I remember missing a shift during my CDL training. Coming down a hill towards a light that was a very stale green, blew the shift and was trying like hell to get it as the light was turning and the truck was picking up speed down the hill. I was shitting myself and my instructor, cool as a cucumber says "it doesn't matter which one, but you'd better find a gear". One of the best instructors I've had in any course, thanks Barry
Thank goodness my CDL test was in an area with a lot of traffic, so I barely use that many gears, and I didn't have to downshift cause I time it, so I always stop at traffic lights. Once I got my CDL, it was all automatic trucks at my place of work. lol
I remember crying and stressing at the hotel during the training because you only could mess up twice on your final test. Living in my car during the 2009 recession added more pressure. Back completely against the wall. Made it through that. Got my CDL on my 21st birthday homeless in Memphis, TN. 15 years later still doing it, love it and appreciate those trying times of how it all began. Keep showing up.
Not only does he have to worry about the teacher aggressively shifting when he’s loosing gears. He got buddy in the back seat as well recording and holding in his laugh lol
I don't think that's the teacher... I'm pretty sure they're in a strange sort of arrangement amongst themselves..... That and they each drive 8hrs a day...
@@tomg1066 "8hrs a day..." Lmao. That's cute. ~Every truck driver ever~ If I were to guess, this is CR England training in action. They have been "speeding up" the training process by putting two inexperienced CDL holders with a "trainer" in one truck. Guess how many hours they require before releasing the trainees on the road?... 70 drive line hours. In theory, they could be out on the road after a normal OTR work week.
Poor man... don't laugh at him... 😔 He will learn it one day and earn money for his family. We all learned it in this way. Mistakes makes him to realize what would happen if we put it in wrong gear. And as he heard that gear sound he will be motivated to do it in the right way in future when he will own a truck or when he would work for somebody else. All the best learner... 👍... or he might be become a good driver now... what ever... all the best...
@@bjornsimotamx1560 When I started learning how to drive a 10 speed I made so much mistakes, stalling , keeping the hi-lo switcher up when it was suppose to be down, scrapping , losing gears. But the problem with driving school is that you come 2-3 times a week maybe for 1.5-3 hrs at a time. Tell me how is one suppose to master with such little practice. You really don’t start mastering the gears until you get behind the wheel and drive 8+hr a day. Through trail and error. Eventually you’ll look back and say this wasn’t so hard. Just keep practicing and look at videos on how to up shift and down shift.
@@benjaminadrainrivera yes brother your so right with the schooling 2-3 times a week is not enough. I understand it's a business you got so many other students to enroll to make money to keep the business operating and depending how much staff ( teachers) you have and the size of your estate. I get it but still for me I learned just on automatic for my Dz and Az just get my license easier and quicker but to learn stick.... honestly I had to improvise to get a job quickly...thank you the "RU-vid gods" That's how I learned I get a lot of shocked faces but I had to do what I had to do.
Former CDL instructor here - when I had a student in the driver seat for the first time I had them hold the clutch with the truck off and go up and down the gears to learn where they were. Made a world of difference
I sell cars (no comparison to these machines I know) and I've taught countless people how to drive a manual trans and EVERYTIME I had them just sit parked and run through all the gears b4 we even started it and on top of that I would make them stall it a few times for two reasons, for them to get a feel for where the clutch grabs and so they aren't so uptight and worried about stalling it. That seemed to make it all easier for Both of us 😅
Be patient with him. He shows determination by showing up, sitting behind the wheel and actually trying. He could possibly end up being one of the greats to ever do it and gain himself a brighter future due to your help, knowledge and patience.
Yup we all started somewhere, nobody came out the womb knowing how to drive. When I first started I couldn't double clutch for shit. I probably shifted worse then this guy, the instructor said I was never gonna get my CDL and I should just quit and stop wasn't my time and his time, a few days later I finally got it and a couple weeks later I passed and got my CDL. 5 years later and I'm now a heavy hauler.
Oh, I remember those days! I figured where I drove a stick in my 4 wheeler, I'd be fine lol. Turns out I had to Un train my brain and re learn double clutch, rpms, remember what gear I was in and learn how to use the splitter. Yup, a couple times when learning, lost the gear. Stop in road, start again. Then learning to drive steeps and Never shift going down! Freewheeling is deadly....
