No topic thread,,, Part 2
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
Interesting man, I never knew that. I knew you mentioned you worked on big trucks with your uncle before (did he ever end up finding a job driving?) and whatnot, but i didnt know ya wanted to retire doing that, very interesting!
Feel free to enter in to our convo's when we yap about big trucks and stuff man, always nice to have more people in on them
Feel free to enter in to our convo's when we yap about big trucks and stuff man, always nice to have more people in on them
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From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sounds like your headed for some happy trails there Jack!
Sherm, I don`t know if you want to retire that way, the older I get the more I want to hang close to my home fires!
Sherm, I don`t know if you want to retire that way, the older I get the more I want to hang close to my home fires!
Post Fiend
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From: Yorkton Sask
i've worked on my uncle's truck a little with him. Don't know how to drive the heavies, but i'll be loving to learn. it's always been a dream to do long distance trucking, but not something i'd persue now that a little family has been started. Momma enjoys the thought of it too so we may check into it!!
Fom... i love driving with a passion. if i could retire into a life of driving and get paid for it?? boy, that'd be heaven on earth...at least, thats the view from here. I'd even consider doing a hotshotting business if i had a F250-350 in the retirement years. supplementary income you know...
Prep, my uncle did get work in New Brunswick. Its been a good job, lots of running down the eastern seaboard, and he does about one every 2 months to edmonton. i forget the name of the company, but they run all unmarked white Kenworths with the slogan "our best is the least we can do" written on the trailer
Fom... i love driving with a passion. if i could retire into a life of driving and get paid for it?? boy, that'd be heaven on earth...at least, thats the view from here. I'd even consider doing a hotshotting business if i had a F250-350 in the retirement years. supplementary income you know...
Prep, my uncle did get work in New Brunswick. Its been a good job, lots of running down the eastern seaboard, and he does about one every 2 months to edmonton. i forget the name of the company, but they run all unmarked white Kenworths with the slogan "our best is the least we can do" written on the trailer
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
I know a few people that run their own trucks, (man and wife) and their kids are all grown up. What they do is they find work that takes them way down to florida, or way out east in canada, or wherever, and they make a fun trip out of it. They get the load there on time, get the next load after a week (they book it or arrange it like that) so they have time to spend and explore where ever they are at.
Sounds kinda neat.
Im more of a at home kinda guy too though when it comes down to it.
Sounds kinda neat.
Im more of a at home kinda guy too though when it comes down to it.
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From: carter lake ia.
sherm, guys,
driving a big rig isn't all that hard you either have to double clutch or not use it. in otherwords shift without the clutch. thats the way i was taught to drive without the clutch. my dad who i have wrote about is a master at it. i rode with a guy when i worked at werner and i drove he told me that if i was going out on a roadtest i would have failed. because i never used the clutch. he said it was amazing that i knew how to drive like that. and never ground a gear, not one! for a mechanic! that pretty good!
driving a big rig isn't all that hard you either have to double clutch or not use it. in otherwords shift without the clutch. thats the way i was taught to drive without the clutch. my dad who i have wrote about is a master at it. i rode with a guy when i worked at werner and i drove he told me that if i was going out on a roadtest i would have failed. because i never used the clutch. he said it was amazing that i knew how to drive like that. and never ground a gear, not one! for a mechanic! that pretty good!
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From: carter lake ia.
sherm,
double clutching is you have to push the clutch pedal down twice to shift! some of the newer trucks recommened that. but you don't have to! ok here's my theory or as a mechanics aspect point of view i suppose! stay with me here ok! there is something called a clutch brake that freewheels on the input shaft of the transmission. until you push the clutch pedal down, what that does is slows transmission down so you can shift it. and double clutching is pushing the pedal down 2 times it slows the tranny down twice as much therefore easing a shift. either upshift or downshift.
i'm like you shift without it! i only use it for starting and stopping! and your right rpm vs speed then when its right shift! or wined it up till you can! its usually between 1400 rpm to 1700 rpm thats the green area! and thats my theory i could be wrong! i just shift by feel!
double clutching is you have to push the clutch pedal down twice to shift! some of the newer trucks recommened that. but you don't have to! ok here's my theory or as a mechanics aspect point of view i suppose! stay with me here ok! there is something called a clutch brake that freewheels on the input shaft of the transmission. until you push the clutch pedal down, what that does is slows transmission down so you can shift it. and double clutching is pushing the pedal down 2 times it slows the tranny down twice as much therefore easing a shift. either upshift or downshift.
i'm like you shift without it! i only use it for starting and stopping! and your right rpm vs speed then when its right shift! or wined it up till you can! its usually between 1400 rpm to 1700 rpm thats the green area! and thats my theory i could be wrong! i just shift by feel!
