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<blockquote data-quote="Puff Daddy" data-source="post: 626" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Double clutching is for driving exams, period. Floating gears is the only way to go, and yes mr marketing guy at Allison, I can do it a hell of a lot smoother than your automatic, loaded or not. [to understand it easily, when you accelerate to a certain rpm the the tranny WANTS to come out of gear, you simply apply a little pressure on the stick as the tack approaches 21,000 and out she pops. You hold the stick over the next gear in ascending order as you let off the accelerator and when the tack drops down to say 15,000 the stick drops into that next gear with the same slight pressure, easy as pie]</p><p></p><p>As to the "Why do it?", simple answer, clutches need adjusting, maintenance, they go out, some guys abuse em, and automatics are actually cheaper now on (and come standard with) fleet ordered trucks. It's all about the initial investment, and I truly believe that the de-valuing of the empolyee is a big issue, if he is less skilled (or his skills aren't necessary) then we don't have to pay him as much. </p><p></p><p>Autos get about 3 1/2 mpg in a mixer, the sticks got about 5 mpg. At $3.75 a gallon for deisel it don't take long to lose any money saved on investment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Puff Daddy, post: 626, member: 3"] Double clutching is for driving exams, period. Floating gears is the only way to go, and yes mr marketing guy at Allison, I can do it a hell of a lot smoother than your automatic, loaded or not. [to understand it easily, when you accelerate to a certain rpm the the tranny WANTS to come out of gear, you simply apply a little pressure on the stick as the tack approaches 21,000 and out she pops. You hold the stick over the next gear in ascending order as you let off the accelerator and when the tack drops down to say 15,000 the stick drops into that next gear with the same slight pressure, easy as pie] As to the "Why do it?", simple answer, clutches need adjusting, maintenance, they go out, some guys abuse em, and automatics are actually cheaper now on (and come standard with) fleet ordered trucks. It's all about the initial investment, and I truly believe that the de-valuing of the empolyee is a big issue, if he is less skilled (or his skills aren't necessary) then we don't have to pay him as much. Autos get about 3 1/2 mpg in a mixer, the sticks got about 5 mpg. At $3.75 a gallon for deisel it don't take long to lose any money saved on investment. [/QUOTE]
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