Are Rookies taught how to use a clutch brake anymore?

Er...I was referring to farm trucks in my post. If (more like when) the brakes didn't work, it's because 1. They hadn't been fixed yet (for years at a stretch) or 2. Grandpa or my uncle had "fixed" them instead of paying a mechanic. We used to call them "farmer brakes" because...just like the crops... maybe they'd work better next year.

Same with the lights. I actually went through one harvest with a flashlight taped to the hood because we were behind and there was no time to fix anything.

 

I taught my self when I got my class b and after years of driving decided to get class a .. it was hard to get used to the double clutching they were teaching us in school... im a pro now and after a month at drive co in gary Indiana I have my class a....

 

only thing i could think of is if he was saying something like downshifting a few gears and then when you are at a lower speed just use your brakes to complete the stop. I dont always downshift every gear but at times when Im just puttin around the city I will slow myself down so that I crawl up to the light or traffic but I never actually stop. when Im in traffic Im not the one that takes off with all the other cars and then stops on their bumper. I crawl through and keep my space, sure people try to make your distance smaller by getting in front so I just hang back a little. It doesnt always work but Id rather creep through rush hour and then when it opens get up and go then play the stop and go game with these idiots going to the office.

 

That and driving down a steepgrade.

 

I was taught how to in school.. My trainer at Werner tried to teach me but i dolf him i already knew about it.

 

i dont think anybody downshifts every gear to come to a stop.......and if they do its news to me

 

We were taught about it in England's school..... Didn't hear much about it from the phase one trainer, tho.... Maybe its cause we showed right away why it was there and how to properly use it.

What, you surprised to hear that??

 

All I know is that any time I've either been assigned a used truck or have had to use a loaner, the clutch brake never works. I'm not anywhere near perfect, but I understand the clutch brake and it just grates on me when I hear a driver having to slam it into gear (for whatever reason, I might add....).

 

Everytime you hear the gears going crunch crunch that ain't the sound of something good happening in there, and no employer would be happy if there drivers were destroying the gear box self employed no worries you've got your own money to waste than you can do as you please hey.

 

No were not surprised. We all knew England drivers had to know how to do something other than hold up traffic and hit stuff. We just didn't have the first clue as to what it was till now.