I've noticed these cummins like to shift w/out the clutch; its still rather smooth and the transmission doesn't dislike it. So i've been doing it the past few days to save on clutch. Do a lot of you guys do it in these?

Matt

 

Are you kidding? I'm not even brave enough to try something like that....
Sounds reckless.

 

Reckless? Hardly. Thats how pretty much 99.99% of big rig drivers shift

Match the rpms right and you can hardly tell there isn't a clutch involved.

 

i doll the time in my 95 it seems to do ok with it but i hve aquired some extra slack somewere

 

Some extra slack? What do you mean.

 

got alot of back lash but it may not have anything to do with shifting like that

 

You mean from the gears when trying to go to the next gear?

 

no in the tranny its self when yo utake off or let off in second and third

 

i call it powershifting. its nice to do. i did it a lot in my old dmax but ive heard its not the best for a trans in a pickup. pickup trans dont have the same synchronizers as a trans in a semi. somebody correct me if i am wrong.

 

I just blip the thorttle and slide it in. Rev match is how all those super cars setup the trannies.