Pretty good video. Only thing is the description of a 15speed. You don’t split every gear in low range. You have 5 super low gears if needed. With deep reduction in gauged, shift up to DR5 then come out of DR, go to 4L to 5L then high range and run through 5 gear patter.

@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for that!

Amazing video. I am currently on my 3rd week of CDL Training and next week I test. I have everything down to a T, but the only thing I need to touch up on is my down shift. My class makes us double clutch to up shift and down shift, but I am confident that within, my next week I will have it down to 2nd nature. Great video and tips!

@HarmanSingh-kn7wv

Жыл бұрын

Practice makes perfect when you go down some mountains you’ll get it down the right way lol I taught myself how to drive 10 speed 13 speed and 18 speed over the course of years of training and failing… these things don’t come easy but they do come eventually and I still wouldn’t say I’m a master but you should see me floating gears and downshifting butter smooth practice makes perfect

@mcrangelvlogs9396

Жыл бұрын

Gotta learn how to double clutch for the dmv test its not the class its a requirement youll get it just practice good luck

Thank you Mr Dean for teaching some of us here, for me here in Kenya (Africa) we do different kinds of gear shifting for example 1》 Mitsubishi motors it's a 12 speed manual you split from gear 1 to 5. 2》 isuzu does not have a splitter it has two kinds of neutral gearbox first you engage four lower gears after that you pull the gear stick towards the right and start shifting the other four high gears 3》 Eaton gearbox like the one you are showing us which is a bit more different we do 1 to 8 in two different gear neutral positions and then you shift the nob to high position and do the same 1 to 8 and reverse gear.

This is a great video from a great truck driver. This man explained everything with the different transmissions. I'm in truck driving school, so I need to learn this

Automated manual transmissions are great, especially in congested stop and go conditions.

@jossa942

Жыл бұрын

They are a joy. They are the best. As a driver you dont have too stress. When they brake tho its a pain. Depends also if your going too own the truck. Which you should not own one. Lol 😂 not the right time for owner ops

All great stuff, and I love your content, but on the 13, 15 and 18, you have low, and then first 1st and when you shift to the high side you go back to first (to the left and up) on the 10 speed, 1st gear is in the low position (all the way to the left and down) and when you shift to the high side Instead of going over and up into first you have to pull it all the way over and down into what would normally be the low position but in the ten speed it is the first gear position.

@mikeyxav

3 ай бұрын

Lots of people mistake a 9 speed for a 15. 15 speeds don't have a LO gear, it's 1st and 6th plus 5 lower gears (deep reduction. A 15 speed shifts like this... DR 1,2,3,4,5 - LR 4,5 - HR 6,7,8,9 & 10. (according to the 15 speed RT & RTX label on my Ford L9000😊)

I was always nervous about going up a hill and my RPMs start dropping to where I need to downshift and missing the gear. I personally find it easier to drop down TWO gears so you have that little bit of time to get your downshift in. Then you can upshift a gear if needed.

Great video. Drove for my first time this past weekend on a Peterbilt w/ Paccar and an Eaton Fuller 10-speed. It was super tricky. I ran through the gears twice successfully. I picked up some good tips from your video. I should have been shifting at lower RPMs. I used way too much of the clutch. All in all, it was a fun and challenging experience. Can't wait to get more seat time!

Doing a 5 month training for my CDL in Montreal. I'll sure try it ! Thanks for the clarification for the 10-13-15-18 speed ! I've learned the clutch today !

I play that game, just played it coming from Suffolk Va to Henderson KY, I’m going into an automatic this evening brand new western star, 657 miles on it. Gonna miss my W9 13 speed but my knees are gonna love it.

Thanks mate for your tips.. I drive mainly around the city hauling 68 ton (136000 pounds) when loaded and I lowered my RPM as you said, what a difference, gears are going in like butter. Uphill I have to give it a bit more but am trying not to go over 1500rpm. Thing with driving in the city is you feel you gotta rush everywhere but after watching your vid I have just slowed right down and the truck loves it.. ✌️Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News

Ай бұрын

Happy to help!

I'm pretty sure that it should be 12345 low 678910 high low reverse and high reverse for a 10 speed transmission

13 and 18 gear has sense for me , is better to have more gears at higher speeds

@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News

3 күн бұрын

Nice!

I love my 10 speed. I honestly miss my old Super 10 speed

That's funny, seams like they teach gearing up, but only brakes to slow or stop. So many times I've seen drivers never gearing down. You said it, the difference between truck drivers and steering wheel holder's.

@6lemans10

Жыл бұрын

Downshifting is your best friend when done right. The engine braking effect will help slow the truck down, thus saving the trucks brakes.

Love your videos. I always learn so much. Looking fwd to mastering downshifting. Its so fun learning the manual transmission. BTW, what is the name of the equipment you used in the video to work out with the truck? Thanks

Great video I learn something today thank you Dean

Wow very informative I love the way you explain bro

Most of the way through my CDL course right now, and they're teaching us on mostly 10-speed manuals. The down-shifting is definitely a pain, and what they're telling us to get us through the course is to just jump straight from whatever high gear we're in to 6th at about 25mph to make a turn. I personally intend to work on my down-shifting a bit more once I get a job of my own and a truck to practice with. Here's hoping it's a manual, though the flatbed company I'm mostly looking at is mostly automatic.

