshifting is more difficult than upshifting when first learning to float gears…most people get the upshifting nailed down before really getting downshifting mastered.
I learned on that exact transmission. I was doing dirtwork building an offramp, the one and only time i snapped the driveline... lol that was fun. The road is calling me back after a 12 year vacation.
In my 8th month experience in driving car I have drive a lot petrol cars and other many diesel cars with synchronized manual gearbox. Every time who I want to start my driving the car from parking position first I found my throttle and after release the clutch slowly that exact my teacher told me! Now the floating manual gearbox the clutch you have only start the semi truck from the beginning point, I know does works the floating gears! I know the semi truck is very differently from the Regular car. I have experience only with manual gearbox!
Biggest vehicle I've driven was a 5spd 5ton so I always assumed semi's were the same with 13 gears/slots to go through and I always wondered how they kept track of which gear they were in 🤣. This seems much easier and manageable 👍
The first time I drove a semi truck it was my dads 18 speed Volvo. (I live in the country) I drove down our road and I floated the gears not perfectly but pretty good for my first time and I double clutched perfectly according to my dad that was like a couple months ago and I’m 12 lol
I understood most of the things you mentioned, my uncle showed me today and it was essentially what you described. He put me to practice and the truck did stall and I let my nerves get to me but it was my first time. I’m sure as I gain more experience I won’t have to worry anymore about worrying hehe. 😅
i learned the 18 speed in a truck simiulator. Once i learned i could float gears i was so much happier. I love watching people explain how to float and double clutch gears, not sure why, but i do. that was a good demonstration. im curious if you were heavy in this video? in the simulator when im light, i start in 3rd, float to 5th, float to 7th until im up to speed. i only use 1st, 2nd, and 4th when heavy. Do you ever shift this way in those situations or do you always go in order regardless?
If you’re at the right speed then yeah I suppose you could skip gears. In my rather limited experience using a manual, it was easier to skip gears when I downshifted. Going from 60mph at 13th gear I could slow down in neutral and put it a different gear depending on the speed. Didn’t do it much mind you, just if I ever lost my gear when downshifting one gear at a time 😅
@@antonioparker5734in a simulator you will learn to tell by how fast your going, which will change with incline and decline, and weight of your load. I only assume that's irl as well.
Only if you want to replaces clutches and rebuild transmissions. Or if you have a synchronized transmission. Otherwise no it's better not to use the clutch
Really? Back in the 80's I drove city busses that were automatics but never heard of trucks that were automatic. Do you have any idea why the US and Europe are flipped? In the US there're many, many people who have never been exposed to manual transmission cars. I prefer a manual on open roads but in city traffic an automatic is much easier.
Thanks man! I'll be training on a manual transmission and opted for gear floating. This really helps to let me know what I'm in for! Solid instructional video brother 👍
Seems pretty straight forward, a lil hard to see how you were doing the gas pedal, but it sounded like just goose it, let off gas, shift, then back in.. Got it. Thanks bud
You made it easy, I already knew how to drive manual cars but definitely not trucks. It's basically the same process except you do not the clutch very often and more gears..
Just like driving your manual car without the clutch. I did that all the time back in the day. It's something you have to just do a few times to get the feel for it. But once you've got it, you'll never forget.
There are two types of 13 speed transmissions. One has a black splitter which splits the lower 5 gears and one is red which splits the upper 5 gears. Construction vehicles like dump trucks tend to have the black splitter for low range splitting. The 18 speeds have the blue splitter.
As a older long distance big rig driver heavy hauler I'm telling you take these shifts videos extremely light they are dangerous and can get someone hurt 🤕 what they show you is flat land and no threats if you think I'm lying 🤥 see if can find any videos of someone fully loaded going up a 12% up grade hills or down grade shifting gears without a clutch especially this guy with a engine factory set at 1500. Danger # 1 going down hill if you get out of gear and no matching rpm to get back into gear now you have a runaway danger # 2 up hill at 12% if you didn't double clutch it will not go back in gear now a rollback potential😮
The ability to float gears saved me when I lost the hydraulics in my clutch in an old Civic. I drove about 30 miles including freeways. The catch was I had to use the starter in 1st gear to get the car moving.
Great video! Right now my truck is being upgraded from a 10 speed to a 13 and also gear ratio upgrade on my differentials. Thanks for the video it will help.
