Brings back memories!!!! I started my career with a 49' Pete needle nose.... Loud and hot as an oven.... I tell you what rolling to an intersection was the norm in those days, time that green light because you didnt want to start off in 1st gear direct.... It be 5minutes to get thru that intersection... The gear ratios were low and powerfully strong..Radio? Stereo? hell there was NONE... you wouldnt hear it any way.....
@DSMTurbo4g63 It was less complex than having a transmission with more gears.. The one stick shifts the transmission, and the other shifts the rear differential. In my mind, it's like having two simple transmissions, instead of one more complicated one.. At least I think that's how it works.. Not bad for a 15 year old if I says so myself! Hope this is right, and helps
Back in the late 80's, I was privileged to drive a 1950 Model LT Mack Logging truck. Big cam 4, 400 Cummings, 15 speed over drive, with a 4 speed progressive brownie. Out in the woods you could put in 1st in the main box and 1st in the brownie, get out and walk along side the truck. Put her in the high hole in the main box, go from 2,200 rpm's in direct 3rd then shift it into over drive 4th in the brownie, the rpm's would drop to 1,500 slowly bring the rpm's up to 1,700 and run 111 mph.
WOW, from when he starts moving – this guy changes at least 12 gears in 27seconds …. Without using the clutch !!! Bet the clutch pedal rubber never wore out, nice video.
I'd love to see one of these things being dowshifted as if it's coming up to a stop sign. Do you just downshift with the right lever - skipping gears?
I grew up in a b Mack every summer when off school, what an experience!!! Truck stops watching my dad shift that twin stick no power steering no ac those old boys could drive!!!! Miss those days I couldn't wait till summer just to ride in that old truck what memories! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!
I am impressed..really impressed with the restoration and the shifting... I learned in an LJ on a dark morning around 1959......"here kid, take that old piece of crap and run 50,000 lbs of scrap iron to Schmoon NJ".....whaddda ya mean ya never drove trailer.....fuc it, ya aint flying it GO!"......I'd give a million bucks to do that again. But I would like to see this same video, pulling a loaded trailer, up hill in new Jersey traffic on a hot summer day with syraight stacks....just before I die!
....."the old timers can definatly outdrive any of the new guys..." Thank you dude, but everything was different then. There was PRIDE on the road. If U saw someone broke down you STOPPED to help. Even the state-eees were gentlemen. If you were hi=ballin and had a reason to hiball they let you go, None of this namby pamby bullshit cops like today. Guys flashed you in and nobody tailgated 4 wheelers or bullied there way through traffic like now,
My dad learned in a 47 Mack, he tried to teach me once, he got a great laugh out of and I nearly had a break down. I can handle a 13 speed Fuller but this just twisted my gears.
When I was a kid my dad started out in a dump truck like this. His truck was the only diesel machine that the company owned and shifted like this. I remember watching him shift these things and it looked like a work out. just like every thing else then My uncle also drove a Gmc dump truck
Reminds me of the time I rode with my step dad in a '51 Diamond T logger back when I was in 6th grade (1960). The guy driving this Mack is about as good as my step dad was, and muleskinners didn't come any better. I'll never forget the time he put his arm through the steering wheel while rounding a corner on a dirt road (a no-no) to shift the brownie at the same time as the main box. He was a tank driver in WWII, died while driving (which is what he loved), and will be missed. RIP, Dennis.
Me my pops,and my grand pops all have broken our left wrists sticking our hand through the wheel to jockey shift an ol B mack with a triplex brownie hauling grain.Hit a good bump with your hand through the wheel and snap! I still miss that ol' bitch truck even after she bit me....Beautiful rig you have.
im just a kid from canada who has a 78 chev 6500 with a 5&4 under a tandem box and i haul silage with it. most fields aint forgiving and the trany takes a beeting but it is fun lol
I liked it . There is nobody, that should dislike this video in the world. Just not anybody , can shift and drive. Now any asshole can drive. And that makes our problems greater. I still enjoy watching this one. OH yeah that classic MACK, is BEAAUTTIIFUUUL.
my father learned how to drive a truck on a Dm 800 quad box( very similar to a triplex) and he always said if you can drive a quad box you can drive anything.
