twin stick trans

Jake the Bullhauler has twin sticks in his truck.

 

#### an old bull nose to boot.

 

32 speed. I chew gum at the same time! Brownlite, Spicer, there are pills for that, brahaha.

 

Coach, I split my gears, Go see the Nurse, LOL

 

We have two twin sticks on the farm a 5+4 and a 5+3. I'm not good at shifting them but I can do it.

Its fun to watch videos of guys with screaming Detroit's and twin sticks.

 

At one time many years ago a lot of the mercer guys had the 6 and 4 speed spicer transmissions in their tractors

 

People can say what they want about an 18 spd but give me a set of boxes anyday

 

Definitely couldn't be wimpy and be a driver in the days of Armstrong steering.

 

in 1971 i bought a brand new pete conv. 1693ta cat,5X4, no nothing options because there was none. payed 31,000 and short change for it,you cant even buy a pickup for that now. my truck payment was 300.00 a month and trl was 175.00 a month. at that time my cost per mile was about 64-68 cents a mile, and my cents per mile was about 120-155. and at that time you could make a pretty good living in trucking. that is why these young truckers signing leases and buying trucks with big payments scare me to death any they are the ones making the payments. trucking was harder back then but really enjoyed it up until about the middle 80s. be safe out there