Are Rookies taught how to use a clutch brake anymore?

No one ever accused you of not having control of your vehicle, but in one of your earlier posts you said that you coast to a stop in neutral so that you can find another gear should the light turn green... Why the hell do you need to be in neutral to do that???? But if it works for you then to each his own...

 

Yeah you can tell someone whose always driven a synchro gear box because usually don't wait the 5 - 8 seconds for a road ranger gear box to stop moving and just jam it into gear bet they'd learn quick if they were sent the bill for replacing all the chewed up gears.

 

So I wasn't the only one that caught that!

 

clutch brake? i thought you were just suppose to "grind em til you find em"

 

My truck does have power steering, and self-cancelling turn signals.

And if your service brakes aren't stopping you, you're in the wrong gear. A good rule of thumb to use when going down a hill is to go down in a gear lower than the gear you went up the hill with. For example, my truck climbs in 6th gear, so when I go down I'm in 5th. If I go down Donner's Pass in 5th and then turn on the engine brake, the engine brake will actually stop the truck.

 

This is funny i only use the clutch to engage the 1st gear from a stop and it doesnt get touched after that.To stop I keep one foot on the brake one on the gas and turn on the jakes I basically slow doen proggresively to go from 6 to 5 i disengage the gear by holding the truck slightly with the foot brake while pressing the gas slightly till it lets go of it then keep the gas on slightly while still slowing the truck down slightly and the gears go in like butter the process only takes 2 seconds and then release all pedals jake will slow the truck down then repeat the process again.First time i ever hear of a clutch brake.

 

whatever works for you i guess.......

a little tap of the fuel will almost always allow you to pull it into neutral with no problem.......but if you like the 12 step program for finding neutral thats cool too

 

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Not trying to be a ########...If you climb a 6% grade and descend a 9% on the other side, that rule does not always apply...you my want to drop an extra 2 or three gears...

just food for thought

 

come on driver, those little sayings are always accurate.......

just like "add up the 2 numbers of the speed you are going, that is what gear you should be in"

51 mph=6th gear