Is it better to push the clutch in when starting the truck?

Good analogy.

With modern engines and oil, in mild or warm temperatures it probably makes almost no difference.

I end up leaving the truck on a project occasionally. No power for block heater, hasn't been started in a week, 10 below temperature, do you think I'll push the clutch in when trying to start it? #### betcha I will.

 

Clearly some people haven’t had the pleasure of starting a truck in extreme sub zero temperatures. In older equipment or something that still has conventional gear lube in the transmission, you’ll notice the difference between clutch engaged/released. And I want to have the engine spinning as fast as possible and give it every chance it can get to start.

 

Today I learn u can start a truck without pushing in the clutch. I always push in the clutch, all these time wasted

 

I had a fleet owner see me start my/ his truck no clutch and he said never start without clutch. He knew his stuff. So I always did. Then another fleet owner saw me start my/ his truck with clutch. He said please never do that again. Both of these guys know trucking way more then most. So.... here I am, who the f knows

 

I thought you had a Auto restriction on your CDL

 

Nope, when I got my CDL, autos didn't exist...I personally dislike autos and dread the day manuals are obsolete.

 

Autos have been around since at least the 80s. Probably earlier

 

Nothing like the crap they have today. The 1st one I remember that I ever saw was the Super-10 Top 2...then they progressed to a 3 pedal where you took off and stopped with the clutch but the truck did the shifting.

 

The autos are better than ever, they are far from crap. (I'm running an Ultrashift 13.) The biggest issues with the autos are the pencil pushers in the office who lock out most of the functionality becauses few, if any, of their seat meat should actually be qualified as a driver.

 

My biggest gripe with autos is I haven't moved one around that wasn't absolute dog#### when it came to being smooth at slow speeds. I smashed a kingpin so hard one time I'm amazed it didn't break something. They shift fine but I'd pass 100% on one if it was my money just because the slow speed precision just isn't there.