How To Drive A 13 Speed Semi Truck (Floating Gears)

How to effortlessly shift a 13 speed transmission (Driving Peterbilt 579)

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[pavelgolubenko]

Ok, by far the best video on shifting a 13 speed! Thank you!

[truckerjohndeere]

Now I feel confident on shifting a simi and without clutch. Doesn't seem too hard. Awesome video and shifting man! 👍

[albertomichaus]

You actually explained it very well, I really want to learn how to go thru the gears while driving down the road, I’ve moved a 13 speed T680 but it was around the yard because the tech that was woking on it didn’t know how to drive manual and even then it felt really cool to move a truck like that

[mjhernandez]

As a rookie i drove a 13 speed kay double ya in a concrete mixer. Fun times and also nail biters.. but now being experienced for 7 years I get a smile on my face remembering.

[henerymag]

2 things I loved about driving was shifting and backing up. During the day I worked the yard in a shunt truck and the afternoon was spent on the big city roads delivering loads or picking up usually either hanging meat or boxed meat. That boxed meat was heavy but kept me in shape. Too old for that now. Excellent video

[martingomez]

Explained it fast and easy, better than any other video explaining for like 20 min straight and then driving for like 3 mins😂👏🤙🏻🤙🏻

[erikontiveros]

Wow! You made it easy to understand how to do it.

[testname]

I get overwhelmed with information really easily, but this felt totally comfortable to me! I just play truck sims and simply assumed the gearshift was massive, but now I know it's a layered thing

[JitThaRuler]

Instructions unclear I flipped the semi

[DempsterDave]

You did a better job explaining than my brother-in-law, who spent way too much time either laughing or swearing at me. 13-speed and a ten-yard dump back in the day.

[nomadcindy]

It’s been years since I drove a 13 speed.I watched ur video to refresh myself b4 I start my new driving Job, So Thank U 😎

[MemphisBBQ]

I had to slipseat into a 13-speed on one day's notice. I had never driven a 13-speed before, only 8s, 9s, 10s and Super 10s. I watched this video the night before getting into a 13-speed for the first time, and I was able to drive it with no problems. Thanks Alex!

[CestBonPourVous]

Not many people knows this, but if you put it into low gear, while the ranger is up, you can use it as a 4th gear. It's very useful when going around a corner and you're too lazy to flip the ranger down and back up again to go into 4th. Or you can go from 3rd to Low, then use the splitter to go into 4th hi. This really changes the way you drive the truck

[VictoriaSteele-ef]

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[danielmachen-dcml]

So I've been out of trucking about 1.5 years went through a rough time in life Yada yada...but I just got my cdl transferred to OK, got my medical card I was worried I might of forgot how to float, but watching your video brought back alot of memories very informative thanks buddy.

[Woodwardfamily]

I listened from the first to the end it's not confusing at all it's very good you should be a teacher for some people how they're driving a truck

[TheFarmacist]

This is probably the best explanation and demonstration I have seen

[rileykoziol]

That's interesting. I'd never become a trucker but that gave me more of an understanding on how a 13 speed works. 1st thru 4th, 5th, 5th high, 6th low, 6th high, etc. I never knew what high and low gears meant and thought there was actually 13 gears

[chrismayes]

I also noticed how he floated his gears. This was by far the best explanation that I've found on the topic of shifting. The only way to drive a big rig.

[jasoncordill]

Best way to learn is just to experience it. A 13 speed works in an H pattern and to split the gears, it brings your RPM’s about halfway down in your sweet spot when you put it in the high of that gear. With a 10 speed, you have to pull it clear over to the left and back to put it into 6th gear. Your low range only helps to gain momentum from a dead stop.