It looks like you have had some time with one of these.
I went to do my driving test for my "AZ" with my uncles old twin stick Mack, and the instructer told me to either get a more modern truck, or rent one from the local driving school...So I rented a tractor to pass my liscence...
Sweet ol' Mack. The thing is with today, if you had a truck with a set of sticks in it, you could leave it running with the doors unlocked and it would still be sitting there when you came back. The thief would take one look at those two stick and shut the door again. I started in the mid-70's with a long nosed Pete with a 3408 Kitty Cat with a 5&4. Had to be careful in the bottom two holes on the main or you could twist the driveline out of it with all that torque.
@davidomarine71 I'm 17 and do it almost every day for for a week at a time for the farm in a 53 Mack 12 speed hauling shit from the farm to the field. Not as smooth at this but I don't grind or miss gears very often anymore
i loved this video!!! it remind my my instructor that always said to me to not complain. when i started, with not synchornized gear u had to do double decluching for the coumpond stick and then fot the main. he said that when u could drive that, u could drive evrything ^^ modern ones are toys
1970, 18 yrs old. 1st driving job, summer, Houston. Building hwy. Dump truck, 6 mi rt, 81 cents p load. 22-25 a day.
I was put in a '64 B-Model Mack, no A/C, no P/S, w/a Quadraplex.
Wore out shift linkage bushings, square shift EVERY time or linkage will hang up. Floor plate off, lug wrench to pop linkage loose when you do hang it up.
Screw up, pull over, start over again.
Dreamed I was shiftin those two damn sticks for first 4-5 nights.
Every truck I drove after this, it warn't so bad.....
Heh.,..recall when CARS still had stick shifts and sounded like miniature disel rigs..and were NOTHING like the ones today as built, that is, even cars had a different looks, just like other types of vehicles?:)
....and to think people used to log thousands of miles in them things....I am a firm believer that the old timers can definatly outdrive any of the new guys....
It's remarkable that he can shift so smoothly without even using the clutch. He only used the clutch when doubling. Very good work there. And that's a great truck too!
@killionreggie woah buddy, someone sure has alot of balls behind a computer screen for being 11.
first off, you cant even drive, so shut up.
second, how does a 15 speed make you a pussy? its alot manlier than putting it in drive and stepping on the gas.
third, my truck (1995 jeep cherokee) may be an auto, but it was a free truck so i cant complain. and for the record, i try to drive my turbo '65 CJ5 whenever possible. no hydraulic clutch or anything. straight up manual.
Driving a truck like this is probably where the term "gear jammer" came from. Awesome to watch. I can't figure out the shift pattern, but it's still cool to watch, and the rig is absolutley beautiful.
@LazySniper So is he skipping over gears? I thought with a splitter there is a low and high range for each gear ie: 3rd low, 3rd high, fourth low, fourth high etc
@Dulein most big rig drivers don't use all gears. It's like in oldC-50's. There's L, 1, 2, 3 and R. The only time you use L is if you have a load. It's the same in a regular 5 or 6 speed, you would skip gears to go easy on the transmission and to keep traction in bad weather.
why drive a car if you dont pass gears. Passing gear is just as much a part of driving as knowing where youre going, knowing how to park and keeping a good distance. But now cars have gps, auto trans, auto parking, auto cruise control and auto emergency braking and people think they are "driving" a car. Then we wonder why people tailgate, brake suddenly in the left lane to turn left when the gps say to and can't park a yaris in a spot fit for a crewcab pickup.
ppl think they r driving HA not even close you havent really driven untill youve driver an old school REAL car that means NO power steering, NO auto tranny, NO power brakes, NO fancy radio, NO electronic climate control, NO ELECTRONICS
There has not been a real car produced in the world for decades and the way ppl drive is atrocious half the ppl on th road now a days cant stay in thier own lane with thier little compact shit box.