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
That was a pretty damn good explanation of what goes on when ya double clutch jack!
Dumbed down version, you clutch once to take it out of gear and put it in neutral, then clutch again to put it into the next gear.
Up here they say your supposed to use the clutch to shift, that is the "safe" way, and that is how they test ya when you go for your license. After you get it though, most employers will tell you to shift without the clutch, and its very easy (although once ya get used to driving a cat, then go to a cummins, theres a difference!).
As for grinding gears, it happens, Ive been with seasoned drivers (40+ years experience) that still grind a gear every now and then!
Dumbed down version, you clutch once to take it out of gear and put it in neutral, then clutch again to put it into the next gear.
Up here they say your supposed to use the clutch to shift, that is the "safe" way, and that is how they test ya when you go for your license. After you get it though, most employers will tell you to shift without the clutch, and its very easy (although once ya get used to driving a cat, then go to a cummins, theres a difference!).
As for grinding gears, it happens, Ive been with seasoned drivers (40+ years experience) that still grind a gear every now and then!
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From: BC Canada
I drove rig for years for others, and then bought my own fuel trucks and spent my life on the HWY.
I used the clutch to stop and start, and then shifted withOUT the clutch.....thats how i was taught to drive by my uncle who had driven his own rig for some 25 years, and taught me.
To this day when i jump in a rig, i automatically shift without a clutch, and if i try and use it then get screwed up.
Sold my last truck a few years ago to the driver i had on it....owning 6 businesses at once almost gave me a mental breakdown, and i had to sell some off.
Its now nice owning just 2.
I used the clutch to stop and start, and then shifted withOUT the clutch.....thats how i was taught to drive by my uncle who had driven his own rig for some 25 years, and taught me.
To this day when i jump in a rig, i automatically shift without a clutch, and if i try and use it then get screwed up.
Sold my last truck a few years ago to the driver i had on it....owning 6 businesses at once almost gave me a mental breakdown, and i had to sell some off.
Its now nice owning just 2.
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
Kinda funny ya mention that! I was teaching my woman how to drive out gravel truck (shes going for her 1a in the summer) and do you think I could shift with that damn clutch now? haha.
For the first while, I couldnt get one shift with the clutch,but it came back after awhile. She got it pretty fast though, so i could stop using the clutch. Amazing how quickly I got used to using no clutch.
For the first while, I couldnt get one shift with the clutch,but it came back after awhile. She got it pretty fast though, so i could stop using the clutch. Amazing how quickly I got used to using no clutch.
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From: carter lake ia.
prep,
its easy to forget what you learned! if you been doing it your own way and good at it
nobody says anything!
thanx guys, and to think i'm a mechanic! go figure! it takes practice prep!
its easy to forget what you learned! if you been doing it your own way and good at it
nobody says anything!
thanx guys, and to think i'm a mechanic! go figure! it takes practice prep!
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From: Colonsay Sk. Canada
Ive tried double clutching recently, I cant do it anymore.
On a side note guess who got stuck today........
First time getting stuck this winter, but I got stuck in the morning and by noon I had 8 re-capped rear wheels and 2 shinny new skidding tires, the tire shop Can-am remarked they dont know how I kept it on the road that long figurativly and literally....my maintence program aint as good as Id like it to be, lol
On a side note guess who got stuck today........
First time getting stuck this winter, but I got stuck in the morning and by noon I had 8 re-capped rear wheels and 2 shinny new skidding tires, the tire shop Can-am remarked they dont know how I kept it on the road that long figurativly and literally....my maintence program aint as good as Id like it to be, lol