@naosay

Жыл бұрын

I learned on 13 speeds at school and than my first truck was 18 speeds.

@NoobsofFredo

Жыл бұрын

@@naosay I honestly really like the look of a 13-speed. 18 seems a bit excessive for most loads, though I can see it being useful on the heavy haul side of things.

@fireisfun100

Жыл бұрын

Let your rpms drop around 500. So from 1500-1000 then downshift. If you want to drop 2 then from 1500-500 then downshift

I jake brake down shift i had a lady in phoenix at a light tell me sir your lights down work when you slow down i just laughed and told her thank you ill take a look at them she smiled and way bye lol 😂

Very interesting and informative video.. viewing from Kingston Jamaica 👍🇯🇲

i have a heavy clutch problem to fix asap for my class one driving exam thanks

My favorite host in ET tracking 😊

Love this guy

@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News

7 ай бұрын

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I play the same game with shifting, unfortunately, my truck has an 8LL in it and it isn’t exactly optimum if I’m on a downhill to be able to use all the years to bring it to a stop, so I still have to use my brakes more often than I like but in many cases, I can do exactly what you said

You can tell drivers that never use the clutch by excess wear on the transmission input shaft.

@brucesorensen3224

Жыл бұрын

I have a rto20918b that has 1306988 all original, it is mated to a C16 775 horse

what are your thoughts on down shifting / on winter or slick water covered roads?

Thanks buddy

Awesome video

Hey dean!!!! Your awesome 👌!!!

Ive driven 10,13, and 18. I shift the 13 and 18 the exact same way. When going from 13/18 to a 10 just don’t forget to hit 6th gear!

@Turbo-6

Жыл бұрын

His ten speed doesn't have a first and sixth gear, interestig. Whether you use them or not is up to you but they are definitely there.

@DylanTheDriver

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too 😂 Personally, I prefer to always start in a Lo or 1st gear regardless of weight to make it easier on the clutch and the engine. Once I’m rolling I will shift the next few gears between 900-1,000 RPM to make it even smoother to get rolling. If you shift right you should never feel the truck shift and only hear the engine sound change.

I play your game everyday, the semi that I learnt to drive on the brakes were too sharp its like there was almost no room to use it just to slow down as you touch it you feel yourself leaning forward, so before and even after it was fixed we would allow the truck to roll and allow the rpm to drop then we downshift. I still downshift like that and I mostly use the engine brake when im loaded. only use it empty when im in the city the engine brake on this N14 is no joke.

I don’t have Jake’s but I do use my transmission and motor as much as possible going on 75k on this set of brake pads and they still look new

Bring back the Super 10!

Good video

I struggle with down shifting My time if is so off I drive a ten speed and I often can only get as low as 6or 7 gear in my 10 speed Before having to clutch and brake before hitting a car

I'm in truck driving school right now. And I'm taking my road test on a stick shift. A lot of students do not understand that if they take the road test on an automatic, they will put that as a restriction on your CDL. But if you take your test on a manual transmission. Your certified for automatic or stick with no restrictions

@riccardo3921

7 ай бұрын

Depends on what jurisdiction

So many different transmissions, weight plays a huge role in selecting the right transmission for your truck! The lighter the load the less gears you will need! I hual exclusively loads that are often lighter than the trailer weight, I don't need the split gears, so I have a 10 speed (BTW the 'low' selector on your shift lever IS actually first gear, the display is done this way because reverse and second are the same gear normally). The 10 speed is a standard "H" pattern but uses the "lo" gear as first and sixth (high range "lo"), Super 10's are a "W" pattern and i found to be a pain in the a**. Using your Jake to reduce rpm while shifting up can do damage to your motor, there is so much pressure in the cylinders, when doing this, it can break head bolts. Remember the Jake brake basically turns you 600hp motor into a giant compressor, without the pressure of momentum (otherwise known as backpressure) forcing the motor over TDC it has nothing to stop the pistons from slapping around in the cylinders.

You should make a video of the maintenance service intervals on a brand new tractor and as it get older from 0 miles up 600k miles et . From when you needed new steer tires to drive tires from brakes to drums to oil change and oem shocks etc. And what the cost to operate it was for 24 months to 36, 48 etc. The miles driven in between steer tire changes and drive tire changes and which brand you used. Now that would be better then just fuel mileage on a brand new tractor

I have done that many times

@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News

3 ай бұрын

Nice!

What is a 15 speed against the dash?

Problem is people not explaining powerband of a diesel. Standard modern vgt powerband is 1200-1700rpm’s on vgt turbo. Single geometry around 14-1900. Cool thing about an 18 is it has 4 reverse gears

@jeramiekochlefl-bodner5965

Жыл бұрын

And ronan. U have a retard explaining. The reduction comes from the diff ratio between a 10 and an 18. An eaton 10 direct has a same 1st gear as its rtlo 18spd. Trans’s with lower 1st gears are the 8LL 9LL dump trans’s. They have 36-1 1st gears. Where as the non OD 10 has 14.4 or the 18 has 14.4.