@TheWolfpire I don't mind electronics, I'm EE so I like a smooth running injected engine. But man, automatics transmission are so annoying. You'd be amazed the number of bad drivers you'd get out if auto trans werent there. Let alone a unsyncronized manual. Some people don't even understand the front end moves sideways when you turn ! It's a shame good drivers have to pass second and can't get manuals on some vehicules because so many bad drivers can't drive and buy too many automashit.
Learned on a quad box 67 R Mack. Got the gears down with no clutch witch is much easier one you get it, but shifting two sticks at once, never got that good. Got my cdl on a quad box. Nice shifting on this video. Imagine driving those trucks with the noise,the ride, the gears, the lack of power on the roads they had when the trucks where new. That was a trucker.
@ihop54 don't forget the poor bastards that had to listen to an old 2 stroke detroit diesel screaming all day. i like the sound of them but i couldn't imagine 14 hours of it.
Bravo...I'm in awe at the ease you show shifting that triplex...I never got the hang of the triplex or the quadraplex transmissions, but have seen drivers use one hand to shift both levers at the same time...They would grab the two levers down low and shift as needed...I did ok with the duplex, but while working the piers around town, I usually use the main and left the other alone when I could...Not sure today how many commercial drivers could use that transmission...No turbo either guys...
Lindo camión, buen video... Pero me quedé con ganas de ver los retrocesos con la doble palanca, sin dejar bajar tanto las revoluciones del motor y que de verdad frene el camión con palanca.
ctjmrsf you have a very valid point. but lets not forget that the most important part of driving is backing up. i worked for a mail contractor that hired a driver that could not back up at all.every time she got to the p.o someone elese had to back the truck in for her. my question is how the hell did she get her license?????
I love manuals myself. I'm actually a diesel mechanic and with these new auto dealies, I tend to jump in the cab and grab for the shifter only to grab air and see no shifter in the floor all the while stepping on the floor thinking there would be a clutch. I just doesn't feel right anymore. Some of the drivers I deal with are basically steering wheel holders now.
@mrmechanic555 I know what you mean, jumping in a truck and not having a shifter or clutch is not right, I'm also a diesel mechanic and I have noticed that when the auto's come in for service the brakes are always out of adjustment more then the standards, the auto's are usually low on oil even tho they don't leak? and with our sterling's the first 25% of the fuel pedal travel is dead on the auto's for some reason.
I have a 4Runner with a 5-speed manual and a Prius which has it's parking brake next to where a clutch would be. After driving my 4Runner after a while, then switching back to my Prius...well, do I need to elaborate?
Nice to meet another manual enthusiast. I do the same thing whenever I get into an automatic as well. The worst is when you forget that you're in an auto and you try to downshift. That moment of panic while feeling around for a nonexistent clutch is something else.
BUT AUTO'S ARE EASY; EASY TO FOR GET YOUR IN A TRUCK;; AND MOST THINK THERE SOCCER MOMS & DADS FLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WIPING IN AN OUT OF TRAFFIC AND SLAMMING ON BRAKES AT LAST MINUTE;;JUST YESTERDAY 07-21/ SOME IDIOT IN A AUTO DUMP TRUCK TRIED TO RACE UP A RAMP FLYING,COULDN'T MERGE-STOP-RAN SIDEWAYS OVER A 6X10 ROAD SIGN AND ENTANGLED IT UNDER BACK OF TRUCK AND {HATE TO LAUGH} BUT WAS TRYING TO PULL WRECKAGE OUT BEFORE A CALL IN ;; RR
finally, the proper way to shift triplex.. great vid, great job.. very nice truck.. the lj is one of the best lookin trucks mack has ever built.. nice
@whb1965 I have to agree a clean lj looks almost as nice as a clean LT. I grew up @18 driving a 51 LT with a hot 262 ( 220 turboed) and a 7000 series(w/the fliper) five speed and a 3 speed brownie and sqw rear ends. In 1977 I got a67 tilt nose mack w/ a triplex and a335 witch i converted to a 380+and drove for years. Im as as good as the best on two sticks ,smooth and EZ .but its a skill with no value!
@Jake199415 There's two transmissions, both with their own shifters. You run through the gears in the first tranny then move the second tranny up a gear and start back over in first gear on the first transmission. If you have five gears in the first transmission and four in the second then you have twenty different gears.
