Do companies allow you to choose your truck generally?

Now I'm really questioning my friend's knowledge... you better believe I was trying my best to push the clutch to the floor

Hmm... that little tidbit of information would have made that experience much more pleasurable I think

 

no. let off the clutch at idle speed. then slowly brin the engine speed up. bring it up to say 1800 if youre on a hill or with load, touch clutch pedal to break loose if you have to, let it drop about 500 rpm, the rpm with the throttle position so it doesnt go in then jerk as it slows. bring engine speed back....repeat. down shift by braking until rpm is 1200-1300, bump throttle/touch clutch to break loose, ring rpm up approxiately 500, shift into next gear, bring engine speed down....repeat. do this whilst watching road/managing space/speed/following distance, watching traffic and traffic patterns, scanning all gauges and waning devices and checking mirrors.
just like a pickup.

 

trucks have enough torque that if you throttle up while releasing clutch with weight on...you might be popping that parking brake and picking up broken u joint remnants/pieces of airline fittings...or waiting on a wrecker or service truck to replace the now broken driveshaft...

 

I don't mean to confuse you, but you dont rev up the R's on an up shift......you just push the clutch into "the working phase" put the gear selector in neutral, release the chutch, push the clutch again into "the working phase" and put it in the next higher gear. To downshift, you push in the clutch to "TWP" put the gear selector in neutral, release the clutch......rev the engine 200-300 RPM, push in the clutch to "TWP" and grab the next lower gear.

At first they will have you driving around a parking lot idle shifting, and then they will build on this as not to over load you.

 

well that would certainly explain alot......like how I got stuck in the brand new truck with the elogs and how the rest of the guys in orientation got '07's and '09's with paper logs......

had i known that I would have worn the jeans with the holes in them and the old t-shirts......while the new truck is nice, the elogs suck....

do they let you pick your truck? test drive different ones?

yeah, that's funny

 

You'd be lucky to pick your own truck even if you were leasing the #### thing! Look at JCT, they line everyone up and yell go and you have to run out to the truck lot and grab the best truck you can find before someone else does! Keep in mind that this is the truck you will be making a $1000 payment on every week! Craziest ###### I have ever seen!

 

Shirting in 4 wheelers and semi's are complete opposites. I am currently in school and just started my road training after 2 days i have the shirting down its not that hard but it seems like a lot to learn. i can demonstrate the shifting process for the 9 speed i have been driving.

Up shifting

Place truck in forst gear begin driving till truck reaches 1500 rpm then cluch in shift to neutral then Clutch out then clutch in shift in to 2nd same process raise rpm's driving to 1500 rpm's again clutch in shift to neutral clutch out clutch back in shift to next gear.

Downshifting

is a little different and a extra step . Drop rp's down to about 1000 rpm's clutch in shift to neutral clutch out rev motor to 1500 rpm's then clutch in and shift to the lower gear.

We have a old guy about 58 who never drove a standard anything before and he has trouble;e shifting a lot all thought after his 3rd time out on the road he seems like its starting to stick but just remember when your sitting in that seat don't mention driving your car or your 4x4 truck because it will irritate some of the instructors because cars and semi's are nothing alike.