Running through 13 gears in a Peterbilt 377

1993 Pete 377 tender truck. 400 horse Detroit Diesel 60 series.

Things to watch for:

00:05 - 00:58 Running through all 13 gears. Usually, you wouldn't actually split all the gears in the top range, but I was just showing off.

01:39-02:13 Downshifting for a stop sign.

01:49 The Jake Brake makes a brief appearance...

02:15 Stop sign...

Real men only use the clutch for starting and stopping.

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• roadranger
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• fuller

[colonelkobiashvili]

Nicely done. No gears grinded. Im a new rookie trucker, and im still having an issue grinding gears, even with the clutch. What's the rpm range u use for shifting? Fuller 13 right?

[benwantland]

@colonelkobiashvili It depends man, you really just have to get a feel for it. I wish I could explain it simply, but I can't. You've just gotta feel what the truck wants.

[379peterbilt530]

can you show us the outside of ur truck?

[benwantland]

@379peterbilt530

Sorry man, it's not mine, and I only wind up driving it seasonally... and not even every year. It's not much to see, anyway, as it spent a million miles as a road-going tractor, before retiring to farm truck use.

[thefarminkid8760]

hey you driving grain truck? by the way great shifting

[benwantland]

@thefarminkid8760

Thanks, and no, it was a tender truck, i.e. straight truck hauling dry fertilizer.

[weatherbyboy3006]

thats right real men only use the clutch for starting and stoping

[trfarms]

i have been over the road for almost 2 years and have 6 years of "farm trucking" if you go to truck school they will make you learn to shift with the clutch, in my experience and probably 99% of every other trucker it is a hell of a lot easier not to use the clutch. it just takes seat time, lots of it, because differnt speeds, weights, and steepness of hills makes shifting a little different.

[colonelkobiashvili]

@ptrhip That's exactly where I shift gears, and its awesome, I am floating gears like a pro. My shifting has changed a lot since my last post 8 months ago.

[ptrhip]

@colonelkobiashvili i like to use the tach and when it hits 1500 rpm ill shift works every time

[256Motorsports]

@colonelkobiashvili The clutch is your enemy. You need to learn how to float them. it's much easier, and that left leg don't get sore either lol

if you wanna chat, just hit me up with a message on here, send me your aim/yahoo name and i'll tell ya all i can.

[southeastdriver]

same here, im a new rookie,. i drove KW T800. 10 gear... seem like you flow the gear... nicely done.... RPM and Speed and engine sound is the key... Im still try to get there soon...

[everysubjectman]

@bobcats330 true. but sometimes that still can hurt the syncros cause theres more force on them due to the engines still turning the tranny. But if thats what a mechanic told you then i guess its right. I'm gona stick to single clutching my syncronized trannys

[bobcats330]

@everysubjectman i know you can destroy those things but i work with a former Dodge mechanic who is proficient in man trans told me dont push too hard let it slide in gear and itll go thats just the way i shift it,

[everysubjectman]

@bobcats330 you should only float unsyncronized trannies like this one cause youll destroy the syncronizers if you dont float a syncromesh 100% right

[colonelkobiashvili]

@benwantland

Well my dads 386 with a cat c15 and fuller 13 is pretty touchy, it may take a while to see what the kitty wants, I hear they are really sensitive on rpms