I love this video as it brings back the old days when I used to ride shotgun with my father. I remember watching him shift the old quad boxes with one arm over/under the wheel and never rattle any of them. I naturally followed in his footsteps and at age 19 got my Class 1 license. I drove mostly roadrangers and on occasion a quad, but ended up driving an old U model 10 wheeler with a quad and had no problems with going through, but go back into the lower ones was a different story, LOL!
@TwinStickPappy -Are you going to make any more videos? I think it would be great to see it under some kind of a load just because it is totaly different shifting. I'm a driver myself and I used to mess with those sticks too, but I never dove anything older than a 72 w900.
@joeldude76 one is your primary transmition bolted up to the engine and the second has a small driveline attaching it to the first transmition and at least on the one i use it should have 4 more gears and it is almost the same as the high low used in other semi's
Brings back memories!!!! I started my career with a 49' Pete needle nose.... Loud and hot as an oven.... I tell you what rolling to an intersection was the norm in those days, time that green light because you didnt want to start off in 1st gear direct.... It be 5minutes to get thru that intersection... The gear ratios were low and powerfully strong..Radio? Stereo? hell there was NONE... you wouldnt hear it any way.....
Stevoo58 1 week ago
make every vehicle with a tranny like this, eliminate the problem of people texting and driving
EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 1 week ago
I'm New to trucking and I always wanted to know the need for 2 shifters????
DSMTurbo4g63 1 week ago
@DSMTurbo4g63 It was less complex than having a transmission with more gears.. The one stick shifts the transmission, and the other shifts the rear differential. In my mind, it's like having two simple transmissions, instead of one more complicated one.. At least I think that's how it works.. Not bad for a 15 year old if I says so myself! Hope this is right, and helps
Xbox360GamingLive 4 days ago
An artist at work......
SYCKNTWISTED 1 week ago
Two people can only drive automatics...
adrianspeeder 1 week ago
Back in the late 80's, I was privileged to drive a 1950 Model LT Mack Logging truck. Big cam 4, 400 Cummings, 15 speed over drive, with a 4 speed progressive brownie. Out in the woods you could put in 1st in the main box and 1st in the brownie, get out and walk along side the truck. Put her in the high hole in the main box, go from 2,200 rpm's in direct 3rd then shift it into over drive 4th in the brownie, the rpm's would drop to 1,500 slowly bring the rpm's up to 1,700 and run 111 mph.
lbpatton13 2 weeks ago 2
5 YEARS COLLEGES COURSES TO LEARN TO DRIVE THAT THING!!!
CAMILOCPU 2 weeks ago
My Dad drove a Mack back in the '50's. I wanted to be a truck driver, but my Dad said he would kick my butt. Thanks for the memories.
cruyeda 3 weeks ago
now THIS is what u can call a truck :D
TheTractormaster 3 weeks ago
I'm 23 and I have to say wow to this. Was actually thinkin of gettin a Mack B6-1 Thermodyne. 5 spd and 2 spd rear. So cool to have 2 sticks!
chevy668 3 weeks ago
WOW, from when he starts moving – this guy changes at least 12 gears in 27seconds …. Without using the clutch !!! Bet the clutch pedal rubber never wore out, nice video.
iwould4 1 month ago
I'd love to see one of these things being dowshifted as if it's coming up to a stop sign. Do you just downshift with the right lever - skipping gears?
TheDurnans 2 months ago
holyfuck that looks hard
1991tommygun 2 months ago
I grew up in a b Mack every summer when off school, what an experience!!! Truck stops watching my dad shift that twin stick no power steering no ac those old boys could drive!!!! Miss those days I couldn't wait till summer just to ride in that old truck what memories! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!
Racemojo 2 months ago
Try doing this and texting!
cmays637 2 months ago 3
This driver is a pretty smooth boy, those 2 stickers were manageable all right, but some guys had a science for sure.
brucew44guns 3 months ago in playlist my trucks
I am impressed..really impressed with the restoration and the shifting... I learned in an LJ on a dark morning around 1959......"here kid, take that old piece of crap and run 50,000 lbs of scrap iron to Schmoon NJ".....whaddda ya mean ya never drove trailer.....fuc it, ya aint flying it GO!"......I'd give a million bucks to do that again. But I would like to see this same video, pulling a loaded trailer, up hill in new Jersey traffic on a hot summer day with syraight stacks....just before I die!
