hjdca
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It is mostly different when you climb hills or rock crawl. When you climb a hill, you pick a gear and stay there. I have a Rubicon JT Manual and I usually climb in 4WD Low -- 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.... If I have to, I can downshift fast and have my low gears. When rock crawling, I use the lowest gear - 4WD Low 1st gear, or maybe 2nd... You mostly feather the gas pedal and brake and keep the clutch out -- it is kind of like guiding a tank or tractor. You do not want to stall it, nor put the clutch in, so, you kind of tractor through it. 1st gear is so low that you can almost do a momentary stop without stalling. What is nice about a manual is that wheel spin and forward and back rocking is limited at low speed on rocks because there is no torque converter, so, you do not get that loose feeling with the wheels going forward then backward on the rocks when you are feathering the gas.
One thing about the manual is that you make the decision on how you are going to take the obstacle and you do it -- right or wrong. With an auto tranny it is easier to stop and rethink than with a manual.
One thing about the manual is that you make the decision on how you are going to take the obstacle and you do it -- right or wrong. With an auto tranny it is easier to stop and rethink than with a manual.
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