How to shift and split gears in an 18 speed transmission on a semi

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  • @GT-mn3bx
    @GT-mn3bx Рік тому +207

    Fun fact. Eaton invented the 2 speed rear end so you could hear the turbo spool twice as much. Come on back.

    • @Iron_Mike_Sharp
      @Iron_Mike_Sharp  Рік тому +30

      👑👑👑

    • @James-kd7dc
      @James-kd7dc Рік тому +12

      Fun fact number 2. Eaton actually made a 3 speed rear end also consisting of a bogie with 2 speed diffs. Shift 1 to high then the second to high giving you 3 speeds in the rear.

    • @theglitch99
      @theglitch99 Рік тому +1

      Nice

    • @starship3095
      @starship3095 11 місяців тому +1

      I heard you driver

    • @NIKBIGMAK485
      @NIKBIGMAK485 8 місяців тому

      The shit I wanna learn, instead Ive become a greasy sloppy door dummy mechanic

  • @santosflores3193
    @santosflores3193 Рік тому +56

    I like this video because you don’t do a lot of unnecessary talking and go straight to the point. Good job

    • @michaelaleme3518
      @michaelaleme3518 3 місяці тому +1

      I agree with you. I learn a lot from him. No trash talking. Thank you! Iron mike.

  • @KING-FU
    @KING-FU 9 місяців тому +7

    Mike sure made that look easy. When I was a kid, my Dad bought a used mini-wheeler dump with a twin-stick 5&4. Unloaded he didn’t split shifts, fully loaded / over, it was underpowered, so he hit most all of them. After three or four shift cycles, he’d already broken out in a sweat and I remember him looking a bit like he was playing whack-a-mole when trying to find those gears. 😂

  • @shaunchappell784
    @shaunchappell784 Рік тому +43

    Not a trucker here and live in the UK, but love watching and listening to big dad. I worked with an EX trucker from texas(hauled cattle all over) for 14 years, the roughest, toughest, grumpiest, kindest, funniest, most helpful man I've ever met or ever had the pleasure of working with.
    We worked in probably one of the worst jobs imaginable together, and everyday on shift with that man was a pleasure.
    When he died it was one of the saddest days ever, but his funeral was one of the best celebrations of life ever. When his wife pulled out letters that he'd written to his closest friends and included me I was utterly shocked, his letter simply stated.....To Shaun, best man I've ever worked with, the only one I trusted with my life on the daily.
    Get back to work, and pay them bills.
    Big Al.

    • @redrobbo1896
      @redrobbo1896 Рік тому

      Where did you work with Shaun at? The UK?

  • @snaprifice
    @snaprifice Рік тому +49

    Grind it till you find it! This isn't directed at Mike, but I get a kick out of southerners shifting like they're out for a Sunday drive, moving the stick for splits and going on vacation between the gears. Over here in the Canadian Rockies we can pull 140,000 lbs through the mountains... Let me tell you, it's an entirely different experience. Box Canyon hits 10%, hitting a range change on that sucker is always fun. To y'all that don't do a lot of grades, you're not missing much, it's really not that fun.

    • @Mudsuitable
      @Mudsuitable Рік тому +3

      Sometimes feel like I'm gonna rip the shifter off the top of the trans!

    • @theglitch99
      @theglitch99 Рік тому +8

      Grades and big weights takes skillz. Hats off to ya bud. Stay safe

    • @cmm3338
      @cmm3338 4 місяці тому +2

      140k at 10% is wild. Ill go up it, idk about down it... haha.

    • @Winslowfilms.
      @Winslowfilms. 2 місяці тому

      In canada we dont play games 😂

  • @wesleycooper2647
    @wesleycooper2647 Рік тому +45

    I counted 32. But I quit school in grade 2 to manage a trailer park

    • @mattberg916
      @mattberg916 Рік тому +7

      A 2nd grader has got to do what a man's got to do!

    • @SwiftyMcVeigh851
      @SwiftyMcVeigh851 10 місяців тому

      Thicc chicks...

