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Any old two stickers here?

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by blackw900, Jul 13, 2009.

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  1. Jul 13, 2009 #1
    blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    When I first started driving trucks in the early '70s I started with a company that only had trucks with two sticks. I didn't even know that air shifted trannies existed until I had been driving for a couple of years and the company bought some trucks with thirteen speed trannies in them.

    Needless to say I didn't know how to shift the thirteen speed and had no interest at the time in learning how so I stuck to my old Dana Spicer Married 4X4! The first tractor I ever bought had a 1693 Cat and a Dana Spicer 4X4 in it and I ran that truck for about 7 years before I replaced it with a new one in the early '80s.

    I still love those old two sticks but you really don't see them anymore.

    Who here has driven them and did you like or dislike them?

    I'm just curious to know who's really old school...
     
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  3. Jul 13, 2009 #2
    7mouths2feed

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    Learned to drive an old Mack with a 5x2 when I was 13 hauling logs out to the road trucks. I don't recall what year the truck was.. Looked alot like this one
     

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    FriedTater

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    Mack Duplex/Tri-Plex and several 5X4/6X4,some with brownies.
    Miss'em ? NOT A CHANCE !!
    Im very fond of power steering,AC/Heat and cruise control :yes2557:
     
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  5. Jul 13, 2009 #4
    cat from the valley

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    yeah i fooled around the mack 5x2 and the other mack double sticks, i only have 2 hands if i had 3 i would maybe enjoy the 2 sticks but 18 is suitable:biggrin_25525:
     
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    black_dog106

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    My experience with 5X4 trans, i thought they were a great off road transmission. Give me a Roadranger for highway work, any day...:yes2557:
     
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    PaulE

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    Learned on a 1956 B 61 5+3 the memories are cool. with the amount of power available today theres no need for aux trans. would like a chance to see if i could still shift one though.
     
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  9. Jul 13, 2009 #7
    kelgar50

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    Mid 70's kw 900a with a worked over big camII and a 10x4 with 4.56 rears on 24.5 tall rubber.Why a 10X4 I don't really know but it was once there heavy haul truck.I can say it was fun to drive and you couldn't get the #### thing stuck...sometimes I wish I had a brownie box in my truck but I guess I don't really need a 13x4.
     
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    haulhand

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    I am only 26 but I learned on a 5 and a 4 or a 6 by 4 but I Drive a 07 KW T800 tridrve in the oilfield and do all of our heavy haul and my truck has an 18 and a 4 you wouldn't beleive all of the combinations of gears that you get and all of the bottom end you have when you are trying to lift off with 200k lbs.
     
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  11. Jul 13, 2009 #9
    blackw900

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    I hear ya Paul...My current ride has a thirteen speed and a 535! It's an easy ride to go on now. A friend of mine has some old antique trucks and I occasionally get to take one for a spin...It keeps me in practice. I haven't driven a two stick over the road since the late '80s but if they were still in common usage I would buy another one in a heartbeat! I'm one of those guys that actually liked them!
     
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  12. Jul 13, 2009 #10
    hmtruk

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    i have never gotten to drive a true 2 stick. bhut would like to find one and learn how. maybe some day,
     
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