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really for road work the lower splits are a waste you will hardly ever use them unless you are way heavy or really do low speed work
Agreed. That's why I clarified it. Of course then you just skip shift the bottom and run it like a 13 anyway. Nothing says you have to use all the gears all the time. Thats what makes the difference in a Trucker and a driver.

I'd love to see one of these kids fresh outta school jump in the old 2stick Mack I first drove with no power steering. Uhhh! wheres the Button? And Uhhh! why does it have 2 gear shifters? Uhhhhh! Uhhhhh! DO you have an automatic for me to drive?




Is there a way to post a video? I have one of a guy driving a ???4x3??? around here somewhere.
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Just becasue its "legal" doesn't mean it's safe! I know when I need to sleep and when I am safe to drive. Fight the HOS. Write your Congressman.

There is no such thing as a "BACK-HAUL" everything has a start and stop point, If it needs to be moved then it is a load, period. Insurance, tires, fuel,etc... aren't any cheaper heading towards your home than they are going away. BACKHAUL is BS.
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I started driving way back when in utah with an intertrashional gravel truck... 4X3...

yeah.... lots of pulling over to stop and start over... lmao

I was 16 or just turning 17... lotsa fun... had that 255 a/c blowing all summer....
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You know 2fuzy if you stop buying DVDs at Wally World and drive more you would make more money.


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Here's the twin stick vid. Oh the memory's
If you didn't cuss before, you started too when trying to figure these baby's out.


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Just becasue its "legal" doesn't mean it's safe! I know when I need to sleep and when I am safe to drive. Fight the HOS. Write your Congressman.

There is no such thing as a "BACK-HAUL" everything has a start and stop point, If it needs to be moved then it is a load, period. Insurance, tires, fuel,etc... aren't any cheaper heading towards your home than they are going away. BACKHAUL is BS.
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You know 2fuzy if you stop buying DVDs at Wally World and drive more you would make more money.


Don't make nothing without that trailer that I am still waiting on
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