You explained that perfect. I actually understand it now. Been driving regular manuals my whole life and for some reason couldn’t grasp the whole high-low/split concept until you put it the way you did. Thanks buddy.
Same here. I love my manuals but never understood how to shift a semi transmission until I watched this video! He explained it perfectly! Basically just 1-4 direct and overdrive which is 8 gears, then split to high side, then 5-8 direct and overdrive, which makes 16 gears, and low low direct and overdrive which makes 18 gears! Now that I understand it, it’s simple really
@@eddyboisrond7259 not at all, double clutching was the norm before gearbox syncros! had to match that engine speed to your actual speed via a combination of throttle modulation/“floating gears” like demonstrated here, or you’d be grindin every gear you try to grab! 😁
The cabin and the dashboard are a dream. To me, a European, the engine sounds like a heavy ship diesel, it's crazy. As a former sailor, I love ship diesel engines. Our trucks sound completely different. You explained the circuit very clearly. Thanks for your great video! 👍
Thank you for the excellent video. I want to be a truck driver, but I was always overwhelmed by 13 speed and 18 speed transmissions. No one ever explained it in a way that made sense. Your Tutorial is perfect. It cleared everything up.
Your videos show that you are a true professional. Ive been told that if you can practice with the same rig day in and day out that that helps immensly. Thank you for responding to my comment.
Sorry I just saw this 2 years after you posted it. This is the BEST, clearest, most concise explanation for 13 or 18 speed shifting Ive ever seen. I feel like I understand it better and would like to try it out!!! Thank you.
My grandfather drove one and let me drive from one exit to the next I didn’t do it well the whole front end bounced all over 😂 but I remember his had two sticks and like 2-3 reverses I was like I can do it I drive a stick YEAH RIGHT😂 I was like 19 then. But man I loved that truck of his! That was his baby ❤ I was the first and only woman to drive it besides him. I was so confused but grandpa was so patient with me , one day I drive a 5 ton OVERLOADED AND break going out going down mtn I prayed and cried and started yelling for my grandpa I made it safe to bottom of that mtn later found out it was VERY over loaded. All cinder blocks packed to the top! I grew balls that day. I think my grandpa was with me that day somehow I just knew what to do
Now that was perfectly explained! Nobody else said to come out of overdrive each time before upshifting/downshifting. Not to mention let off the gas pedal a bit. You explained it like my best algebra teacher. Just couldn't get it until it was explained the right way. Thanks for the video. Helped this rookie out a lot!
Yah man, by far the best instruction I've seen. All my vehicles have been manual but I've never driven semi. I'm going to get my 1A soon and this clears up a lot of the "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" part of shifting. Nice truck BTW.
When i was growing up my Dad would come home off the road and tell me stories about his trip and "going thru the gears" that was over 40 years ago. Until now i have not seen how a driver would work an 18 speed. Thanks for sharing, and as my Dad would say "Keep it greasy side down" and God bless you. New Subscriber.
That is one sweet ol Petermobile, driver. Helluva lot better explanation than I got when I was learning how to drive. Had an old timer tell me to jump in the passenger seat, be ran thru the gears a coup,e times and told me some basics, and do this’s and don’t do that’s then he stopped, asked if I had any questions,said if I have a question just come ask, because he was getting out so I don’t feel self conscious n nervous, but he’d be sitting just over there....with those other hands that were gathering up for a break where they could all laugh at me, while I just get after it trial and error-style around our bigass yard. ...actually was probably the best method for me.
Great Video! I learned on a 10speed. Frist job was an Auto and only drove a manual several times in the last 8 years while main truck was in shop. Now got a new job and im in an 18speed. Now im a real trucker 😂
One driver to another, you did a good job with the camera angles so that others can see you shifting in real time, You kept it simple. Be safe out there truck driver and I'll do the same.
Back in the late 70's and early 80's I hauled milk from the farms and broke out in a 2070 International w/13sp. After a bit you get the hang of it and don't even think about the shifting, comes naturally. I drove until early '90 ending in an 89 Mack with straight 6spd. Got into an electrical power plant and went on to retire from that. Sometimes I do miss the driving....
Absolute best video of its kind I have seen. The maestro is playing the music that is soo sweet to hear. Nothing like a pro that babies his equipment as a professional knows what to do to make it all last longer! Impressed soo much
I really want to get my cdl and drive a truck, but I have no prior experience with manuals and this was the most helpful video I have seen. I completely understand how to drive it now. Now it's whether or not I can actually do it. Thank you for the great video. Its much appreciated.
Thank you for this video! I drove 10 and 13 speeds (a long time ago) and was curious about the 18. Watched 3 other videos and was so frustrated because they made it more complicated than it needed to be. The use of Direct/Overdrive was also beneficial for me to understand better.
Dr Deacon; 18 speed is same as 13 RTO or Direct Fuller tranny. EXCEPT you can split, the lower 5 base/stick gears, with splitter. Not hard to understand. VERY GOOD in the oilfields, used to work/drive in them, with Power Puppy . (mack)
@@petersack5074 could have done with the regular terminology, crawler (not low, low low or low low low), Range change (low range 1-4 high range 5-8) and splitter (high & low in each gear). In reality doubtful that there are 18 individual overall ratios as there can be duplication). In UK we'd use 3 low pulling away on flat, splits in high range only and probably just on 7th & 8th. Crawler can be used on very steep hill starts.