It was cool. I already know how, but please show the downshift process for those who don't. Even on a trans with full synchro, there's generally a bit of wear, so double-clutching makes life easier when you know what it's about. Cheers.
very clear and concise. Just passed my air brake course today, and will start driving school next week. thanks for calming my nerves, at least for now! hahah
No shot you recorded this on my highway (I work for CalTrans). I know exactly where you were lol. That's the end of my northern boundary. Hopefully you're one of "them", but thank you guys for moving over for us. Only the semi trucks pulling big trailers actually get over. The other heavy trucks just don't care and will stay in the lane closest to where we are, creating a more dangerous environment for us.
Thanks!! I knew how to do double clutch, but its tiresome and annoying...and for most of the time ive drove a semi ive been in an auto truck delivering welding gases and other Hazmat stuff and now switching jobs and will sometimes be in manuals now so this will help. I already can do smooth clutchless shifting on my motorcycle so the way you let off and wait till it falls in and blipping throttle to get it to drop into lower gears made sense pretty quick!
Tryna get my CDL so I can getta job with the city and I have to learn a 13 spd or 18spd. But I will never use the 18 so I’m tryna learn 13. This was super helpful to understand how all the gears work and where they’re located.
Splitter positions are designed as direct and overdrive. (Not low and high) Remember always pre select range changes and splitter selection. Very important for transmission and proper operation folks 👍
Interesting how this was recommended a day after I had a conversation with a trucker buddy about how shifting in a semi works and how it's different from a car.
Thank you, I've always been wondering how to shift in trailer truck. This video makes clear of it. I wish I had a chance to test drive a trailer one day.
Im brand new at anything manual lol my friend is about to teach me in a 1993 dodge d350 Cummins dually, big bastard. Going to study hard and do my best and hopefully by a few months of learning in a light truck and studying the truck driving book, hopefully i will gain some knowledge of what to do instead of just going to the school not knowing anything at all. The school is also only a 13 speed
I Love the 18 speed because you don't have to really split gears unless you want to drive it like a 8 speed. I do want to learn how to drive a 13 speed I'm more of a hands on learner. My dream truck is a freight liner classic xl .
There’s actually a video by Eaton fuller on how to drive these, they say specifically don’t give it any throttle until the clutch pedal is all the way out because the engines are programmed to do it for you to minimize clutch wear
Ok, by far the best video on shifting a 13 speed! Thank you!
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Now I feel confident on shifting a simi and without clutch. Doesn't seem too hard. Awesome video and shifting man! 👍
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Wowww That Really Isn’t That Hard I really touught it was harder than that i heard you can even drive as you driving a 10 speed but only until 8th gear idk if thats true
Depends on the truck
@Perseus1275 tbh it’s a whole lot easier to shift a 13 speed than it is a 10. Most of the time you’re going to start in 4th, so you go 4-5 then flip the switch for the high stage and do all your highs and lows. But once you get up to speed and your on the highway, climbing a hill you have more control and power.
Once you start to climb a hill with a 10 speed, you need to: push in the clutch, take the gear out of its position, give the engine some throttle to drop the gear. With a 13 speed you can shift to the low gear while applying throttle and simply release the throttle to go into 10-low. You still have to use the same technique as a 10 speed when going from 10 low to 9 high but not as often which smooths out your ride.
@@pastexpiration2160yea bro it’s hella easy lmfao it’s intimidating but really shouldn’t be
Instructions unclear I flipped the semi
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You actually explained it very well, I really want to learn how to go thru the gears while driving down the road, I’ve moved a 13 speed T680 but it was around the yard because the tech that was woking on it didn’t know how to drive manual and even then it felt really cool to move a truck like that
2 things I loved about driving was shifting and backing up. During the day I worked the yard in a shunt truck and the afternoon was spent on the big city roads delivering loads or picking up usually either hanging meat or boxed meat. That boxed meat was heavy but kept me in shape. Too old for that now. Excellent video
As a rookie i drove a 13 speed kay double ya in a concrete mixer. Fun times and also nail biters.. but now being experienced for 7 years I get a smile on my face remembering.
As a kid, I used to ride an 18-speed bike. Now that I am older, I get a smile on my face thinking about it. THAT'S HOW DUMB YOUR COMMENT WAS.
