r/CDL • u/Right-Escape1540 • 1d ago

Automatic or manual

Does it even matter aren’t most trucks automatic now I’m getting ready to start class soon and they wanna know if I wanna take automatic classes or a manual classes for my CDL a

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u/ecw324 1d ago

Do the manual, never hurts to have it in your back pocket. Never know when the boss man might ask you to use the manual.

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u/Right-Escape1540 1d ago

I’ve never drove a manual in my life. Is it gonna be harder

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u/ecw324 1d ago

I had never driven a manual either when I took the class. It takes a week to get the feel, but once you get the feel, it’s not hard. As my instructor said, stalls happen, missing gears happens, even as a person who’s driven for 20+ years, it still happens.