@user-up5ss4wh6r

Ай бұрын

Yea but the lower the rpm, the smoother the shift. Depends how you wanna drive I guess. I am 68 ton loaded and I can get away with changing at 1200, 1300 on the flat and 1500 on the hills. (I live in Australia and it’s flat).. Our road trains are going 1600, 1700 using every gear pulling 200 ton..

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Had to give up my 18 for an automatic boo hoo !!!!! Yes I can drive both without using my brakes. Used to be fun shifting my mack 6 speed with the Jake, cool man, 😆

Because of my age lol I can’t shift until about 17 when I’m fully loaded. Otherwise it’ll just bog

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I drive manual cars but getting used to semis stick shifts seems more complicated for beginners.

@DylanTheDriver

Жыл бұрын

My advice would be to completely forget everything you learned when driving a manual car. Driving a truck is a completely different world, and once you master shifting you’ll get addicted to how easy it is to run through the gears, and how much easier it is to shift compared to a car. We were all beginners at one point or another so stick with it and you’ll master shifting, and learn what your truck likes so regardless of weight you always know the best shift pattern.

So I've got 5 low and 5 high forward gears and only one reverse

@nirlambghumman7398

Жыл бұрын

Actually you have two reverse gears. Reverse Lo and Reverse Hi. Although I generally don’t recommend hauling ass in reverse

@vitalekg

Жыл бұрын

@@nirlambghumman7398 interesting I'll try the hi reverse gear! Thanks! PA I've got Eaton fuller

@nirlambghumman7398

Жыл бұрын

@@vitalekg You would have to take off in hi reverse to be in hi reverse

14:16 Why not in a Freightliner?

Seems similar to shifting a supper 10

Play this game every day on the road.

I understand the desire to have all your bases covered with something like an 18-speed, but that just seems like too much shifting and switch fuckery to me. Too bad they don't make a 14-speed H pattern with only a single high/low switch. Run it up once in low, switch to high and reset position, then run it up again. Nice and simple and should be enough gears to get the job done, but IDK because I'm not a trucker. I mean, could they not do an 18-speed as a 6-speed H-pattern with a 3-stage low/med/high range?

You dont need to use the spliter though

Can you teach me how to drive trucks

Once I made it back would my clutch by turn the engine off when I had to stop go thing my truck turn on without clutching. Not a safe thing to do but I safe my self the tow truck money.

That's gotta be the most representative demostration of the whole 18 speed patern. Never seen anyone else actualy demostrating each and every gear on the stick, including the splits. However,.....correct me if I'm wrong, but on the 18 speed, you're just using the speeds from 2nd and up, right? The normal "H" patern. You're not using the one that's down and left, the very low gear. The one under the reverse. That position gives us another 4 ratios, making it a total of 20 gear ratios. Just for the forward movement. Is that "Lo" positon the equivalent to the "C" position on the european gearboxes?. The crawler gears?. You never mentioned that spot. So basicaly, on an 18 speed, you're only using 16 speeds. So why do they call it 18 speed then? 😊 it could be called a 20 speed. Or a 24, if you count the 4 reverse gears😂

@riccardo3921

7 ай бұрын

You are overthinking it and comparing Europe to North America is like comparing apples to oranges: it’s 1-2-3-4 each has two splits making 8 ; now 8 each you can have lo and hi Range so it’s 16; The lo can be split and that makes an 18; it’s not rocket science

Stopping the truck without applying the service brake is cool, but there is a nuance. This can only be done on an empty road, when you do not create obstacles for other road users with your smooth deceleration. Otherwise, you're forcing the driver behind you to apply the service brake because they can't see what's going on ahead. Respect other road users.

@jacob2483

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, I can do it all right, but I won’t because I care about others and while I won’t rush for anyone, I certainly am not trying to hold anyone up for my personal gain that isn’t necessary. Truck brakes are made to take wear just not too be abused.

I think that he is showing a nine speed shifting for the ten speed

Downshifting is your best friend when done right. The engine braking effect will help slow the truck down, thus saving the trucks brakes.

Comw on rook this is common sense

A 10 speed has 10 forward gears and two reverse guy doesn't got it right

You don't split a 15 speed like that

I’d rather have my 10 speed

That won’t apply to a class 1 operator, when you’re coming down the hill with loaded trailer which you won’t know anyway, you’d either use engine brake which your car don’t have so you probably don’t even know what engine brake is or what is for,and or as the driver’s second option lower the gear to avoid need of repetitive braking, cuz truck has air brake system and it will lose air if applying break too often, so anyway lot of more explanation for you out there but the best is go get yourself a class 1 and then come back here talk, alright buddy

What about a super 10 lol

@derrickwilliams8693

2 ай бұрын

Not a straight 10 as you talked about..we used to have a Ole super 10 and straight 10

He did the 10 speed wrong.

What people still drive manual transmission, haven’t driven a manual in years and don’t miss it

I’ve noticed that a lot of drivers coast and don’t down shift they start to coast from 45mph exiting the freeway is that okay? I have Always downshifted

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