Splitting gears

I used to drive a setup like that. For awhile I would start my week in a truck with a standard 10 and mid week jump to a truck with a super 10 in it. Totally different shift patterns. Muscle memory takes over and you you just shift without thinking about it.
There was a few drivers that couldn't drive the super 10s. Guess they couldn't get that different pattern in their heads.

 

toss in a 15 over and now you can really test your memory

 

Which almost never had the shift pattern in them anywhere! It was just a matter of one trip up through the gears to see which pattern it was...

 

This would be my guess. That high-low would almost have to be a range shift or you'd have all kinds of gear duplications.

 

Yes, of the 2 options I lean towards this shift pattern. A total of 40 forward gears, and 8 reverse gears, gives a person many options lol. Could you imagine this truck being in a driving school….?

 

I’ve seen guys that had no problem with a 9 / 10 / 13 / 15 speed transmission, but you throw them in a medium duty truck with a 5 speed transmission & 2 speed differential, they were lost with all the split shifting when heavy. A friends dad was a good example of this.

And the shift pattern between medium duty trucks can be a challenge. The shift pattern between 4th & 5th can be confusing for some. The old GMC I learned to drive long ago as a teenager had a vacuum operated 2 speed differential, it was a learning curve as a young man…..

 

That split shifting when the 2speed knob was in the dash and not on the stick (49 Ford) was interesting t learn.

 

Let's see, if memory serves you went from 4th direct to 5th direct to 4th over and then 5th over. Is that right?

 

We have one truck with a 15 against the dash, and two 18s.

The 15 is the smoothest shifting, but going back and forth from one to the other will catch me every time when I am not thinking and muscle memory takes over.

 

Careful there Ox…. You’re about to tell your age…