    • @toothlesstoe
      @toothlesstoe 9 місяців тому

      There are 8 gears with a high and low function for each, plus a low and high version of the low gear, making a total of 18 speeds, not counting the 4 reverse gears.

    • @gliderider7077
      @gliderider7077 8 місяців тому +2

      😂

    • @RemingtonScarborough
      @RemingtonScarborough 3 місяці тому

      @@toothlesstoe8x2 equals 16 idk where you got 18 from

  • @kellybyrd9772
    @kellybyrd9772 Рік тому +23

    I couldn't be that smooth in an automatic 🤣. Nice job sir

  • @chadhobart4839
    @chadhobart4839 Рік тому +3

    She sounds so good 🇺🇸💪. We respect the way you handle your rigg

  • @donnyrandolph9614
    @donnyrandolph9614 Рік тому +5

    Damn big dad your awesome i was trained on that same tranny way back in 94 when I started driving!!! Keep the videos rolling and that damn road hot!!!! Fym!!! Stay safe out there BIG DAD!!!

  • @acfbfirephotography4875
    @acfbfirephotography4875 Рік тому +1

    Best video by far none of them show you how to do it they just tell you

  • @JuxJimmy-hu8cb
    @JuxJimmy-hu8cb Рік тому +1

    I love the way you split geer please make another video again.

  • @kevinfurtado2550
    @kevinfurtado2550 Рік тому +1

    Smooth operator, my grandfather told me he drove a truck way back and it had 2 sticks, one was the range and the other has the gears. He said you needed 3 arms to shift and drive hahaha. I drive a gutless automatic for an LTL company.

  • @wasteoftime727
    @wasteoftime727 10 місяців тому +1

    Best example video ive seen short simple ans too the point

  • @tylerhollis2629
    @tylerhollis2629 Рік тому +5

    Smooth like butter c’mon

  • @way2comfortable698
    @way2comfortable698 4 місяці тому +2

    Dude that turbo sound is crazy

  • @zahir5595
    @zahir5595 10 місяців тому

    Truck sounding good!!! Smooth shifting!

  • @qbertguy
    @qbertguy 11 місяців тому +4

    My Cascadia has an 18-speed with 3.55 Rears, splitting the bottom side is completely useless, I only do it in stop and go traffic otherwise I just treat it like a 13 speed.
    Nicest thing with that setup is I can go 75 miles an hour a hair over 1400 RPM

  • @worlboss2844
    @worlboss2844 29 днів тому

    Its they way u make it look so interesting

  • @tonym492
    @tonym492 Рік тому +1

    Wish we had trucks this rad in New Zealand

  • @michaelbaines4471
    @michaelbaines4471 7 місяців тому

    Nice and smooth shifting

  • @MOB-Lee
    @MOB-Lee Рік тому +3

    FYM Saturday! C'mon back!

  • @STIKLYFE410
    @STIKLYFE410 9 місяців тому

    EVERYTIME I WATCH THIS DUDE ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS THE MOVIE "THE DEVIL'S REJECTS" AND THE CHICKEN SCENE.

  • @garudagerwalk
    @garudagerwalk Місяць тому

    My legs started to cramp when I seen that cab. 😂

  • @notchfox6086
    @notchfox6086 Рік тому

    Breaker 1/9,,,,Big Dad Keeping it real! Come on Back!

  • @theglitch99
    @theglitch99 Рік тому +6

    Bro, these new drivers
    "steering wheel holders" push or slide it into D, and they are off terrorizing the roads 😂

    • @christopherhardie1050
      @christopherhardie1050 6 місяців тому +1

      Well I don't own the company so I have no say in what they buy and also I'm making 90k year home daily in an auto idgaf if you think I'm a wheel holder 😂, by the time you hit 18 I'm 5 miles down the road

  • @JR113FTW
    @JR113FTW 9 місяців тому

    No bs, just straight to it.

