Driving lesson #1.....

[Freightrain]

Ok boys, here's how I get the job done. Let's see how you do it??

Twin stick driving lesson

Anyone care to try????

Autoshift is for wimps!!!

 

[PackRat]

Dayum, more gladhanding there, than the highrollers tables in Vegas.

Looks like the old B still has the stuff to get the job done.

A friend of mine had a Canadian Kenworth, with a Big Cam/twin stick. Our dispatcher told me he spent most of a day, with a torch, working the swizzle sticks, until he could work them both, without letting go of either one.

Some day, I need to finish my 66 C-60 wrecker. I have a brownie overdrive, to slip in there somewhere.

Is a 5x2x2 close enough?

 

[mjstef]

Ok boys, here's how I get the job done. Let's see how you do it??

Twin stick driving lesson

Anyone care to try????

Autoshift is for wimps!!!

Yup!! Thats what i learned on!! B75, Mack, 711 engine, quadruplex trans

 

[apextrans]

That's incredible man. I only heard it grind twice & didn't see the clutch foot doin' a whole lot. I'll bet that can make for a LONGGGGG day in heavy traffic. Sometimes I can't shift a 13 Eaton as well as you work that beast

 

[Freightrain]

Ya, I'll let it clang a couple times a day just to remind me I'm not using the clutch.....!!!!! Can't be perfect ALL the time.
I try using both hands sometimes...but that takes even more finesse...and it ain't really necessary.

Come on guys...get the camcorder out and show me your talent!

 

[The Warden]

Are you offering in-person lessons? I wanna learn...

 

[dieseldummy]

The only thing with two sticks I ever drove was an old IH loadstar. It had a 5 and a 3 behind the little 345 gas engine, I never had to let off the go peddle because by the time I got it out of gear and back in I lost so much speed I didn't need to lower the rpm's... looks like ya got a fun truck to drive there and do a nice job of it as well.

 

[Sbrem]

Good job. that was really cool.

Stephen

 

[PackRat]

Come on guys...get the camcorder out and show me your talent!

Sorry chief, I only travel around the yard. Most of the time I only get 3-4-5, and hardly ever split.

I was hoping to have a split-able trans, when I put the auxiliary o/d in the ramp truck. Turns out it is 30% over, so 2nd O, is less than 500 rpm from 3rd D. Oh well, works good down the road, just having one more gear.

 

[apextrans]

Watching a video of me would look like this
grind grind Grind & repeat

Thats about it minus the peelout marks.

 

[Freightrain]

Lessons?? Hey, no problem!

As for gindin' a few........been there too
On rough roads it's really tough to make them look that smooth. With me bounc'n up and down, the throttle is bouncin up and down and you're trying to match rpm and road speed............ . Usually not too smooth without using the clutch sometimes. If you look/watch video closely I pause shifting until AFTER I hit any bumps. Then I'm smooth as a Rolex. Hit a bump and things go awry

 

[Talltimber]

Yup!! Thats what i learned on!! B75, Mack, 711 engine, quadruplex trans

that quadruplex was one of the smoothest 5 & 4's on the road, having the brownie on the left side was great. had one in a rl700l mack logger with a 335 (and yea you spent most of your time shifting the brownie), mack boggies for rearends. damn near bullet proof :draw. however the triplex even though smooth was a handfull for single handed use (not sure it could be done, i know i couldn't). clutch, i thought that was to get you rollin, you mean some use it for shifting, i'll be damned!!!!!

 

[mocetane]

Sign me up.
I gotta have me one of them!!!
That was awesome. Thanks.
I really do want a B-Model. They have always been my all time favorite.
10 years ago a guy here had one with alum. 10 hole Budds. Dump body. Really looked nice.
Clean working truck until he stuffed it into a ditch while taking a curve too fast. Totaled.
Made me sick.

 

[Freightrain]

"however the triplex even though smooth was a handfull for single handed use (not sure it could be done, i know i couldn't). "

That is what is in my B. Single overdrive Triplex. It could be two handed, but it's tough. I think, from what I have heard, the duplex is MUCH easier to two hand. Especially since you don't have any gate to fight through...just back and forth ONLY!!

 

[The Warden]

Lessons?? Hey, no problem!

Sweet...

Just have to find an excuse to go back east now...