dbl clutching?

Need to be able to do both steep grade at a slow speed, its best not to miss a gear use the clutch

 

I follow you, That super 10 trans took a little getting used to, but when you got used to it, it seemed to do about half of the shifting for you, Also drive a mack quad axle dump truck for a friend, that one has a mack 10, similar, but not the same, the one I drive with an 8LL is a sterling tri axle dump truck, spring suspension, you dont even trust your coffee to stay in the cup holder

 

my old "60" pete had hendrickson extenda leaf suspension on it and it rode just like a caddy also, but that truck was a ridge runner not a hiway queen.....

 

I am halfway to get my CDL from McFatter school in South Florida, and instructors are requiring us to double clutch.

 

They are doing you a favor that you will never be able to re-pay tonakis. Once you learn the correct way you will never forget it. Make sure and thank them for teaching you one of , if not the most valuable skill you'll have once you finish. At least in this OLD FART"S opinion.

 

No, absolutely! I WANT to know the correct way. Besides, I believe that it is good to know to drive properly, professionally and not pick up bad habits from the beginning which can stay with me forever after that.

I am very happy with my instructor. Almost got my license too. Hopefully first week of April. Then it's just 1000 miles OTR (within Florida) experience until the end of the course in mid-May.

 

Glad to hear you have that attitude, I'm retired now , but I drove for over 30 years and the day of my last trip I still considered my self to be a newbie.....you'll never learn it all. Treat every safe mile as gift from God , and a learning experience , and you'll have a long and safe , and hopefully prosperous career.

 

since at my old job you never knew what truck you'd be in.... im glad i taught myself to double clutch (i had overheard someone say that was the ONLY way to drive a tractor) because some trucks (IMO) are easier to float than others....... i remember this old KW we had with an old 6 speed that the clutch was SOOOOOO heavy that my left leg started shaking- I found with that truck it was just easier to float.

My point is every truck is different, BUT it sure makes life easier when you actually DO know the correct way to do something.... If you decide on using a different method (floating) hey- more power to you........

But if you happen to try and change jobs and the guy giving you the road test says to you "don't float"..... you'll STILL be ok!

 

You have had a lot of responses.....does it make sense to you yet? I guess the way I look at it, you have to learn how to shift a truck in school and you have to pass the driving test, and you have to double clutch to do so. Schools would never teach you how to float the gears, because new drivers would rip them up one after another. Double clutching is the way to learn to shift and get your cdl. After that your employer will tell you what their preference is, and you will need to teach yourself to float the gears if your employer wants you to float. Mine did, so I started shifting with only using the clutch once to shift between gears and that prepared me to shift without using the clutch....after about 15,000 miles of driving I could shift quite well either double clutching or single clutching, and at that point I started to float the gears. My empolyer knew I needed some time to start floating gears, and any employer that does not give you time does not understand what a new driver can do.

So if you can shift either way, you will be able to work for any employer and meet their requirements.

 

my school in Chicago is teaching us how to single clutch it. I even ask if during the road test with the state examiner do we need to double clutch it they said no they single clutch it so I don't know if that's a good thing for me later on