Explained it fast and easy, better than any other video explaining for like 20 min straight and then driving for like 3 mins😂👏🤙🏻🤙🏻
You did a better job explaining than my brother-in-law, who spent way too much time either laughing or swearing at me. 13-speed and a ten-yard dump back in the day.
Wow! You made it easy to understand how to do it.
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Don’t lie, you’re just brown nosing lol
So I've been out of trucking about 1.5 years went through a rough time in life Yada yada...but I just got my cdl transferred to OK, got my medical card I was worried I might of forgot how to float, but watching your video brought back alot of memories very informative thanks buddy.
I had to slipseat into a 13-speed on one day's notice. I had never driven a 13-speed before, only 8s, 9s, 10s and Super 10s. I watched this video the night before getting into a 13-speed for the first time, and I was able to drive it with no problems. Thanks Alex!
You can do it with any manual shift transmission .I float gears in cars ,not as easy
Any big truck with a manual you can float gears with proper RPM. Class 8 trucks ,some class 7 trucks
I’ve only driven 10spds for 20 yrs but you were very helpful. I’ve watched other videos where they drag on and talk. Thank you for the visual lesson
I get overwhelmed with information really easily, but this felt totally comfortable to me! I just play truck sims and simply assumed the gearshift was massive, but now I know it's a layered thing
What truck sims do use?
@@mahlz24 American Truck Simulator on Steam, it's a game and it costs money
ATS is so much fun, it's making me want to try it for real 😆
Two-speed rear axles, Brownies, splits, 9, 10, 13, 15, and 18-speeds...drove them all. The 13-speed was my favorite.
Not many people knows this, but if you put it into low gear, while the ranger is up, you can use it as a 4th gear. It's very useful when going around a corner and you're too lazy to flip the ranger down and back up again to go into 4th. Or you can go from 3rd to Low, then use the splitter to go into 4th hi. This really changes the way you drive the truck
Good to know. I like the Eaton super 10 myself.
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@@danp7463 I'm talking about the 13 and 18 speeds transmissions. 10 speeds don't have low gears
@@hopeimright2026 The thing you flip up and down to go from low range (Low 1 2 3 4) to high range ( 5 6 7 8)
@@CestBonPourVous o ok
When you downshift, blip the throttle to get the RPM where it should be when the transmission shifts into the lower gear.
It helps if you had a motorcycle at some point when you were a kid.
My first car was a standard transmission with synchromesh gearing and my GSXR (sportbike)also required good shifting skills.
Kids today have little opportunity to learn to shift in their cars, so taking the CDL is their first time.
I listened from the first to the end it's not confusing at all it's very good you should be a teacher for some people how they're driving a truck
Video was perfect. I just talked to my boss today about getting into a 13 speed brand new truck, & it will be my first manual. Thank you for this video bro
Best way to learn is just to experience it. A 13 speed works in an H pattern and to split the gears, it brings your RPM’s about halfway down in your sweet spot when you put it in the high of that gear. With a 10 speed, you have to pull it clear over to the left and back to put it into 6th gear. Your low range only helps to gain momentum from a dead stop.
I ain’t gonna lie I was confused at the beginning but once you were explaining as you drove it made a lot more sense. I’m going to reserve a spot in class to get my CDL hopefully in February, ready to start driving.
That's interesting. I'd never become a trucker but that gave me more of an understanding on how a 13 speed works. 1st thru 4th, 5th, 5th high, 6th low, 6th high, etc. I never knew what high and low gears meant and thought there was actually 13 gears
It’s been years since I drove a 13 speed.I watched ur video to refresh myself b4 I start my new driving Job,So Thank U 😎
Best way I learned is to be gentle with both the throttle and the gear shift. Just let the throttle float down until you can gently pull out of gear, don't let off the throttle all at once. The trick is to eliminate any pressure on the actual gears inside the transmission so they're not binding and can easily disengage.
Thank you for this! I've been struggling with the accelerator and how much throttle to give it. Perfect explanation.
I also noticed how he floated his gears. This was by far the best explanation that I've found on the topic of shifting. The only way to drive a big rig.
yea and grinded on that last shift lol... oops
Black "needle" is the Range selector. Red "needle" is the Splitter. The gear you are trying to call 12th is 8 Lo. Use to be 8 Direct before the Direct and Overdrive splits had to be dumbed down to Lo and Hi.
