Do you need to double clutch?

Dont use the clutch in a heavy vehicle to change gears. Just take off and reverse and monitor your revs to change gears, take your foot off the gas and slide it into next gear, up or down. Once you know your truck its like second nature.

Changing down give it a big kick in the guts and start working your way down the gears, you can skip gears and drop down two, just allow for your revs. Once you get confident changing gears without clutch, its piss easy.

I dont know why driver assessors wont show you and make you double-clutch. Its a good skill to have, even your cars synchro box will change gears without clutch.

 

That big old kick in the guts just wasted some fuel when double clutching would accomplish the same thing...imo

 

Hahaha. Choice of words. Get your revs above 1300, then into gear. Double clutching still requires an increase of revs before you use the clutch again.

I havent driven a road ranger in years, so I was trying not to be too specific, most trucks are auto's these days and I was operating a front and side lift truck, so on top of gears I had 4-9 controls for forks, packer, lid. etc. etc.

I never took fuel into consideration because only half a tank would be used after a 12 hour shift and we had bowsers in the yard. Not using a clutch was for ease and comfort.

 

I didn't say I was worked up, and it's obvious that the majority of drivers either don't read manufacturer specs or think their cdl gives them artistic license to ignore them, then call those who did read the manual ignorant. It isn't my truck, so do what you want, until they figure out how to replace drivers with some other mechanism designed to work correctly.