Posted by ScottyHOMEy on October 24, 2007 at 11:05:26 from (71.241.212.142):
In Reply to: Driving class posted by Mike CA on October 24, 2007 at 10:07:12:
Amen to all that was said below.
Your tranny is not synched, so shifting up (or down) through the gears (though it can be done) is not to be preferred. I shift through the gears on my Ram without clutching pretty regularly when I don't have a load on her, but then Dodge gave me a foot-feed for the CUmmins instead of a hand throttle, so I can shift, drop the RPMs and still have a hand on the wheel. Your H doesn't offer that convenience.
Drive it some (actually, I'd say a good bit) and get used to what it goes in each gear before you try hauling a wagon load of people. That's a BIG responsibility.
But in driving it, you'll learn what kind of speeds she'll make in each gear.
Road gear? So it's 11 or 12 mph. Makin' that kind of "speed" sittin' in the open air with your head eight feet off the ground on a vehicle with no springs, you'll feel like a hound with his head hangin' out the window of a pickup doin' 60. It's made for speed, not hauling heavy loads, and will surprise you when you first try it. You want to start out one notch above idle, and that will get you going as fast as full-bore in any gear other gear you have.
First time I tried it, I'd taken a couple of borrowed hay wagons back to a neighbor, and was bobtailin' back. Figured Grandpa couldn't see me so why not try it. I was amazed how much faster it was. Took me a short piece of road to finally idle it down and take off. Throttled it up once I got goin' and the front end would lift comin' off a yes ma'am in the road. I was twelve and learned that day about the pucker factor. All good fun, and I got home safely. Point is, road gear has its use but is not to be trifled with and is certailnly not a good idea for haulin' people behind.
Haulin' a hay wagon full of people, first or second will be your gear, dependin' on how crowded the grounds are.
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