  • @Steelbackuk
    @Steelbackuk Рік тому +7

    Nice job there , big dad . I would like to see you have a go with the Eaton twin split

  • @danp7463
    @danp7463 11 місяців тому +1

    Good video, I like the super 10 myself. It must be a nice feeling getting to haul a load so heavy you have to use Lo-Lo.

  • @RarelyReplies
    @RarelyReplies Рік тому +2

    I’ll be honest. I chubbed up a little bit over that turbo.

  • @Yogi_Bear69
    @Yogi_Bear69 2 місяці тому

    Splitting every gear *starts in 3rd*. Most times you do not need 1st and second and they are labeled as lo on the shifter. But this is a great tutorial. I was wondering when you can move the splitters and seems like once you split with the air shifter if it's in gear it doesn't move out of gear if you are on the throttle. Good to know you do not NEED to be in neutral on an 18 speed to play with the splitters. You can set the shifter before you move it.

  • @bismarckgaming9303
    @bismarckgaming9303 10 місяців тому

    this guy is a fucking legend

  • @digitalarslan1778
    @digitalarslan1778 10 місяців тому

    "It's the best way. Cuz I do it this way"😂

  • @turtlenems5529
    @turtlenems5529 11 місяців тому

    I follow you on tt. Just found this. I got you bud!

  • @3dsmaxrocks699
    @3dsmaxrocks699 Рік тому

    Bop it! Pull it! Twist it!
    Pass it!🎵🎵

  • @countywatts5964
    @countywatts5964 Рік тому

    That’s how you do it ..awl that other shit they be doing is for show well done big daddy 😊

  • @nicholaswilson7734
    @nicholaswilson7734 Рік тому +4

    Big dad tell the kids what happens when it goes in the granny hole on the high range

    • @Iron_Mike_Sharp
      @Iron_Mike_Sharp  Рік тому +1

      👻👻👻

    • @snaprifice
      @snaprifice Рік тому

      High range LO? Same ratio as 4th. Heard some people use it on 13's, but apparently you can grenade the transmission? I dunno. My old logging mentor used it, I've used it in the past but don't anymore.

    • @theglitch99
      @theglitch99 Рік тому +1

      The lo range hi is a secret gear for when your going into turns but don't want to lose to much speed and still need pulling power! 😊

  • @Bronco1977
    @Bronco1977 8 місяців тому

    I have a 1966 H1000 Ford Cabover with 250 Cummins 5 speed transmission and a Eaton 3 speed on front differential

  • @gfield422
    @gfield422 2 місяці тому

    Thank you brother

  • @Whoabolt
    @Whoabolt Рік тому +5

    I bet big dad feel like a boss when he’s shifting gears 😂

  • @PedroSilva-rf2zm
    @PedroSilva-rf2zm Рік тому +1

    Can you do a video coming all the way down from the top gear

  • @nakinajay
    @nakinajay Рік тому

    The sound of those waste gates , reminds me of your mom taking a breath after each…..lol
    Have a great fuckin day Mr Sharp

  • @saturnoL
    @saturnoL 5 місяців тому

    Mike could you split gears while downshifting???

  • @robertdrake8299
    @robertdrake8299 Рік тому +1

    👍truck it up big dad
    👊fym , I'm up your up

  • @TacticalOperator01
    @TacticalOperator01 Рік тому

    That how they were designed to be shifted for sure keeps the engine in the powerband

  • @strictlyhardrap1688
    @strictlyhardrap1688 9 місяців тому

    I drive a manual mustang and with this video seems really easy . Basically each gear is 2? You just split when the rpm’s ask then then on to the next….. we’re you clutching ? Or floating

  • @redeyegoblin
    @redeyegoblin Рік тому +1

    Let me see if i follow. You start in LOW. Shift 1, tyen split, 2 then split, 3 then split etc. When you're done with LOW, youbgo into HIGH, and rinse and repeat? I want to get into it, i drive manuals, but i think its going to ve tricky especially to downshift, and unsplit, go from high to low ...
    Can you do a vid on downshifting. If you did one ill go look for it. Thanks!!

    • @donmunro144
      @donmunro144 11 місяців тому

      Just play the video backwards. Downshifting is the same as upshifting only going the other way.

