Twin Stick Transmissions

I still get to run a couple twin sticks. We have a 5+4 and a 5+3 at home on the farm. One has power steering the other doesn't.
Good times.

 

Yeah seeing it and doing it would be two different things lol. I get the thought process behind it just doing it would be a chore at first

 

I'm going on into my 6th month of OTR truck driving, and I can't help but feel absolute respect and gratitude towards the drivers that came before me and the drivers who pioneered the industry. Many thanks for all you have done, everything you sacrificed, and all of the advancements you have brought about. I am quite happy with my 12 speed with the new fangled hi-lo range splitter. My next truck will be an automatic for sure. I tried it once and I loved it. I can't even imagine life without air conditioning and power steering.

 

"Separates the truck drivers from the house wives", hahah. I would love to learn a twin stick.

 

Yes, and it was needed. On a hill I would downshift when it got down to 1900 or so. My how things have changed.

Yeah, that's the one. The engine in that video sounds like a Cat 1693, which is what the one that I drove had as well. After watching that video it seems that the synchros in the air shift brownie of the one that I drove must have been shot, because after taking the main box out of gear and then shifting the aux it would always grind. Looks like it was the best of both worlds when things were working correctly.

No cell phones, no GPS, no Qualcomm, no phone booth, no problem!

The first truck that I bought was a 1983 359 that had no power steering. You definitely had your work cut out for you putting a 48' reefer into docks built for 40' trailers in Los Angeles, having to approach from narrow two lane roads.
I actually enjoyed the feel of no power steering, but after a few years in that truck my left elbow would ache a bit from the jarring of bumps in the road.

 

Here's another cool video with an old KW