traveling accross the country

[John Paul Sanborn]

I would guess that less than 5% of the gear shifting population knows how to drive an unsynchronized transmission, so 95% of you drivers are doing it wrong.

Which is why auto-trans and differentials have a higher trade-in value.

 

[ozarktreeman]

:agree2:

When the truck gets a little older and the dogs start to round off it will slide in like a hot knife thru butter. Yee Haw!

Why you must have a little redneck in ya.you have the speak for it anyway.

 

[lego1970]

Why you must have a little redneck in ya.you have the speak for it anyway.

When I'm up north everybody says I sound like a redneck, and when I'm down south everybody says I sound like a Yankee. I guess I'm bilingual

 

[BC WetCoast]

Most people have trouble floating the gears or just plain shifting them because their technique was learned in their daddy's pickup truck.

I started out there too, but after I really learned how to shift gears in a semi-truck using an unsynchronized transmission, everything got easier.

If you shift every vehicle like it has an unsynchronized transmission, everything in the driveline will last longer. Clutch, transmission (including the synchronizers), u-joints, and the rear end will all last longer if you are not applying the shock loading of mis-matched engine to the driveline. Transmission synchronizers are present to help the unskilled driver overcome those mismatches. I would guess that less than 5% of the gear shifting population knows how to drive an unsynchronized transmission, so 95% of you drivers are doing it wrong. Naturally, that does not include the majority of heavy truck drivers that drive without synchronizers every day.

Some old transmissions have scoring on the jack shafts inside, thereby resisting movement of the sliding gears. Learning how to unload the gears by properly adjusting the throttle while shifting can even help with this problem, too.

The young guys around here think they are drag racing and power shift their trucks. Stupid

 

[pdqdl]

When I'm up north everybody says I sound like a redneck, and when I'm down south everybody says I sound like a Yankee. I guess I'm bilingual

Well...Missouri was one of the original swing states...

 

[Behemoth Jim]

When I'm up north everybody says I sound like a redneck, and when I'm down south everybody says I sound like a Yankee. I guess I'm bilingual

Missouri is the one state (maybe with Kentucky) that can claim to be in the south, the north, the east, or the west depending on context.

 

[RVALUE]

That won't work....Anterior is away from your ass.

Best choice would be Cover My Aft.
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Regarding interstate travel: You MUST stop at all weigh stations if your truck is over 18k (most states). Make sure that you are not licensed "local only". On a trip that long, you will be subject to all the logbook restrictions, too. Read up on it, and fill one out as you drive. Failure to do so will get you a big ticket.

Check each states weigh station sites and rules here: http://www.coopsareopen.com/
When you cross a scale, you will be subject to ALL these rules:http://www.galpinstudiorentals.com/images/pdf/DOT INFORMATION.pdf

A review of the Commercial Driver Licence study guide will be beneficial to avoiding problems.

I haven't checked on it for many years, but states used to require that you purchase fuel use stamps for "single use" travel of commercial vehicles. The theory was that you might use one states roads more than you paid in fuel taxes through purchases in that state. That system may not exist everywhere anymore, but some states still have "Trip Permits", essentially a small fine for just having the gall to enter their state.

That won't work....Anterior is away from your ass.

Best choice would be Cover My Aft.





I know some people where that would be a "redundant" use of cover.