So I’m trying to sell my old cabover and I had this kid from mt call me last week. Homie sounds super professional on the phone, talking all this “my family runs 10k head of cattle” ish. I let him beat me down to my bottom dollar and hold the truck a week, turning away potential buyers because he says “I want you to consider it sold” He shows up, we go for a test drive. I drive it 5 miles into town, pull into the gas station and let him drive it back. In 5 miles we have to completely stop twice for him to clutch it back into first because he can’t shift a freaking semi. I was right on the edge of being like “hold up pard, I’m taking back over.” He didn’t end up buying the truck. Which in some ways is a relief because when I asked “do you know the pattern for a 9 speed?” And he said “no” I was really wondering how tf he would make it back to Montana.
Come on Montana, you can do better. Cowboy my ass. Where are these western boys at when they say they’re doing all this and all that?
So I’m trying to sell my old cabover and I had this kid from mt call me last week. Homie sounds super professional on the phone, talking all this “my family runs 10k head of cattle” ish. I let him beat me down to my bottom dollar and hold the truck a week, turning away potential buyers because he says “I want you to consider it sold” He shows up, we go for a test drive. I drive it 5 miles into town, pull into the gas station and let him drive it back. In 5 miles we have to completely stop twice for him to clutch it back into first because he can’t shift a freaking semi. I was right on the edge of being like “hold up pard, I’m taking back over.” He didn’t end up buying the truck. Which in some ways is a relief because when I asked “do you know the pattern for a 9 speed?” And he said “no” I was really wondering how tf he would make it back to Montana.
Come on Montana, you can do better. Cowboy my ass. Where are these western boys at when they say they’re doing all this and all that?
Them ole boys from Montana have no idea how to handle a bicyclist on the road. It trips 'em off line.
So I’m trying to sell my old cabover and I had this kid from mt call me last week. Homie sounds super professional on the phone, talking all this “my family runs 10k head of cattle” ish. I let him beat me down to my bottom dollar and hold the truck a week, turning away potential buyers because he says “I want you to consider it sold” He shows up, we go for a test drive. I drive it 5 miles into town, pull into the gas station and let him drive it back. In 5 miles we have to completely stop twice for him to clutch it back into first because he can’t shift a freaking semi. I was right on the edge of being like “hold up pard, I’m taking back over.” He didn’t end up buying the truck. Which in some ways is a relief because when I asked “do you know the pattern for a 9 speed?” And he said “no” I was really wondering how tf he would make it back to Montana.
Come on Montana, you can do better. Cowboy my ass. Where are these western boys at when they say they’re doing all this and all that?
. I hear them Montanners run automatics up there. LOL
I haven't driven semi's in 40+ years - did a little time with a 9 speed. Mostly 5X4, 6X4, and a couple of trips in a 4X4X3. Oh and a Mack with the Maxi-dyne ? IIRC transmission. Working in the "Patch".
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
I am not a semi-truck driver and have zero desire to get one.
Don't need any more work or maintenance.
That said in the last week to ten days we had 3 semi's hired to haul hay and 3 hired to haul cows and calves home. Total chit conditions from icy wash board gravel to getting hay trains stuck in the stack yard.
I put on about 1700 miles dragging a stock trailer around with an F350. That's enough trucking for me....lol
Can't find truckers around here - many are retiring. We looked into buying a cattle rig, but the insurance is outrageous for something used so seldom. Gotta keep one moving, almost constantly, just to make it pay.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
Most likely ole Spandex C.unt. Bet you could smell that gash coming for MILES.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
I haven't driven semi's in 40+ years - did a little time with a 9 speed. Mostly 5X4, 6X4, and a couple of trips in a 4X4X3. Oh and a Mack with the Maxi-dyne ? IIRC transmission. Working in the "Patch".
kid probably only knows how to shift real trucks with an 18 speed, 9 speeds are for city duffers
Shifts the same, essentially is this same. 18 just has a back half splitting.
What is the shift pattern on a 9?
This,
Or this,
Maybe this?
Pretty hard to guess. Most are like the first. I used to run a reverse pattern, hated that damn thing. Took awhile to adjust, sometimes when I got tired I'd try to run it "normal". Didn't work worth spit!😁
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
Last one I drove was a Ford L9000 with a Cummins BC 350. Early 2000s maybe, a 4000k water truck. I’m sure it would take me a bit to get back up to speed.