Yea never heard of the term "needle" used before lol
I thought the splitter in the up position was direct and the splitter down is low. Because how I picture it all working, is the auxiliary box is just a reducer, (splitter switch down activates it.) and the splitter up is using main box ratios with the auxiliary box in a direct or pass through state. ?
@@johnstarks5323 No, not in this 13 speed with the red button/selector. There are deep reduction transmissions available with a blue button/selector.
I was told many years ago not to "pre select" your split !
You flip your splitter as you're moving the shifter through the gate !
@@richardswann5300 There is an instructional video directly from Eaton on TH-cam that tells you to pre-select the Range shift and the split.
i don't know if we have the 13 speed/ shift in sweden but i was so stressed about the gear part of my training and now i feel calmer. like it's just a much bigger version of a car, so thank you for that
This really taught me even more because I drive only 8 & 10 speeds and never experienced more than 10, Thank you👍👍
Same here
Yup, 13 and 18 speeds sound way more scary than they are.
Thank you. I’ve been a trucker driver for almost 10 years and have only driven automatics. Hoping to get my restriction off so this helps.
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You nailed it man!! Explained it in simple working man's language, i have watched some video's done by experts 🤔 and I'm none the wiser, feel i could drive one of these transmissions after 5mins watching you
Thanks bro I can break into them I just need to know how to drive em. If you got any videos on how to hotwire that would be great! Thanks bro
At first was confusing on after 4th gear, then to go to 5 low, was the needle, 5 high red needle, and so on. Was better understanding when you got the rig out on the road...THANK YOU for this! NOW I understand even better!
The reality of the situation is you don't even need to drive it like a 13 speed. Just an 8 speed. 1,2,3,,4...splitter, 5,6,7,8 and then when ur over 60mph on the highway, flip the red switch, let off the gas, and then accelerate again, puts it in the final gear. When slowing down off highway, let off gas, flip switch back, then accelerate, moves it back to 8th and you can downshift like normal etc. That's the way my instructor taught me.
Not sure why TH-cam recommended this to me. I don't even know how to drive a car. But great video!
My dad was trying to test me with the road ranger and I drove it cuz of this video. I am literally 13 gears old. Very proud of myself.
Can you please do another video downshifting? Downshifting to come to a complete stop and downshifting to come to a slow roll? I can shift well, but for some reason I struggle to down shift
Downshifting is more difficult than upshifting when first learning to float gears…most people get the upshifting nailed down before really getting downshifting mastered.
I learned on that exact transmission. I was doing dirtwork building an offramp, the one and only time i snapped the driveline... lol that was fun. The road is calling me back after a 12 year vacation.
Thanks for the info! Explained it pretty good. I've never had to drive anything higher than a 10 speed but always to expand my driving ability
This is probably the best explanation and demonstration I have seen
Am always proud of you am in Kenya my dream is to be a semi truck like u
In my 8th month experience in driving car I have drive a lot petrol cars and other many diesel cars with synchronized manual gearbox.
Every time who I want to start my driving the car from parking position first I found my throttle and after release the clutch slowly that exact my teacher told me!
Now the floating manual gearbox the clutch you have only start the semi truck from the beginning point, I know does works the floating gears!
I know the semi truck is very differently from the Regular car.
I have experience only with manual gearbox!
Biggest vehicle I've driven was a 5spd 5ton so I always assumed semi's were the same with 13 gears/slots to go through and I always wondered how they kept track of which gear they were in 🤣. This seems much easier and manageable 👍
I counted gears when I first started but now I don't really think about it anymore
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i dont even have a CDL but now I can add semis to my list of vehicles i can steal and joyride. Thanks Alex!
The first time I drove a semi truck it was my dads 18 speed Volvo. (I live in the country) I drove down our road and I floated the gears not perfectly but pretty good for my first time and I double clutched perfectly according to my dad that was like a couple months ago and I’m 12 lol
I understood most of the things you mentioned, my uncle showed me today and it was essentially what you described. He put me to practice and the truck did stall and I let my nerves get to me but it was my first time. I’m sure as I gain more experience I won’t have to worry anymore about worrying hehe. 😅
How your driving? I just drove for the first time it was kinda rough
i learned the 18 speed in a truck simiulator. Once i learned i could float gears i was so much happier. I love watching people explain how to float and double clutch gears, not sure why, but i do. that was a good demonstration. im curious if you were heavy in this video? in the simulator when im light, i start in 3rd, float to 5th, float to 7th until im up to speed. i only use 1st, 2nd, and 4th when heavy. Do you ever shift this way in those situations or do you always go in order regardless?
