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Question for the old timers

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Flat Earth Trucker, Nov 10, 2019.

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  1. Nov 10, 2019 #31
    REO6205

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    You've never used your jake to pick up a gear fast on a hill?
     
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  3. Nov 10, 2019 #32
    Flat Earth Trucker

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    No. Never even heard of a two stick transmission until of few weeks ago.
    I was rather tacken aback.

    Makes me feel like I have never even attended truck training school.
     
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  4. Nov 10, 2019 #33
    Flat Earth Trucker

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    Never. Thought never crossed my mind. And I have seven years driving experience.

    You make me feel like a first week student. :cry:
     
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  5. Nov 10, 2019 #34
    REO6205

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    I was lucky when I first started. I had friends and relatives to ask question of. I had to grow some pretty thick skin because the advice was always prefaced with insults but that's just the way things were in those days. LOL...if you talked to a rookie that way now he'd probably file a suit against you for hurting his feelings..
    A lot of stuff a guy just picks up by watching, and by listening, and by trial and error. Sometimes a lot of error. I never learned anything while I was talking.
     
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  7. Nov 10, 2019 #35
    Oxbow

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    No, in regard to rounding the pattern, it really doesn't matter whether or not you use the clutch. When you get it stuck in a gear it is actually the linkage inside the cover of the brownie that gets bound up.

    I can see it in my mind, but probably can't put it into words.
     
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  8. Nov 10, 2019 #36
    REO6205

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    Maybe you'll never need to do it .
     
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  9. Nov 10, 2019 #37
    Oxbow

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    It was a different era for sure. At least you are intrigued and curious about it. That means a lot!
     
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  10. Nov 10, 2019 #38
    Flat Earth Trucker

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    Then that is a design and engineering flaw. Extensive road testing would have encountered this.

    In a perfect world. :(
     
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  11. Nov 10, 2019 #39
    Flat Earth Trucker

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    Well, shifting never came naturally to me. Not by a long shot.

    Seeing a two stick shifting transmission means I have more to learn than I thought I did. I see it as another challenge to learn the ways of this two stick beast.
     
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  12. Nov 10, 2019 #40
    Oxbow

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    Really more of a case of wear in the shifting linkage. I never drove a new one but some were more prone than others.
     
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