How to start a truck from a stop on a hill

Let the clutch out slowly til you feel it start to pull, then release the brake.

 

Get out and push it!
No seriously if possible set the maxi brakes slip the clutch a little and give it some gas and release the brakes

 

Keep foot on brake and start to let out on clutch. As truck starts to grab release brake and give it the gas. Nothing special to it. just dont let the clutch out to fast or you'll be grabbing the key!

 

They all make good points. When putting tention on the drivetrain starting in the lowest gear helps if your prone to stalling. On really steep hills,(if your religious) a small prayer for the u-joints may help.

 

if you use your low gear, you should be able to just ease out the clutch and then give it fuel. if you get on the fuel before the clutch is engaged, you run the risk of breaking an axle, or u joint. there is a ton of torque in a low gear and gasing it and hitting the clutch something is gonna give.

grabbing the next gear is where it gets interesting.

 

Most modern engines know when your engaging the clutch and will automatically compensate the engine for the load being applied.
Most problems occur when drivers do not use a low gear to take off on a hill or decide to use throttle to get moving.
Seen drivers bouncing trucks trying to get started, can we say damaged driveshafts.

Try it sometime on flat ground, keep pressure on the brake pedal, release clutch slow then when you feel the engine rpms increase slightly release brake pedal.
This will stop you stalling or rolling back.

 

Not trying to be a smarta##, but isn't this one of the things that one is tested on during the CDL road test ? I know it was for me. And since the truck I was in was an 18-speed, I pretty much split-shifted all the way to the top gear, going up a hill from a standstill on an upward slope.

 

I was never tested on that for my cdl. but then again we dont have many steep grades in detroit! just start out in lower grears you will be fine

 

Graymist, there were no hills with stoplights or signs anywhere near my testing course.

And I should note that this is EXACTLY THE SAME as how you drive a car. Seriously.