Profile For Christopher W.

Just let you know I passed my road test. I was the one who stalled the engine on a uphill stop. I took the advice from here and put trust in the clutch.

The mistake I think I made was to let the clutch up all the way while I was still on the break. During my test at the same spot of the stall, that clutch was still not connecting fast enough, but I took my foot off and accelerated . It worked.

During my practice two days earlier I had NO problem. The pressure from the test made it more difficult than it had to be.

Anyway, I have a CDL now.

We have been taught to start out in 3rd gear. The day of the test I will get a chance to drive and actually drive that part of the test route. I will give it a try in 2nd.

All I know the day of the test, when I go to start and that hill I will be holding my breath.

I sure don't want to go back to the DMV FAILES again.

Thanks for the tip and will let you know how I did.

Only have to drive to get my CDL. All other test have been passed . 25 mins away from getting that CDL!

Thanks for the comments. But problem is that I was told this the day before my road test. During the three weeks of truck school, I never stalled the truck. The few times I found myself on a uphill, I would roll back slightly before I went forward. That last week of training a different instructor told me NOT to allow the truck to go backwards or they may fail me during my drive test.

That word of advice stuck with me.

The day of my test, I passed the pre-trip and skills test. I started out on the road test more worried about shifting than anything else. I did think about the two stops on an uphill and thought about the procedure of letting the clutch engage before I let go of the brake.

I get to that part and I am waiting for the clutch to engage and feel the pull but the engine quit and I fail. Auto fail.

I was hoping there was another way avoiding the stall. Maybe I should have just hit the accelerator when I felt the truck starting to die.

I am schedule to drive the day of my next drive test. The instructor will have me drive that same part of the test road. Like I said before, I never stalled the truck the other 4 or 5 times we drove that course, but the day of the test it stalled.

I have to wait two weeks before the next go at the test. Disappointing I did not pass the first try.

How can I prevent the truck sliding back while NOT killing the engine.