99 Mack with Maxitorque 5spd

Ran one in an RD688 before. Where it really shined... well, two places I can think of. Downtown Raleigh, lots of stop-and-go-traffic, really good for that. The other was the stretch of I540 going from US64 to US1, and we were at a point where we had to back up over two miles. I think it's great for vocational trucks in relatively flat areas.

 

I have never driven on but my buddy used to drive one of the old twin sticks and where he could shift all the gears in reverse. He said it was great when he had to back down levees and down other long roads. He said you could do 35+ plus mph in reverse.

 

funny you i just drove one today in an old mack dump truck moving snow around made backing up down long strechs nice

 

Grew up on the 6 speed low hole two stick version......

The one chance I had to drive a B-81 with a quad box I chickened out.....lol.

 

The company I do side work for (snow removal on state highways) has a bunch of Macks with max tourque 5 speeds. I wouldn't waste the gas to burn the #### things. I worked for the airport here for 21 years, lots of snow removal in a 1979 Mack, it had the twin stick-5 speed shifter with high, low and reverse on a separate shifter. That tranny was ok.