Day 3 Shiftin' Gears

Well ...

Finally we started to get behind the wheel. We spent the entire 9hrs today behind the wheel, bobtailing. I have to say that from the outside looking in it seems that it would not be that all THAT HARD. Well IT IS. I felt like I might have to buy a new transmission after my first attempts. Our tainer Jim was nothing but professional, not once did he say a cross word, he just gave us encouragement and always told us what we were doing to cause our shifting problem. He was so good in fact that he could tell you exactly what was wrong while you were doing it, how to quickly regain the gear you missed. After the first go round we were able to double clutch and downshift without looking at the stick, like it was the problem. After lunch we were all able to get around the range with minimal problems, and yes we sometimes did "grind it to find it". By the end of our day I felt like I was getting the hang of it. We have classroom work tomorrow, but on Friday we will be out on the range to practice straight backing with the trailer.
Back to the books....

"Keep the rubber side down"

Krisko

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