some beginner manual starting issues

Don't discount everything this instructor may say in the future. Perhaps this was just a mis-hearing of what he was trying to say. Or maybe he's just not a good communicator and hopefully has a lot to offer students if they can learn to communicate together.

Or maybe he's a bad truck driver instructor, but regardless, you will have to make do the best you can. I'm sure you'll do fine. Stick with it.

 

yeah he has taught us somewhat im not saying hes totally worthless but you can just tell he likes to do the bare minimum it requires to get paid, and yeah not very good communication, but it is what it is. I would be pretty mad if I paid for this luckily I went for free so I cant complain too much.

 

so on a hill you hold down the brake until you let out the clutch enough to get it to start the idle roll? or a little before it starts that? im not really clear what you mean

 

You really don't do anything different on a hill other then perhaps select a lower gear (#1 or low is rarely required except in extremely heavy situations on significant grades) ... and be a little more careful with the combinations of releasing the clutch and brakes in a very specific order and manner, that you will learn in time.

 

If the truck starts acting like its having a seizure when taking off, you're in too high a gear. Plain and simple. You NEVER touch the go pedal when lifting off. That is a major no no. Your instructor sounds like the kind of driver us mechanics love. Keeps us employed with all those burned up clutches, flywheels and twisted driveshafts.

 

hahaha yeah I bet no wonder their always bringing it to the shop and the transmission is pretty bad already.

 

so when you start to feel that tug, you ease off the brake and clutch simultaneously?

 

I'd say when you start to feel "the tug" go ahead and get off the brake in one action (no easing off), but continue to ease the clutch the rest of the way out. It's a coordination that is easier to learn with practice in the real world then it is to teach in class.