We all had those moments where we were learning. but I havent ever had a day where I was trying to grind the gears like it was grinding my morning coffee up.
Whoever is in the passenger seat, he's the last shithead you want up there with you, get someone who will talk you through it before you hit the seat, then reinforce that prior understanding while you're in the seat, best way I've learned and taught
He not stressing him he's teaching him!!!! It's illegal to have the truck out of gear for more that 3 sec. Anytime a truck is not in gear it is considered out of control.
Exactly, he's already nervous, probably in a lot of traffic as well then pulling the trailer behind him a lot goes on at one time when driving tractors
If you've been there for sure .. we all had to learn at some point .. you don't just jump in and get it right the 1st shot. Keep on trucking kid, it will come to you👍
Yep I destroyed many manual transmissions in my time and I have recently as well with an accidental misstep oh well at least I keep having fun with the art I love to do
@@xzx4696 lol a few gear grinds would never total transmission. If you've been through as many transmission as you say you really should think about an automatic lol
@@shawnhenderson1130 oh yes I have an automatic transmission for my daily driver but I have a manual transmission for my toys I only destroyed them when I get distracted by having a little too much fun lol
I remember when I got my CDL I was horrible at shifting, I remember grinding, loosing gears, stalling, and getting screamed at called every curse word by the instructor lol, surprisingly I improved quick and was able to get my CDL in 3 weeks
@@Ghilliebandits nah, they use trucks in shitty condition because they studied another future drivers before. And then the transmission worn out. I don’t think that they specially take worn out trucks to teach people
So glad I had a good teacher, told me the rpms to shift at. He didn't just yell at me to shift, actually explained what to look, listen and feel for while driving
I definitely found this was the hardest machine to learn as a newcomer in farming. Everything else felt super easy. Until I had the chance to drive alone and fiddle around with it noticing how horrible some of the instructions and explanations that I was given really were. Some instructors have it most don't. Teaching and explaining is an art of itself
@@user-gf7rb6tl3bDriving manual helps you become a much better driver. Drove autos for the first 3 years of my career. I’ve driven nothing but manuals during the past 3 years. The skills you gain in a manual cannot be replicated by just pressing the gas pedal.
@@user-gf7rb6tl3bnot at all. You have WAY more control of the power to the wheels by running a stick. Especially on hills. It takes getting used to, but it will save you tons of heartache.
Reminds me of when I was getting my boxtruck license. My instructor rarely ever said anything good about me and took all the joy out of me when I was finally taking my first steps into my dream job. It only slowed down my learning process, and I ended up miserably failing my first exam. Had some more lessons, some with different instructor, and passed my second exam with flying colours. I got my trailer license in one go, mainly because I had a good instructor that was patient and genuinely a good guy.
@@bendermi You know nothing about driving, I've seen Convoy, Smokey and the Bandit, Baby Driver, Ronin, All Fast and Furious Movies and Blues Brothers 2. Your knowledge about automobiles is truly lacking Bender...if that's even your real name.....😝
@@wintermagebarthow8481 Why am I short of knowledge? Have you seen all of those movies to learn about shifting gears? 🤣🤣🤣 Then you're not done you have to spend more time in front of your television.
@@aduon manual is just as boring as automatic. you shift 4 times and then you essentially drive an automatic not having to do anything unless you come to a full stop or a sharp turn. rins and repeat
He doesn’t need to be an instructor, he’s not teaching him anything but how to tear the transmission up. It’s not that man’s fault, he just needs time and someone to help him the right way.
@@coleneville3073The way that the instructor changed the gears made him appear as if he got annoyed and is about to scold the learner. Things like that creates anxiety and affects the progress of the learner as he now believes that he is shit when its normal to mess up when learning to drive.