If you’re at the right speed then yeah I suppose you could skip gears. In my rather limited experience using a manual, it was easier to skip gears when I downshifted. Going from 60mph at 13th gear I could slow down in neutral and put it a different gear depending on the speed. Didn’t do it much mind you, just if I ever lost my gear when downshifting one gear at a time 😅
Oh I forgot to mention I found it difficult to not stall the truck if I started in a high gear. 2nd gear was the sweet spot for me.
How do you remember what gear your in
@@antonioparker5734in a simulator you will learn to tell by how fast your going, which will change with incline and decline, and weight of your load. I only assume that's irl as well.
its really is not meant for anybody, great job man, keep it up
I thought you always needed to push the clutch in to shift in and out of a gear
Nope
No, you can. But it wears out the clutch faster & I feel like it’s a lot easier without it 😅
Only if you want to replaces clutches and rebuild transmissions. Or if you have a synchronized transmission. Otherwise no it's better not to use the clutch
It's cool to see that in the US the passenger cars are almost exclusively automatic, and trucks manual. Over here in Europe it's the other way around.
Really? Back in the 80's I drove city busses that were automatics but never heard of trucks that were automatic. Do you have any idea why the US and Europe are flipped?
In the US there're many, many people who have never been exposed to manual transmission cars. I prefer a manual on open roads but in city traffic an automatic is much easier.
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is it the same floating the gears like that on a 10 speed?
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Thanks man! I'll be training on a manual transmission and opted for gear floating. This really helps to let me know what I'm in for!
Solid instructional video brother 👍
What’s a needle? It’s been called the splitter for about 50 years now.
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Seems pretty straight forward, a lil hard to see how you were doing the gas pedal, but it sounded like just goose it, let off gas, shift, then back in.. Got it. Thanks bud
So this is a gas vehicle. I assumed it was a diesel . But you keep referring to the gas pedal and saying give it the gas .
No
America need truck driver like you Alex thank you for trucking Alex
Real men drive automatic.
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Automatic? And I disagree
Ya automatics are for little girls
@@westernstarkid nothing like floating a 10-speed
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You made it easy, I already knew how to drive manual cars but definitely not trucks. It's basically the same process except you do not the clutch very often and more gears..
Perfect demonstration. Perfect. Perfect.
Just like driving your manual car without the clutch. I did that all the time back in the day. It's something you have to just do a few times to get the feel for it. But once you've got it, you'll never forget.
There are two types of 13 speed transmissions. One has a black splitter which splits the lower 5 gears and one is red which splits the upper 5 gears. Construction vehicles like dump trucks tend to have the black splitter for low range splitting. The 18 speeds have the blue splitter.
Perfect video for explaining how to shift a 13 spd truck. Props.
I have only driven 10 speed in two years with class A this looks easier. Thank You.
thank you,best video on shifting a 13 speed,very helpful for me bcause im a new driver❤
Very nice informative video, thank you !! 👋
As a older long distance big rig driver heavy hauler I'm telling you take these shifts videos extremely light they are dangerous and can get someone hurt 🤕 what they show you is flat land and no threats if you think I'm lying 🤥 see if can find any videos of someone fully loaded going up a 12% up grade hills or down grade shifting gears without a clutch especially this guy with a engine factory set at 1500. Danger # 1 going down hill if you get out of gear and no matching rpm to get back into gear now you have a runaway danger # 2 up hill at 12% if you didn't double clutch it will not go back in gear now a rollback potential😮
Thank you I just got a 13 speed and had no idea how to drive it. 😅 thank you so much great instructions.❤
The ability to float gears saved me when I lost the hydraulics in my clutch in an old Civic. I drove about 30 miles including freeways. The catch was I had to use the starter in 1st gear to get the car moving.
Great video! Right now my truck is being upgraded from a 10 speed to a 13 and also gear ratio upgrade on my differentials. Thanks for the video it will help.