  • @TruckerChaser
    @TruckerChaser 11 місяців тому

    nice video

  • @arabtruckdriver
    @arabtruckdriver 11 місяців тому

    Good Vidoe thanks

  • @outdoormatt5188
    @outdoormatt5188 11 місяців тому +1

    💥💪💯

  • @johncan12345
    @johncan12345 9 місяців тому

    Is that a cat 3406? Sounds amazing

  • @donmunro144
    @donmunro144 11 місяців тому

    I have an 18 spd and I don't know if I've ever split them all. Especially on the low side.

  • @Sauce-l5q
    @Sauce-l5q 5 місяців тому

    Technically you started in 3rd, U shifted through 16 gears. great video btw

  • @Marvin91790
    @Marvin91790 10 місяців тому

    so when you start off in 1st that technically 3rd gear since you don’t use the low. right or wrong??

  • @Eldon-f5e
    @Eldon-f5e 7 місяців тому

    When you split the gear do you push the clutch in?

  • @paulirving4151
    @paulirving4151 6 місяців тому

    Listen to that cat motor fire right up

  • @mrb9474
    @mrb9474 Рік тому

    sounds that might put a grown man to sleep in under 60 seconds

  • @DonnAz340
    @DonnAz340 10 місяців тому

    Why do some people jump into neutral and then back into gear when splitting? Does it have any actual benefit or are they just doing it because they think it looks cool?

    • @MunicipalityCity
      @MunicipalityCity 10 місяців тому

      Because the clutch is only used to go into 1st or reverse, you want to hang in neutral till your rpms are just right so you don't have any grinding. I don't drive trucks, but that's what common sense tells me.

  • @rigo3364
    @rigo3364 Рік тому +1

    Do you double clutch everything or how do you do that part?

    • @mattberg916
      @mattberg916 Рік тому +1

      It's all coordinated by the right hand and right foot. No clutch needed except starting

  • @squirrelchaser
    @squirrelchaser Рік тому

    Do another downshifting all the gears with the jake on

  • @Wergrun
    @Wergrun Рік тому +2

    Quit the railroad and getting my cdl after being inspired by big dad, what your title Mike? Owner operator?

    • @Iron_Mike_Sharp
      @Iron_Mike_Sharp  Рік тому +2

      Company man 🤝

    • @gumballer133
      @gumballer133 Рік тому +1

      Drive lowboy for the Railroad, best of both worlds!

    • @theglitch99
      @theglitch99 Рік тому

      Facts, do not join the rat race of the big box companies, nothing like what big Mike does!

  • @brandome4670
    @brandome4670 11 місяців тому

    I'm up here in Canada hauling 63500 kg. And we don't split gears like that unless you're going up a steep hill

    • @Iron_Mike_Sharp
      @Iron_Mike_Sharp  11 місяців тому +4

      And if you listen very close,You can almost hear me not giving a fuck

    • @brandome4670
      @brandome4670 11 місяців тому

      @@Iron_Mike_Sharp fucking love it bro. Ive watched 10 shifting videos tonight and everybody splits, starting to think im doing it wrong

  • @chrnc
    @chrnc Рік тому +1

    6nZ madness

  • @Farmer_1776
    @Farmer_1776 Рік тому

    You don’t use the mystery hole!?

  • @UwUchimkin
    @UwUchimkin Рік тому

    Wish I had a 18 speed in mine. Sometimes I gotta run 4 up to damn near 2k before goin in to 5 c'mon!

  • @Nathan-b1r
    @Nathan-b1r 4 місяці тому

    Why did you only shift 16 gears

  • @MenadMenad-hw1qx
    @MenadMenad-hw1qx 9 місяців тому

    Do you have clutch pedal?

  • @TonySmith-H-Town_83.Detailer
    @TonySmith-H-Town_83.Detailer Місяць тому

    Thanks

  • @JG-The_Immortal_One
    @JG-The_Immortal_One Рік тому +3

    Dammit Big Dad, you are a Gear Shifting Mother Trucker, C’mon!
    G.F.Y.M.

