The reason it's easier in a rig is because there IS NO syncros. When you shift a pickup like this it's really hard on the syncros unless you get it just so.

 

i use to do it all the time in my old 01 3500 dodge. i used the clutch to start and stop thats it. it was nice cause i did alot of city driving so my knee was very thankful. ended up selling it for an auto. but i do miss my stick truck...

 

Oopsies. I didn't know that.

Again, didn't know that. I'll probably stop doing this then

ya same here. when i stop and take off is the only time. Well, and down shifting. Seems easier to wreck your trans downshifting clutchless (even though i can do it)

 

I do it when I have a clutch problem

yeah from what I know, you really shouldn't do it with a sync'd trans.

 

i slip my gears all the time.

 

Yup, The really big truck can do it, twin counter shaft transmissions or pretty much any tractor transmission that is rated over ~900ftlbs is a twin counter shaft trans, and inside those transmission s they have sliding clutches to engage the gears and the driver becomes the synchronizer. so there is no need for a clutch you just slide it into another gear slowly when the engine rpms match the speed in the gear you choose to be in.


idk whats on the inside if your transmission though never looked

 

better be saving up for some synchros. just cause it doesn't grind does not mean it is good for it.

 

i downshift by matching rpms but thats it... altho i hurt my left foot on my dirt bike once so i took off with my right foot on the clutch and used no clutch to shift .. that was the only time tho

 

Good way to tourch a perfectly good trans... Clutches are cheaper than a tranny...

 

yup i just replaced some parts in my tranny it was 450 bucksby the time i got done with it.