@@coleneville3073most people don’t learn well with fear and intimidation. Especially if this guy is in training trying to get his CDL. Last thing you want to do is be already nervous and having someone yell shit at you. All it does is push people away who legitimately want to learn
I just finished training to learn how to do a 10 speed, I did the same thing grinding every gear and shifting down even worse. Practice makes perfect and now I’m 1 month into it and man it feels amazing changing gears smoothly. Brother, you’ll get it! everyone who knows to to shift gears has been in your shoes as well grinding 🙏🏽
Congrats ! I remember learning to drive these, one of my instructors was very intimidating and was always loud, i remember losing gear and they would take the stick and get it back in, all that fun stuff. Got my cdl a month after i turned 21, been driving for 3 years now and float like a boss. All it takes is seat time, my biggest advice is if your ever in a parking lot and moving slow, try and float 1st and second. Practice that and youll get it in no time
he's alright. just gotta give it more gas. they'll go in easier. once my instructor got done yelling he said you can't be afraid to get the wheels rolling. you can't upshift without the lead foot. also taught me to just listen to the sound. you hear the whistle, it's time to upshift.
I remember those moments. The instructor isn’t making it any easier. At the same time, it’s good to go through that hectic environment. It’ll prepare for real world scenarios. Then you can reflect back on your first time grinding those gears getting yelled at and then take that shiz no problem!
Man the first time i sat on a steep hill loaded i was like fuhhhhhhhh, it was downtown in a town too. Any time i had to go up that hill again i kept my ass on the bottom, fuck that loll
@@HemiGUY-ch7bi bruh, when i took my test the first time i came to a stop and forgot to flip the splitter down, threw it in 5th and stalled it, failed my test xD damn sure didnt forget to do it the second time
Instructor not doing a very good job instructing! Doing it for him is not teaching him how to do it correctly.... He is stressing me more than the poor kid is.
At whose expense you can’t just hop into a tractor and expect results I have trained a lot of people but if you can’t get it in gear you risk killing someone or a whole bunch of people. Cheap drivers aren’t good and Good drivers aren’t cheap. Learn to shift before wasting a trainers time ,patience , or possibly his life. Facts
@@theodoremccoy3238 where do you think he is at? I am positive he is at a driving school learning to drive. Instead of putting some words of encouragement, all you do is talk down on him. Pretty sure you weren't perfect when you started out
@@80660018 I am a professional truck driver and a trainer when you get to sit next to somebody like this that stalls in the middle of an intersection because they cannot shift when you have traffic coming at you at 65 miles an hour then get back with me and talk. As a trainer I would not let this driver out of the parking lot until he could shift I don’t want to die and I don’t wanna put anybody else’s lives in danger does that make sense to you
@@theodoremccoy3238 He in school and most truck driving school bring u on the road to see how u will respond to traffic keep in mind they have a certain time frame with every class of students its not 1 on1 like u but words of encouragement to push 1 another not negatively
🤣🤣🤣 man, I remember when I was in truck school in Green Cove spring in FL. My classmate had it in 2nd gear letting off and on the pedal while making a left turn, we was in the back bouncing like we was bull riding. Shit was funny as hell 😆 bless ya, hope you all past and become successful 🙏
@@AreaCode757 I think there may be something wrong with your volume. I didn't hear a screaming instructor. Talking with a loud voice while giving instructions in a noisy truck is not screaming...
Same here. Bless these guys that train. I had a good trainer, older retired guy that got somewhat impatient occasionally which is to be expected. They’re only human after all. No way I could get into an 8 foot box with 1 or 2 complete strangers that have no experience and put my life into their hands. That’s bravery.
I train new CDL drivers for city P N D. The most common mistake is not understanding when to shift, also to downshift. For example 13-18 mph belong to 6th gear. Theirs a low range and high range of the gear.
I sell cars/trucks and I've taught countless people how to drive a manual trans and EVERYTIME I had them just sit parked and run through all the gears b4 we even started it and on top of that I would make them stall it a few times for two reasons, for them to get a feel for where the clutch grabs and so they aren't so uptight and worried about stalling it. That seemed to make it all easier for Both of us 😅
@@tanman7879 grinding the gears rounds the teeth of the gears. The oil doesn't stop the damage done when grinding gears like that. If a driver grinds the gears every time they shift, they will destroy a transmission 1000 times as fast as some one who never grinds the gears.
We ALL had to start somewhere. Thank God my instructor had the patience of Job and allowed me to make my mistakes, pointed out what I needed to do to fix them and actually got me in the middle of nowhere to practice not only straightaways but hills too. You'll get it bro, practice makes perfect!!