So I’m trying to sell my old cabover and I had this kid from mt call me last week. Homie sounds super professional on the phone, talking all this “my family runs 10k head of cattle” ish. I let him beat me down to my bottom dollar and hold the truck a week, turning away potential buyers because he says “I want you to consider it sold” He shows up, we go for a test drive. I drive it 5 miles into town, pull into the gas station and let him drive it back. In 5 miles we have to completely stop twice for him to clutch it back into first because he can’t shift a freaking semi. I was right on the edge of being like “hold up pard, I’m taking back over.” He didn’t end up buying the truck. Which in some ways is a relief because when I asked “do you know the pattern for a 9 speed?” And he said “no” I was really wondering how tf he would make it back to Montana.
Come on Montana, you can do better. Cowboy my ass. Where are these western boys at when they say they’re doing all this and all that?
$65,000 if any of you girls want it. 125,000mi on Ddec 2 60 series.
it's been years since I drove old cabovers. I learned to drive a 72 KW cabover it had a Cummins in it but I don't remember which engine for sure and a super 10 transmission..
then I graduated to like a 77 model with a 13 speed..
many of our current dump trucks are 9-speed lowboy trucks a13. it's actually getting pretty hard these days to go buy a brand new big truck that's not an automatic.. in many may not realize nowadays if you take a CDL test and you do not take it in a standard transmission your license will be for an automatic transmission only..
Texas got populated when we ran the horse thieves and Q U E E R S out of Tennessee. The horse thieves stopped in Texas. The Q U E E R S kept running until they got to the Pacific ocean!
So I’m trying to sell my old cabover and I had this kid from mt call me last week. Homie sounds super professional on the phone, talking all this “my family runs 10k head of cattle” ish. I let him beat me down to my bottom dollar and hold the truck a week, turning away potential buyers because he says “I want you to consider it sold” He shows up, we go for a test drive. I drive it 5 miles into town, pull into the gas station and let him drive it back. In 5 miles we have to completely stop twice for him to clutch it back into first because he can’t shift a freaking semi. I was right on the edge of being like “hold up pard, I’m taking back over.” He didn’t end up buying the truck. Which in some ways is a relief because when I asked “do you know the pattern for a 9 speed?” And he said “no” I was really wondering how tf he would make it back to Montana.
Come on Montana, you can do better. Cowboy my ass. Where are these western boys at when they say they’re doing all this and all that?
Are truck drivers Cowboys?
🤔
I can’t speak for everywhere, but around here they are mostly dumbazzes.
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...
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
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.
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...
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.
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
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.
(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
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.
(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...
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.
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.
Look who's talking... handle fits you. You are fubar "thoroughly confused, disordered, damaged or ruined". And yes, I've moved machinery for the movie studios also.
There is a reason that last I heard over 90% of new rigs are being produced with Auto transmission.
Allison, making an auto that holds up is the main reason. Those new world 6 speeds are as close to bulletproof as you are going to get.
Are you talking about trucks, or the glorified grocery getters better known as pickups?
Allison has made an automatic for real trucks for 30 plus years. But it was a poor alternative to a gear transmission.
Many of the current choices are essentially gear transmissions, with computers and servos shifting them. Never have driven one, probably nice 99% of the time.
Not a doubt I'd hate it sometimes.
You can't program a computer to do the things a driver might do, on rare occasions. Slipping the clutch to ease into starting on ice, starting in 4,5,6th gear..... Stuff the engineers, company bosses, procedure writers, HfugginR....would [bleep] bricks over. Because from their warm office and cushioned seat, they aren't trying to move a trailer that's sat in snow 3 days. With your drives on ice.
But if you can't move it, they will write you up. Bring you in for training. Ding your safety/performance bonus.
Yeah, I drove for a major carrier! For 5 long years.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
Look who's talking... handle fits you. You are fubar "thoroughly confused, disordered, damaged or ruined". And yes, I've moved machinery for the movie studios also.
Phil
Ha..... at least I was smart enough to leave California in 1980 as soon as I was an adult.... so even with my deficiencies I am way ahead of you.... dumbazzz
Originally Posted by Judman PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha
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