Hill Climbing
Just want to run this by some of you, at the present time when I climb a (Hill or Mountain) I let the Allison do the changing or down shift as needed, if it don't down shift at 1400 RPM I will down sh...
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wolfe10 wrote:When you're already on a hill and your tranny needs to shift, that's more stress than anticipating the hill and shifting sans load. Kinda like downshifting a bicycle derailleur before a hill, because once you're on it, it's pretty hard.2oldman wrote:Would like more information on that one-- this is an Allison 3000 series.
Downshifting before the hill is easier on the tranny.
That said, perhaps the Allison etal are really good at shifting under load and it doesn't really matter. I remember my F450s tranny was not a smooth shift under load.
