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Double clutching is a 'must do' with Swift. If you float during the road test you fail.

 

In my experience, it will depend on the tester. The best bet is to double clutch to be safe. IE: a tester who hates dbl clutch won't knock you down for doing so because it's company policy, but a tester who hates floating will have a valid write-up for you.

I got lucky.... the guy who did my road test was the same guy my mentor and I gave a lift to a week earlier. So, I really had about a 300 mile road test...

 

You've been driving long enough to know how to fake double clutching. What do you need to know about Lancaster. We have lots of planners, DMs, various fleets, and this week lots of activity with the drivers advisory board meeting here. Funny watching all the prissing up for Jerry, Richard, et al!

 

Fake double clutching? How do you do that? Just pump the clutch twice before putting it into gear?

 

i would think it's like real double clutching except that you go ahead and double clutch anyway cause the road test is only a few miles so suck it up.

then when you get your own truck do whatever you want and don't tell anybody so you don't get in trouble. that's what i do.

 

Chill out big guy, I wasn't asking how to do it so I could do it on the test or when driving. I've been told the safe way to do it is to double-clutch. Why, do most drivers just shift their trucks like a manual transmission?

 

I was talking to a guy in that was upgrading the same day that his mentor had a 2011 prostar and made him double clutch when he drove. You might end up with a mentor like that.

 

Double-clutching is easier on the transmission than floating....if you don't know how to float properly. It's less expensive to replace a clutch than to rebuild a transmission. With as many new people as we have, figure the percentage of folks who might actually know how to float properly.

Double-clutch on the test, but do what you will in the truck. Just please engage the clutch brake when you place it in gear from a stop. I hear drivers of all experience levels, from a stop..."R-R-R-r-r-r-r....*clunk!*" just because they either have no clutch brake at all, or are too lazy to press that left foot all the way to the floor.