Best 13 speed shifting video on here
It was cool.
I already know how, but please show the downshift process for those who don't.
Even on a trans with full synchro, there's generally a bit of wear, so double-clutching makes life easier when you know what it's about.
Cheers.
very clear and concise. Just passed my air brake course today, and will start driving school next week. thanks for calming my nerves, at least for now! hahah
Every video like that gives me a tiny little bit more respect for those truckers overpassing at 0.1 km/h higher speed.
No shot you recorded this on my highway (I work for CalTrans). I know exactly where you were lol. That's the end of my northern boundary. Hopefully you're one of "them", but thank you guys for moving over for us. Only the semi trucks pulling big trailers actually get over. The other heavy trucks just don't care and will stay in the lane closest to where we are, creating a more dangerous environment for us.
for me particularly is hard because I don't know how to stick shift. I rather drive a automatic semi truck. you have a wonderful family alex
Thanks for clearing this up. I wasn’t sure if you needed to take it out of gear and put it back in when you use the red switch
When bro said hes gonna put the gopro in his mouth you know he went hard in the video thumbs up champ🏆🏆
Thanks!! I knew how to do double clutch, but its tiresome and annoying...and for most of the time ive drove a semi ive been in an auto truck delivering welding gases and other Hazmat stuff and now switching jobs and will sometimes be in manuals now so this will help. I already can do smooth clutchless shifting on my motorcycle so the way you let off and wait till it falls in and blipping throttle to get it to drop into lower gears made sense pretty quick!
THIS WAS SOO EASY THANKS BRO.. WATCHING FROM CARIBBEAN
The best example ever seen!!! Anyone can learn from this, thank you Sir. Houston, TX.
Appreciate it! I try to not be so technical about the names of stuff & try to explain it as simple & in a way anyone can understand.
Tryna get my CDL so I can getta job with the city and I have to learn a 13 spd or 18spd. But I will never use the 18 so I’m tryna learn 13. This was super helpful to understand how all the gears work and where they’re located.
I'm 47 years old and I have never in my life successfully driven a manual transmission of any kind, but this seemed simple enough.
Switching to an automatic transmission is the best decision for your quality of life. The manual mode in my Cascadia is perfect.
Splitter positions are designed as direct and overdrive. (Not low and high) Remember always pre select range changes and splitter selection.
Very important for transmission and proper operation folks 👍
Awesome video, this explained a lot. Heading back to the oilfield and they said they are buying me a 13 speed. This video helped me understand
I love the 13 speed, once you get the kick of it is fun to drive.
This helps me with American Truck Simulator 😂😂😂 thanks ❤
Interesting how this was recommended a day after I had a conversation with a trucker buddy about how shifting in a semi works and how it's different from a car.
Thank you, I've always been wondering how to shift in trailer truck. This video makes clear of it. I wish I had a chance to test drive a trailer one day.
Im brand new at anything manual lol my friend is about to teach me in a 1993 dodge d350 Cummins dually, big bastard. Going to study hard and do my best and hopefully by a few months of learning in a light truck and studying the truck driving book, hopefully i will gain some knowledge of what to do instead of just going to the school not knowing anything at all. The school is also only a 13 speed
Best tutorial out there so far bro 👌
Honestly. The best tutorial vid I saw on this. Thanks man.
Thank you well done from South Africa.
Greetings from Türkiye and thank you very much for this perfect video ♧
Used this vid as a refresher. Haven't driven a 13speed for 4 years
Well done young blood. Stay safe out there.
I appreciate you🙏🏾 taking the time to make the video and break it down you made it look easy 🚛
Now I'm confident of how to use splitter button ❤️ I like this video ❤️
I Love the 18 speed because you don't have to really split gears unless you want to drive it like a 8 speed. I do want to learn how to drive a 13 speed I'm more of a hands on learner. My dream truck is a freight liner classic xl .
One of the only videos to show how. Everyone else thinl we can see them shifting and clutching
There’s actually a video by Eaton fuller on how to drive these, they say specifically don’t give it any throttle until the clutch pedal is all the way out because the engines are programmed to do it for you to minimize clutch wear
Great video just switched from a 10 to a 13 after 7 years of driving a 10.😎👌
Thanks dude been doing this for 12 years only 10 speeds. I just learned in 5 mins😅