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Lobster CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2417 Gender:	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #1 - Oct 17^th, 2009 at 11:57am A 'two stick'? Wtf is that? How does that work?
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Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants
Reply #2 - Oct 17^th, 2009 at 12:17pm

That was back when we had FUN driving!

Basically, it is two transmissions - the main box and a secondary transmission.....or an A box and a B box.
Using it is not that hard once you get the hang of it. For example, if you put your A box in first, then you run through the 3 or 4 gears in the B box - then you go to second in the A box and go through all the gears in the B box, etc. etc.

The revolutions of the motor are spread out more in the A box, hence the necessity of having the B box that fills in between the A box gears. When you have a really heavy load, it makes a lot of difference and you don't lug the motor that way.

Not sure I've explained it well and you don't see many twin sticks any more although they can be special ordered for off road.

My first truck was an old White with a 3 and 2. My second was an R model Mack with a 5 and 4. Gets so you can hold the steering wheel with your elbow and get both sticks going at once.

Those were the good old days when we drove, literally, by the seat of our pants!!!

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #3 - Oct 17^th, 2009 at 12:39pm Lobster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2009 at 11:57am: A 'two stick'? Wtf is that? How does that work? Like your 10-speed.
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Reply #4 - Oct 17^th, 2009 at 6:19pm

The first truck I drove was a 58 Cornbinder Coffin Nose Log Truck with a 265 Cummins and a 4 x 3 tranny. The last one was a W900 Kenworth with a 3406 Cat motor and 6 x 4 tranny. If you have to run off road in the mountains, twin sticks are great. But you have a weight penalty that goes with two transmissions.

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Reply #5 - Oct 17^th, 2009 at 11:13pm

i remember the coal trucks that ran in southern west virginia were predominately macks or brockways. the ones i saw were 237s with a 5+4 to 4.17 gears on six spoke dayton wheels. always daytons never bud wheels. i think those trucks were permitted at #83000 on 2 drives and a steer. with three axles in the rear i don't think they would handle those hairpin turns. the tires would touch at the bottom and you could hear them howl for miles away. back then those trucks ran day and night 7 days a week over those rough and twisted roads. back then those macks were whined out at 60 mph but there really weren't too many straight stretches of road where you could go that fast.

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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #6 - Oct 18^th, 2009 at 3:15pm Wow, Gayle. I am impressed. Didn't understand a word of what you said, but I'm impressed never-the-less.
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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #7 - Oct 18^th, 2009 at 5:59pm Linda_Howell wrote on Oct 18^th, 2009 at 3:15pm: Wow, Gayle. I am impressed. Didn't understand a word of what you said, but I'm impressed never-the-less. gayle is old school.
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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #8 - Oct 18^th, 2009 at 6:09pm LOL, Johnny. I met Gayle in Vancouver and yes, she is older than you, but I am still impressed by any womans knowledge about trucking. Old school or not.
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-johnny- CH.com Sponsor Offline theres no smoking on the dock Posts: 1642 fayette county ohio Gender:	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #9 - Oct 18^th, 2009 at 6:29pm you can be young and be old school. i would love to sit down with gayle and have a cup of coffee. as far as women driving trucks go, if they set their mind to it they make great truck drivers. lady drivers are very professional.
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Reply #10 - Oct 18^th, 2009 at 6:31pm

you can be young and be old school. i've been told allot of things i do are old school. the old way i guess you could say. i would love to sit down with gayle and have a cup of coffee. as far as women driving trucks go, if they set their mind to it they make great truck drivers. lady drivers are very professional.

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Reply #11 - Oct 18^th, 2009 at 6:41pm

Don't know if any of you have seen the Ice Road series about truckers who drive over the frozen waters to deliver shipments. Big rigs - icy, snowy, windblown - makes me shiver just to think of how dangerous that could be.

Our friend Gayle even took a turn at that for a short sprint! The gal definitely has what it takes!!!!

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Reply #12 - Oct 19^th, 2009 at 3:03am

Geesh - just can't leave this one alone - anything to do with trucks and I'm in there like a....what - dirty shirt comes to mind (old school, you know - even older than Barb D.)

The remnants that remain are in my pick up truck and I cut off the yellow park brake knob and glued it to my cigarette lighter just for old times sake.....not that it works very well.

It's been a great life even though I've had to change my panties a few times....lol

If it goes, I want to be there! Been doing quite a bit of flying this summer - a friend has a 4 seater Cesna 182, so dog (2 yr old German Shepherd) and I have been training for search and rescue - I don't need this, but damn, if I'm gonna go, it's gonna be one hellofa ride!

Don't think either Len or myself are going to be around much longer - he has Lou Gerhigs disease and has been given about 2 years the docs figure, and I have emphysema with about 50 % use of my lungs (puffers keep me going good though).

I know I don't post much, but Johnny (with an H) gets me going!

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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #13 - Oct 20^th, 2009 at 10:25am Kathy Matteas, '18 wheels and a dozen roses" will just not stop running through my mind for some reason..lol Johnny and Gayle you've given me an ear worm.
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jon019 CH.com Alumnus Offline "Ya gotta believe!" Posts: 1656 USA Gender:	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #14 - Oct 20^th, 2009 at 11:42am With me it's "Six Days on the Road and I'm Gonna Make it Home Tonight" love that song.....
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: before truck drivers wore flipflops & sweatpants Reply #15 - Oct 20^th, 2009 at 1:33pm jon019 wrote on Oct 20^th, 2009 at 11:42am: With me it's "Six Days on the Road and I'm Gonna Make it Home Tonight" love that song..... Ah, Dave Dudley. Great tune.
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Reply #16 - Oct 20^th, 2009 at 11:45pm

10 forward gears and a georgia overdrive
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