310A How to drive properly

[beenthere]

And sometimes double clutching helps move between gears. That is when you clutch in (disengage) to shift out of gear into neutral and letting the clutch out, then clutch in to shift into the other gear followed by the clutch out. The way I had to drive the old 50's trucks and assume it would work here too. Gets dicier when under load going up a hill.
Sometimes, if a foot accelerator for engine rpm, could leave the clutch out of the equation altogether. Just shift into neutral and match the engine speed to the tranny gear desired.

 

[5030]

Transmission on a JD 310A does not have synchronizers therefore in was not designed to be changing gears while moving forward. One can carefully change gears but some gear grinding will be heard unless one is very good at shifting gears on a non-synchronized trans. 8th speed was designed for highway travel.

Dude needs to learn how to float the gears and that is an aquired trait. My Kubbys are the same, only 1st is synchro, the rest have to be floated.