Of all the videos where people are trying to explain the gears you have made the most informative and easiest to understand. Welldone!

never heard someone explain this in a dummy proof way. Thank you this helped a lot

Former driver here and this video best explained it to a non driver friend of mine who is playing the American Trucker video game bc I guess they sell 18 spd shifters for the game! Well done, sir. Safe driving out there!

By far the most intuitive tutorial on shifting. Thank you for the over the shoulder visuals

10/10 This video explains well Definitely learned what i didn’t comprehend about the splitting gears at first

BLUE is either 8LL or 15speed. Super 10 is a GREY button without a range selector.......... GREAT VIDEO 💯

This is the best video I've seen that teach you how to Shift a 18 speed transmission bless up from Jamaica 🇯🇲

Best explanation I've seen till now godspeed driver

Told the boss I can drive an 18 speed. Watching this while the truck airs up lol

This actually helped a lot man. I've had 4 years experience on 10 speeds but never anything higher. I asked my coworker for pointers and got the typical answer....you'll figure it out. My brain only works that way after I've seen it in motion.

Thanks, the best demo on how to shift 18 gears.

Thank you for sharing your expertise. Helps a lot.

Awesome tutorial. Thank you Jeff.

You are Awesome. You have the best, most realistic, real-life 18-speed shifting video. I've watched others on KZfaq, but you are a good trainer 👍

Very simply explained with precise detail , thanks brotha🙏👍🏼

Great explanation 🤙🏻

Blue also means 8LL/15DEEP

THANKS FOR SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE

Love the truck & channel man, keep it up 🦾

This was a brilliant example!!!

Simple but perfect demonstration

Very clear, understood.

Perfect man your information is very much appreciate.

Good explanations I got it in my head now I gotta do it. Thanks bro

Excellent explanation! Thanks

Excellent explanation thank you sir

Yo, you did your thing right here man. Heavy hauling and you in NYC (my hometown) with an 18-speed. I salute you my G. I learned how to drive in a 10-speed International, but over the past 4 years since I got my CDL every company I've worked for has automatics. I have what many call an automatic handicap smh. Lost out on a lot of jobs in the oilfield because of that.

Thanks bro you just helped me with my new job

As a non-truck driver...ever.....never even been in a rig, I watched this cause I saw a 2024 KW W900L Limited Edition, thought it was beautiful. Anyway this vid popped up after some KZfaq searches. Now I'm sure from the comments you're teaching right but I have to say....I would F that up 6 ways from Sunday 😂😂😂😂😂 GREAT VID I REALLY ENJOYED IT!!!

Excelente vídeo Jefe🙏stay safe out there

Very helpful way to explain bro.

Amazing vid 💯%on point 👍🏾👍🏾✌🏾❤️ Drive safe 🙏🏾

Watching from Kingston Jamaica 🇯🇲, nice video 👍

Excellent, great video ✅✅✅

Great job explaining it all thanks. Finally a truck driver who has a proper seating position, not sitting on the floor with a 6 foot gear stick lol.

Best dam video I’ve seen I run a 10 speed but the work I do I need a 13 or 18 always running 78-80k

Well explained. Nice video.

Great video bro

Exactly the instructional video I was looking for. Learned to drive a 9 speed a year ago and been driving automatics since but needed to learn an 18. This really gave me a great understanding of how to shift. Thanks for making it.

Tnx. NOW i understand at last.

Much respect

This is the vid i looking for, everything was simply explained. compare to the other vids..

Hell ya brother, great explanation of how the 18 speed works. I wish I found this 2 months ago . I've been running 18 speed now for a month by trial and error. This with help sharpen my skills. Thanks.🔥🙏

Great break down , CDL school didn’t teach splitting lol .

I'm struggling right now but you make it sound easy... can tell you love what you do, thanks brother.

Thanks dude

Thanks for your expertise in showing us how to change the gears Jeff. ''You were really easy to follow. You are a great driver Jeff Jele one of the best lucky you bro...

