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Lenexa Feeder Manager Has Rollaway?
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<blockquote data-quote="MechanicForBrown" data-source="post: 523690" data-attributes="member: 21088"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">Sorry but I have to disagree; </span></span></span> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">Not double clutching can get you more miles out of the clutch, many more! </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">Double clutching will reduce the miles you can put on the clutch because unlike shifting without a clutch the clutch is disengaged and engaged more. Simple laws of friction. </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">And to give an example, I had a Mack CH600 in my fleet that got its first clutch @ 678k, <strong><em>678K</em></strong>, thats nuts! Good driver. Although the average for a clutch on this particular kind of tractor is about 500k witch is still impressive. But drivers who use the clutch faithfully can expect around 350-400k.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">And as far as wear and tear on the tranny, not using a clutch can put more wear on the tranny itself if you don't shift right, but if you can shift well all the time without a clutch then the amount of wear on clutch and tranny is much reduced. JMHO from a mechanics standpoint.</span></span></span></li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MechanicForBrown, post: 523690, member: 21088"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Sorry but I have to disagree; [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST=1] [*][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Not double clutching can get you more miles out of the clutch, many more! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Double clutching will reduce the miles you can put on the clutch because unlike shifting without a clutch the clutch is disengaged and engaged more. Simple laws of friction. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]And to give an example, I had a Mack CH600 in my fleet that got its first clutch @ 678k, [B][I]678K[/I][/B], thats nuts! Good driver. Although the average for a clutch on this particular kind of tractor is about 500k witch is still impressive. But drivers who use the clutch faithfully can expect around 350-400k.:peaceful:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080]And as far as wear and tear on the tranny, not using a clutch can put more wear on the tranny itself if you don't shift right, but if you can shift well all the time without a clutch then the amount of wear on clutch and tranny is much reduced. JMHO from a mechanics standpoint.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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