  • @daniellewanyandie9576
    @daniellewanyandie9576 Рік тому

    Do you have one with down shifting?

  • @julierehoric3856
    @julierehoric3856 11 місяців тому

    Just likes to hear himself cuss

  • @dallasgilliland2723
    @dallasgilliland2723 Рік тому

    where that seat belt at

  • @jesseaviles2988
    @jesseaviles2988 8 місяців тому

    Lmao. Looked for a video of how to… Man! thanks for the instruction. My common sense was not wrong! Did it somehow the right way… 1L all the way to 4L then jump to 5L to 8L and ended up to 8H. I find it quicker to avoid shifting a lot with the previous “explanation”. 😅 Does that happen a lot in trucking lifestyle? If it does, it’s for me. I freaking love driving!
    Looking forward to get a CDL after I learn how to drive on American Truck Simulator. 😂
    Keep on trucking! 🫡

  • @frankblack1481
    @frankblack1481 Рік тому

    The last time I saw anyone work numbers 1 thru 18 so fast it was your mom.

  • @docjoecornpusher5966
    @docjoecornpusher5966 Рік тому +2

    No Clutch FYM!

    • @theglitch99
      @theglitch99 Рік тому +1

      Clutch only for take off and stopping, you float gears according to you rpms. Very nice on the legs!

  • @Urapunk
    @Urapunk 11 місяців тому

    Never seen someone split em all

  • @MustangDesudiroz
    @MustangDesudiroz 6 місяців тому

    hoyl fuck it was that simple :0

  • @wyatt12358
    @wyatt12358 7 місяців тому

    THATS HARD ON A DRIVETRAIN SHIFTING WITH THE JAKE BRAKE ON.

  • @3dsmaxrocks699
    @3dsmaxrocks699 Рік тому

    Listen to that co.....

  • @yamguy33
    @yamguy33 Рік тому

    actualy you shifted 16 gears , 18 gear includes the bull low

  • @DJSHADDY2K7
    @DJSHADDY2K7 7 місяців тому

    Like a pro #Ironmikesharp .😂

  • @ripperlipper1016
    @ripperlipper1016 Місяць тому

    I’ve driven a 10 speed but that’s the highest

  • @billbill9392
    @billbill9392 10 місяців тому

    13speed better land sped to gear ratios

  • @Tgl400
    @Tgl400 3 місяці тому

    The sound 😩

  • @Dieselking217
    @Dieselking217 Рік тому

    I’m I the only one counting 12 gears?

    • @Nathan-b1r
      @Nathan-b1r 4 місяці тому

      He shifted 16 gears

  • @celiamartincordoba448
    @celiamartincordoba448 Рік тому

    13 speed and 18 speed. Almost the same thing.

  • @bigchillin6200
    @bigchillin6200 4 місяці тому

    FYM

  • @santopecado6606
    @santopecado6606 11 місяців тому

    You did it but did not teach a thing😮

  • @jamesmegson929
    @jamesmegson929 11 днів тому

    You didn't teach us anything did not explain how to do it

  • @1957mattes
    @1957mattes 3 місяці тому

    Is this video from the last century? Which modern truck still has a clutch? We have automatic transmissions. What backward country is this from?😂😂😂

  • @joekugelman4196
    @joekugelman4196 Рік тому

    She sounds healthy!!!!!

  • @C-CH_Learn_how_2shift
    @C-CH_Learn_how_2shift 8 місяців тому

    Wrong

  • @wevans1400
    @wevans1400 7 місяців тому

    No one ever asked

  • @nervouswreck392
    @nervouswreck392 11 місяців тому

    I HATE THIS COMMENT ‼️
    SOOOOO I DISLIKED IT‼️ YA☝️

  • @seanvanwallegham2108
    @seanvanwallegham2108 Рік тому

    Why do you have the Jake on

    • @Sixinthefield
      @Sixinthefield 10 місяців тому

      I didn't hear a jake at any point........