May Trucking Hopeful

I was road tested today by a 21 year May vet. That says a lot! Received a very warm welcome from everyone I came in contact with!

 

chances are your 9 speed was a 13speed, they just didn't let you flip the little red switch on the side

8 SPEED, 10, SPEED, 13 SPEED, 139 SPEED...THEY ARE ALL THE FRICKIN SAME!! SHIFT UP IN NUMERIC ORDER, SHIFT DOWN IN REVERSE NUMERIC ORDER

Every student gets onboard and says the same thing, "Well, we used 10 speeds in school, so, this is is really hard"

My response is always the same, "Did you shift from 2nd to 6th, to 3rd, to 8th, to 4th? NO? You went 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1? WOW! So explain to me the difference"

Not trying to be a jerk,I just fail to understand the issue that everyone seems to have. Get it out of your mind, and just listen to the truck, shift when it says is needs a different gear. Plain and simple. Don't let the shift pattern throw you off

 

You will not be expected to split 5th through 8th during your skills test at May. Don't sweat it bro.

 

And once you do start splitting you will see that it is really easy to do. Plus the school would teach you the "right" way to split and then you would get with your trainer and he would teach you the "right" way. Your better off not getting the info from the school and waiting for your trainer to show you. My school had me all screwed up on it.

Dozzer

 

first thing you will learn ON THE ROAD
forget everything you learned IN SCHOOL lol

 

And i am very serious when i say this, listen to these above guys they will help you, and at times they may say something that either you dont want to hear or you didnt expect to hear and believe me they are usually right with what they say.