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I've been a Class A CDL holder for over a decade, and have never heard of this expression.
It may either be a reference to how you shift in icy conditions, or it may be another way of saying "floating" gears. For the former, I'd advise you to do a web search - it's a bit of a long explanation, and pointless for me to type it all out when it's readily available.
For the latter, unlike passenger cars, many Class 7 and Class 8 trucks do not have a synchronizer gear in their transmission (although European marques typically do in markets outside of the US and Canada). The driver has to time their shifts to compensate for the lack of a synchronizer gear. One upside to this is that it is possible to shift without using the clutch without causing damage to the transmission - do this is a vehicle with a synchromesh transmission, and you will damage it. Shifting without a clutch is referred to as "floating", and it may be possible that this is what your "ice shifting" term refers to.
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I've been a Class A CDL holder for over a decade, and have never heard of this expression. It may either be a reference to how you shift in icy conditions, or it may be another way of saying "floating" gears. For the former, I'd advise you to do a web search - it's a bit of a long explanation, and pointless for me to type it all out when it's readily available. For the latter, unlike passenger cars, many Class 7 and Class 8 trucks do not have a synchronizer gear in their transmission (although European marques typically do in markets outside of the US and Canada). The driver has to time their shifts to compensate for the lack of a synchronizer gear. One upside to this is that it is possible to shift without using the clutch without causing damage to the transmission - do this is a vehicle with a synchromesh transmission, and you will damage it. Shifting without a clutch is referred to as "floating", and it may be possible that this is what your "ice shifting" term refers to.
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