twin stick trans

666 you crack me up.

 

Besides twin sticks there was also tri-plex trannies. 5/3/2. Drove an old Mack dump truck pioneering logging roads in Oregon as a kid. It was a main,aux.(like twins) and hi-lo range box. The hybrid twins,10/4,13/4 are not true twins. Got to drive an Army truck last summer w/ a set of sticks. They couldn't find anyone else.

 

Sounds like an old 4 cylinder Detroit, sound quality is not very good might be a 238 but I don't think so. I heard several gears being raked.

 

Ah memories--first truck w/one stick--81--359--Dad got in--and said "really think that roadranger thingie--gonna be able to handle the job?"
Course the 6x4 in his KW at the time was in its 3d or 4th truck--LOL
I loved boxes--and still have a very warm spot in my heart for them-and I was pretty good at runnin up through em back in the day(if I must say so myself--LOL)-
just like I STILL think my B Model was(and still is)the best looking truck EVER built---BUT--I'd rather not go back working that hard anymore--LOL
So Ill stick to my 379--with power steering--AC--and a very forgiving and versatile 18

 

I liked it when I did it, had loads of respect for the old hands, because of the sheer toughness. I notice that Mr David had the slow walk that years of driving the old iron gave you. Tough old buzzard. Never win a foot race, but could kill people with an open hand slap.
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Thats how I felt when I first started driving. Not tough enough, just beat up like a Hebrew slave.

I started driving right around the time they started raising the speed limit. My 2nd truck was a 2 stick Mack. I had issues with air ride suspensions (they didn't corner as flat as the spring rides when they first came out) and the condos. What did we need a big sleeper for? We went home every weekend! Still don't like the condos.

I would love to build an old iron with a 12.7 500 Detroit from the 90s, air ride and power steering.

 

is that a picture of a young jerry lee lewis on the knob of the primary box ?

 

this one look like a 4 or 5 speed box with a 2 speed auxilarry box,just a hi/lo on the big stick

 

The air 4x4's were basically like a 13 speed. The stick was for your main trans. splitter had 4 positions for aux. I seldom used 1st. gear on the aux. because it was a "granny gear". Basically on the road it was a 12 speed.

 

yes thats a 453T detroit