Nervous about road test, not CDL test.

Wicked Wizard · Feb 16, 2018

femalecdla said: ↑

Good news, I passed my schools road final. Now am finished with school. All I have left to do is take the CDL. I'm still rusty with shifting. Today, I struggled with not grinding the gears. My examiner took 30 points from me because of it. I passed with a 70. My downshifting was perfect but my upshifting needs work, at least on the truck that I tested in. It's funny because all the other trucks it was the reverse. This particular truck seemed as though I was over revving the engine. I tried to shift at 1500 rpms but once I shifted from 1st to 2nd, 3rd gear would not work for me. Maybe I pressed the clutch in too far. I don't know. But I was extra hard on myself because although 70 is a passing score, I wanted at minimum 90. The school will not let anyone who has tested out to practice so now I just have to practice by watching YouTube videos for my CDL. Stay tuned and thank you for all the advice given because it did help me pass my road final.
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1500 might be too high for those low gears. Hang in there and stay calm.

Jwhis · Feb 17, 2018

All three of the trucks in my school like to shift at 1000-1200 in the low gears

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