My work truck is a 21’ kenworth t880, before this it was an 07’ w900L, and before that, it was a 21’ freightliner 114sd, all 18 speeds at all different power outputs. 470 for the freightliner, 510 for the t880 and 600 in the w9 all rocking the 18 speeds. I haul rock at my max gross of 46,500kgs/102,300Lbs multiple times a day. Every trucks setup requires different driving styles. I can only take off in low-low or low-hi in the t880, but can walk from a dead stop in 2nd the 114. The w9 will do 2nd. I never do this and always leave in either low-low or low-hi anyways, but unless I’m in the muck or in a turned position, I am able to comfortably pick whole gears until 6 hole and split 6L to 6H except for in the 114. It is almost necessary to split from 4L to 4H. Really comes down to clutch and power setup. Good video man

My man explained it well.

My dad is a logtruck driver in michigan and this is exactly how he shifts his truck when loaded up with 150k-170k lbs

Great video king! what's the rpm jump on shifts/downshifts on one of these 200rpm? Iv'e only ever driven a miata manual, this is a whole other ball game

The way you broke that down was perfect...!

I can remember 30 years ago we use to use a 8 speed with deep reduction for heavy haul which was a heavy tranny for heavy Bush haul b train or 5 axle straight trailer for logs but when 18 came it was a nice tranny we had them in heavy spec Western Star which are were best Bush haul truck 550 cat 4 wheel lock good in Bush then hwy to mills but the old 8 speed was also good tough Eaton transmission

This helps me KZfaq ai recommended me this.

Anyone else here watching this amazing tutorial to understand how to use 18 speeds in American truck Simulator? Hahaha great tutorial btw!

Good video, Matatan. I want to drive a Pete pero that 18 speed looked complex. It’s easier than I thought

Could you do a video concentrating on down shift instead of up shift? Can the splitter be in 5Hi and go to 4Hi after dropping the range selector?? Also can you skip the splitter all together till you get to 8th and just use it as an overdrive? Is that bad for the tranny? Awesome video by the way!!

Thank you for not double clutching!

You only need the splits for going uphill or when u r on logging roads. On a flat road, You can jump over the splits. it doesn't make difference.

Thanks for this vid man! I was just wondering if you got any tips for new CDL drivers, I recently got my class A.

Awesome video and question how you shift 18th speed when you at a stop on a hill with a load ?

You the man mate cheers!! If I ever make it over to America I wanna buy you a beer 🍻

Excelente lesson, donde andas ? Se ve como un país de latinoamerica.

Would be nice to see your rpm !

dude is this a road ranger box?

Yoooo I see your air hose by your seat belt. Can you do a video on how that’s tapped into your airline?

Gracias jefe I subbed and god bless Jesus is king

Question: when you downshift with your spiltter, i.e 5H to 5L, do you apply gas to rev match or it automatically does that?

Damn bro, your streets remind me of mine. Shakes the hell out of your kidneys!

When you put switch back into low before up shifting it won’t down downshift ?

Question high gear switch at 4th to 5th instead 5th to 6th in ten speed ???

What's the reason you run through low and high split in every single gear? Is your truck down on power? I'm in a T880 18 speed and my normal gross is 140,000lbs (super B's). When fully loaded its lo low, 1 low, 2 low, 3 low, 4 low, 5 low, 5 high, 6 low, 6 high etc I only split high range. I'd never make most left hand filter turns if I went through the entire low range box like that as I'd have changed gear 9 times before I even hit 24kph.

At around what rpms are you shifting when loaded ? Having trouble shifting

Do you press the clutch wen you put it from low to high?

Do you clutch from maybe one low to one high

What rear ends do you have? That truck is long legged.

I knew it was NY when I saw the 117k gross.

What are the rpm brackets?

How do you know what speed or whatever to shift at?

Power shifting or double clutching?

There is never any need to split gears from low to four.

What RPMs are you shifting at 1500?

In order to make this the type of video you trying to put out you would have to show your feet that way we can see how to let off the gas cuz I know u floating gears

I thought blue was a 15

Thanks Man

Great over all video it's just I'm a little dyslexic when it comes to shifting gears because I haven't done it in a while I use to know how u to double clutch and float but it's been almost 6 years since I did it fam

NOW I get it!!! 🫡

Easy easy