Floating or Double Clutching

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  1. highway666

    highway666 Light Load Member

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    I want to know if companies require to you know how to float gears. I’ve never floated. I just got my CDL and my CDL school only taught to double clutch.
     
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  3. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    Depends on the company. Floating is easy much easier than wearing out you knee with the clutch.
     
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  4. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    They'd probably rather you double clutch because you're less likely to destroy a tranny if you screw up.
     
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  5. ethos

    ethos Road Train Member

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    Never heard of anyone requiring a driver to float. But most of us do.
     
  6. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    Nobody will have any problems with you double clutching.
    When the time comes that your knee aches. You’ll figure out you can do the same shift without touching the clutch.
     
  7. Steel Dragon

    Steel Dragon Road Train Member

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    Should have beat up your trainers truck..not your own...:biggrin_25525:
     
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  8. Driverdad

    Driverdad Light Load Member

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    Ive only ever seen a company say you have to clutch .
    Ive never seen one that said you cant .
     
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  9. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    Ask any engineer, double clutching is what is supposed to be done while lots of experienced drivers will brag about being about to change with out the clutch it is not what the gear box was designed to do hence the reason the bigger companies are converting to auto - shifts in the long run it proves much cheaper, stick to double clutching unless your employer tells you otherwise.
     
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  10. highway666

    highway666 Light Load Member

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    I’m 24, how long till you thInk my knee will give? Haha.
     
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  11. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    Or until they bring in the new driverless drone trucks
     
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