@Adam Garber It’s Gonna feel like there’s no way your gonna be able to figure it out for awhile but then it gets really pretty easy I thought I would never figure it out but 1 month of driving and I got my license
Practice makes perfect. I sat in my car and practiced up shifting and down shifiting in my car. Tip to you is adjust your seat to the point you have to give a good stretch to depress the clutch all the way down. From that position it makes it easy to half clutch.
Straight cut gears; you have to catch it right on your bottom gears. You end up floating gears with no clutch after some practice, clutch is for start and stop in a rig.
@@johnc.hammersticks I dont think they're straight cut gears, or that even matters as much as lack of synchronizers. I could be wrong, but straight cut gears would be incredibly noisy in a application such as a transmission. Whatever gears are in there are taking a beating, not the clutch.
@ctdieselnut trust me my grandfather1938-1988 and my dad drove trucks from 1964 till he passed in 92. My grandfather drove an old 3 stick mack,. I used to ride with him as a kid. look up a 3 stick gear pattern it looks like whoever made the transmission was drunk, I didn't see it again till I googled it and was blown away. Old trucks and new you can hear a whine from the transmission the gears have to be straight cut not helical cut for low gears that's why they crunch when you slam it home. With the way people drive now I'd never drive a rig.
And he's shifting in corners.. Which at least without a trailer or on a straight truck you end up going faster around corners.. So if you start a corner in 3rd you will probably have to go to 5th
@@lazarustheatv8389 Maryland is a nazi state also who is gonna jump up there and watch you drive unless you want quads and calves looking like a Clyde's Dale I'd advise learning how to float the gears but you do you
At least he teaches you In my care I'm not allowed to tach his car but he gives me his truck from time to time mostly I drive fine or good how you prefer but there are times look how your driving your too much on the right or why are you looking so often in the mirrors that's how I see how far I am from the line Or you tacked the trailer on the roud sorry but it's not my fault it's my 2 time driving A truck I don't even have car licens and you made me drive on the car road it's normal that I might do Lil mistakes but at least I'm learning slowly but shortly I'm gane learn how to drive the truck and how to put it on the ramp the problem it's how do I get my licens because I hate to learn
Ur dad was that relaxed lol my grandpa had his foot on top of mine running the throttle and a death grip on my hand shifting. The whole time making sure my right ear would never be good for anything ever again. I was 12
Being a master of the shifter myself & teaching many the art of shifting. I once taught a guy who could not comprehend how to do it. In this particular case a visual of the motion of your hand and arm is crucial. I sat the guy down, drew a picture of the 6 point H pattern on a piece of paper, taped the paper to the desk next to & had him follow that pattern with his fist. I made him practice that for many hours. I had him keep that visual in his mind overnight. The next day physically put him in a truck & within first few tries he stop grinding to find them. Everybody learns things in a different method, you just have to find the method to teach the person.
What is the point? Automatic transmission is now available and relaxing to drive while stressful-free especially in rush hour traffic. Why bother with manual which does pose question mark?
When I first learned to drive a manual 5spd, not only did I go through the gears before driving the first time, I also relied on the shift pattern numbers until I got used to it. I still on occasion glance at what gear I am going for. I got in a 13spd Kenworth dump truck 70s model that was running and couldn't go through the gears and it didn't have the shift pattern, so I started off in like 4th or 5th gear without stalling it. Never driven one before and it wasn't part of CDL classes. Just a friend of the family who let me drive it while he drove the backhoe to load the truck with gravel.
Wow, it takes a lot for someone to even set there mind to this and do it. The fact that he has made it that far shows a lot about this mans determination. I’m sure he’s got it down by now
If you can’t find em, grind em. They’ll make em out of rubber next year. I learned from watching my dad from the time I could walk. It always amazed me how fluid he made it look. I learned how difficult it was when I first tried it, but soon got the hang of it through his teaching at 14. Like riding a bike now. He also taught me clutches were for stopping and starting only. Good times
I live in Australia and in the state where I am, it is a requirement to pass your constant mesh gearbox test that you must use the clutch for every gear shift. Which I hated. It didn’t feel natural. Even right from day one, my shifts were so much better just floating the gears.
@@mcpolarbear13 if you know how to float gears, shifting isn’t ever a problem. Rpm control is where it is, unless your a automatic transmission driver without skill
When I went to school I had never shifted a manual transmission of any kind in my life. 15 years, a million miles and still going. Never give up and never stop learning. You can make it too.