Nope. I drive 18 speeds and sometimes split all the way up if I'm climbing a hill with Super B Trains. Each gear is different all the way up. there is no duplication at all. Now after saying all this, the 15 speed does indeed have duplication. What it is is simply is three ranges, and no splitter at all. The blue button on the side looks like a splitter, but it's not. It has three positions for three ranges. If you wanted to shift sequentially in a muddy bush you might start in deep reduction, you'd go 1,2,3 and then mid range (they call low) back to 1,2,3,4,5 and then high range, and then 1,2,3,4,5. It's just that easy. Most guys shift them like a ten speed, but they were skipping low to start out and they were going through clutches like crazy. With a 15 speed with a load you need to start in low midrange, however if you're in mud, you might choose to go into deep reduction to get started. @@hitop2365
My whole life is a lie, I thought that side splitter was used to go from fourth to fifth, and the paddle was used for overdrive. My brain was hurting from trying to grasp that concept. Thank you my man!
I haul 146,000lbs daily. Special road permits are required for me. But when I first started hauling frac sand, I always started out in 1st gear. Kept going through clutches and getting them adjusted. Figured out i should use lo high to start out. Waaaaay easier on the clutch lol
Cool vid bro. Years ago I ran a 15 behind a 425 Cat pulling reefer. I RARELY used the low sides of the OD splits- even loaded gross. I was running mostly flat midwest states and that Cat motor would come to life even if it lugged a little. Btw, sweet ride you got there. I hung up the keys a few years ago and don’t really miss it a bit. (Ok…. Sometimes…) Be safe out there sir.
Hello from Perth Western Australia. This video was perfect!! It's not rushed or anything and explained everything soo good. You just got another subscriber.
I've been playing American Truck Simulator for like 2 weeks and I couldn't get my head around how this stuff works, especially the Lo gears (didn't know if that was known as first gear). With this video i think i could do alright in a real 18sp now, very detailed! Good stuff! This explanation really makes this look much more simple than I first thought it would be
If you've never driven heavy trucks, that simulator will trick you. You might not get it into 2nd gear, never mind 18th. I'm a driver trainer, and it's funny watching green drivers come in and get humbled real quick. It's not hard for us, but you guys take a while to grasp it. You see them double clutching like crazy and it just grinds, and then we shift it with two fingers and no clutch. It's called rev matching. You don't learn it in a day.
Great video, shifting without the clutch is new to me. I learnt 'the hard way ' back in 84 in a Hayes with a 13-shift, haven't driven anything with more than 4 wheels over 30 years - miss it!
Idk how your videos all of a sudden popped up In my feed but I’m glad it did! I love a Pete! Especially the older models! This truck is a charm! Stay safe out there driver!
That was the best explanation I ever got for how to shift! Which is one of the biggest worries I've had going into CDL school in March of 2021! After watching this video I am more confident than ever! Thank you sir!
I was taught to just be smooth and easy...but done with always clutching. It mostly depends on how you’re taught and if you try it without clutching. Good stuff! 🧐 Enjoyed it. Loved the sound! 🥰
It's so much easier without clutching, once you get the hang of it. Way easier than the synchronized transmissions we had in Europe that require clutching. But no more manuals in European trucks anymore.
I have zero need for this info but really enjoyed the video. Sweet truck man. I promise not to cut you off in my Corolla. Side note, this is the most positive comment section I've seen and I'm here for it
Hey man, I was always so confused and your video made it so simple and easy to understand. I drive manual in cars but I have always been interested in learning. So basically you go over the pattern twice plus the overdrive. Nice truck!!
Nothing to it, once you drive one you’ll never forget. I learned in an old Mack with two sticks, 5 spd main, 3 speed compound, same as a 15 with a splitter except you get to row tow sticks lol and double clutching was needed quite a bit downshifting. A man needed a lunch break by the time he hit top gear in that ol,girl.
Sorry about the rambling comment, but yes, your right, you shift through the pattern, flip the range finder and go right back through the same pattern. Good luck
@@SternDrive I’ve driven a Tri-Plex too I like them they shift way easier than the quad box. I could fly through the gears with that TP. I wish I had a bunch of old trucks to play with and make some cool sounds.
I'm a dashboard fanatic,, ex-trucker, and I vote your dash for best ever! The cockpit feeling, gauging everything you'd want to know, make room for my Harley in back, and I'd never want to go home!
I absolutely love your Pete man. When I was a young man we had a fleet of peterbilt trucks. They had the v8 Detroit diesel and 18 speed transmission. Those were fun to drive.
One of the classiest well done videos for truckin I've seen great job. I'm a trucker too been so for over thirty five years I still enjoy the scenery and the sound of them pipes the way your filming it works great keep er between the ditches partner
Seeing your video brings back so many memories my dad was a truck driver all of his life God Rest his soul I used to go on the road with him and seeing that video just brought back so many memories and I love seeing the video it was very educational and very interesting thank you so much
Enjoyed the video, I pull liquid smooth bore with a 10 speed, I can see where an 13 or 18 would be beneficial, especially where I drive in the mountains.
I always use the splitter in high range. It's just easier on the engine, and your fuel economy, because you don't need to rev it as high. 200 RPM splits are great for saving fuel. You are always in the sweet zone. Use your splitter. It's there for a very good reason. Bobtailing? OK, then you can skip it.
Just watched ur video on "how to shift a 18 speed trans. Excellent teaching and video footage on what you're doing. Most videos don't make it clear on what their showing. Nice work sir. Will be following your next episode.. Aloha!
Bro. You made this so simple to understand. Been driving a while and never really got shifting the 18 speed box. Just need some practice now. Consider a new career- driving instructor.
I know what you mean. I used to drive an Eaton twin-split and thought it was great, but much prefer my full auto scanny with hill start and all the rest.
I told my boss that if he gives me an auto shift, I will quit. I have never owned a car with an automatic. I hate them. Watch my video "Shift a 6 speed like a pro" and you'll see why. An 18 speed is a piece of cake if you know what your doing. If not, well I can see why you would not like it.
