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yep and every truck I have drove was just a little different, one truck I drove liked the rpms a little lower, this volvo likes them higher it seems

 

I use the clutch some, depends what I need or how much power I have going to the ground. I float mostly, but can't remember the last time I had to double clutch...maybe when I tested out years ago.

 

I still double clutch with habit, I was told the only reason they want you to do it is since you have more control over the truck, what someone was saying anyway

 

I've never been good at floating, except when I've had no choice.
Once with a motorcycle and twice with cars, when the clutch went south.
It's really fun, with no clutch, when you have stop lights to contend with - getting rolling with the starter, etc.

But it's true about every tuck being different.
Last night I filled in at a local P&G account, relaying day cab truck/trailers.
Both trucks were the same in make, miles and tranny. But they were very different in how they liked to be shifted.
It was not a fun night, to say the least.

 

Got the clutching down, was really easy, just needing to get my parallel parking down.

 

parallel is not so bad, you wont really need it out there on the road either, so far I have used it 0 times, my buddy who was my mentor told me in the 7 years with Swift he has paralleled 2 times.

 

I actually had to double clutch the other day for the first time in almost 20 years, and that was so that I could show my student actually how easy it was. Did for about 1 hour. He said that he understood, and right away, grinding the gears. Could not fathom that you do not push the clutch all the way in.

 

Blsqueak.......loving the pic at the bottom of your post!!! Now theres a guy whos got his #### together!!

 

Haha wow, I don't grind while shifting around the training range. Never push the clutch the whole way in. But yeah it isn't really difficult, just everything in synch. Also with parallel, I don't get why it's required by the state, but whatever the bureaucrats want we must do.

 

Used to be you had to parallel park in a lot of rest areas. Texas still has some that you need to know how to do it. For the testing, knowing how to parallel park shows the tester that you know how to control the trailer.