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Not a fan of the 9 speed myself but a good looking truck. Was he double clutching or floating? Wondering on the clutch brake....

What did you use it for? End Dump? (Wet kit)

Betting you get pretty close to that 65k - K100's with a tasteful stretch have a following.

I can’t speak for everywhere, but around here they are mostly dumbazzes.

Lol, Until the first snow😂

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Back in '73 I'd sometimes get stuck with a 3 axel Mack COE with 290 hp Maxidyne, and 5 speed Maxitorque. They don't drive like most trucks, not pulling a heavy load of machinery anyway. It drove really good and was a comfortable truck to drive... but there was no skipping gears and it was always a slow start, by 3rd gear it would finally start to move a little. Pulling out into traffic was always a bitch. Play your RPM just right and you'd usually be able to get by shifting without using the clutch, but flub it, or in down shifting you'd better be prepared to double clutch it, otherwise it would just not go in. Weight wise, it didn't matter if you were empty or had it loaded to 80k. On a hill you had to just figure on taking your time and just leaving it in 3rd going down...

Phil

I live in Montana and have driven a 5 speed... so suck it O.P.

5 speed transmission and you wanted to skip gears? How farking lazy are you?

If you could read, you'd see that I said that there was no skipping gears as is possible in most trucks... and I'm perfectly able to know when to skip gears and when not to... not like some of you [bleep] that think you have to go through every gear on a downhill run with an 18 speed, and grinding gears all the way down and wind up smoking the breaks just trying to catch one. I've driven more types and combinations than you'd be able to contemplate.

Phil

Translation: One summer break from college Phyllis worked for his uncle’s landscaping company and hauled dirt and railroad ties around town.

(lol), my college was the Army fool, and, I had been driving trucks for about 3 years before going in, and about 45 years after getting out, last ten was driving and operating crane's too... I have worked for landscapers, I one time had to haul a 18' boxed Oak Tree, standing up with a 50' crown. It was illegal to cut them down at the time, so it had to be moved. And I have planted hundreds of palm trees, along with dozens of missiles, radar arrays, and moved aircraft. But most of my work was just plain moving machines (and plant moves) for nearly every aircraft plant and military base on the west coast. But also had to disassemble, load, haul, unload, and reassemble the machines. Had clearances at all of them including Edwards. Worked at the nuclear plants and moved and closed down power plants, steel mills, rubber plants, chemical plants, newspapers, and dairy's... and helped construct every freeway in Southern California.

So, Translation, it was a bit longer than one summer break... and over all those years. It was a hell of a lot better than being cooped up in some office building answering phones all day...

Phil

I "tried" to drive two semi-tractors in the mid 1980's, 40 years ago. Both were friends that bought new trucks, and insisted I drive them. Both times were maybe a 20 minute drive to the next town, about 10 miles away and come back.

I forget how many speeds the trans were. But I DO remember they were not syncro-trans. Grew up and learned on a stick shift car, so the clutch operation was fine.

I SUCKED bigtime. Felt bad for grinding their gears. No desire left. I'm sure more time and I could pick it up.

And if you could read, I implied you were a lazy-ass crybaby cause you had to shift four times, but only wanted to shift twice.

And if you think skipping gears, or shifting at all on a down grade, is the right way to drive a truck, you're stupid as well as lazy.

If you hadn't been a whiny, lazy idiot, maybe you could have kept a job. But at least you have "experience" in a lot of different areas.

Ran manuals of various configurations for years before gradually switching to automatic tri axles a few years back and am damn good with that decision! Benefits far outweigh the negatives and we wont be switching back! There is a reason that last I heard over 90% of new rigs are being produced with Auto transmission.

Ok, last question: Can men get pregnant?

So, we know a bunch of stuff about you... you can't read, have no reading comprehension, and have never driven a truck. As to being lazy, most of my workdays were between 12 to 16 hours. As to moving machinery, you work for a moving company and do the jobs they send you to. Some jobs lasted months, some just a few hours. I've had day's moving two to three truckloads of machinery (that's loading, hauling, and placing) on multiple sites driving 300 to 400 miles in a day. I've had jobs where I went more than 30 hours straight. That was the nice thing about moving machinery, always doing something different. Some days it required machining parts, some day's welding, and some days wolrking in the shop on the equipment.

Stupid, well you are one fantastic damn fool, period.


Phil

Waaaah, waaah! I had to shift 4 times. Waaaaaaaaaaah.

The the only shifting Geyghost has done is to shift his brain into neutral.... years ago

I doubt you even know how to put your scooter in drive...

Phil