TherealDeltaEcho 3 months ago
....."the old timers can definatly outdrive any of the new guys..." Thank you dude, but everything was different then. There was PRIDE on the road. If U saw someone broke down you STOPPED to help. Even the state-eees were gentlemen. If you were hi=ballin and had a reason to hiball they let you go, None of this namby pamby bullshit cops like today. Guys flashed you in and nobody tailgated 4 wheelers or bullied there way through traffic like now,
TherealDeltaEcho 3 months ago 3
just beautiful.... Well done....
02FLSTC 3 months ago
dam, i love it..
Colarx8 3 months ago
My dad learned in a 47 Mack, he tried to teach me once, he got a great laugh out of and I nearly had a break down. I can handle a 13 speed Fuller but this just twisted my gears.
TheBardicDruid 3 months ago
850,000 gears!!!!
discocreator76 3 months ago
A 4 speed main, and a 4 speed auxillary, wow, wish we still had them.
brucew44guns 3 months ago
To top it all off he even stops using the clutch too.
Coolty44 3 months ago
When I was a kid my dad started out in a dump truck like this. His truck was the only diesel machine that the company owned and shifted like this. I remember watching him shift these things and it looked like a work out. just like every thing else then My uncle also drove a Gmc dump truck
sneezabonk 3 months ago
and now you know why truckers used to get so pissed if you slowed in front of them.. lol
smbaker84 4 months ago
like a boss
94f150mofo 4 months ago
Reminds me of the time I rode with my step dad in a '51 Diamond T logger back when I was in 6th grade (1960). The guy driving this Mack is about as good as my step dad was, and muleskinners didn't come any better. I'll never forget the time he put his arm through the steering wheel while rounding a corner on a dirt road (a no-no) to shift the brownie at the same time as the main box. He was a tank driver in WWII, died while driving (which is what he loved), and will be missed. RIP, Dennis.
seabulls69 4 months ago
that looks hard work just shifing damn but i bet it would be fun once you got the hang of it
427patrick 4 months ago
the man really knows his gears
DragonGodOFAndy 4 months ago 4
15 speeds ? Lol :)
TheHacker825 4 months ago
Me my pops,and my grand pops all have broken our left wrists sticking our hand through the wheel to jockey shift an ol B mack with a triplex brownie hauling grain.Hit a good bump with your hand through the wheel and snap! I still miss that ol' bitch truck even after she bit me....Beautiful rig you have.
flatcatbob 4 months ago
that is a true art form
drb622bucs 4 months ago
man these guys worked for there money back in the day!
CaptainBig8IIIIIID 4 months ago
1 minute of shifting to reach 50mph, LOVE IT
MA70with2JZGTE 5 months ago
i see that you dont answer your commits,,,so im sure that you wont answer this one,,,,,,but,,,nice truck man
MegaCamshaft 5 months ago
lol wtf????????
paulpolt 5 months ago
im just a kid from canada who has a 78 chev 6500 with a 5&4 under a tandem box and i haul silage with it. most fields aint forgiving and the trany takes a beeting but it is fun lol
SKHillbilly 6 months ago
I liked it . There is nobody, that should dislike this video in the world. Just not anybody , can shift and drive. Now any asshole can drive. And that makes our problems greater. I still enjoy watching this one. OH yeah that classic MACK, is BEAAUTTIIFUUUL.
dozerman8114 6 months ago
i know some chicks that do 2 sticks at a time
Hotrodx199 6 months ago
this old man is awesome!!
nazaiman94 6 months ago
Incredible
1BustedMyth 6 months ago
my father learned how to drive a truck on a Dm 800 quad box( very similar to a triplex) and he always said if you can drive a quad box you can drive anything.
It looks like you have had some time with one of these.
cubkid411 6 months ago
Old school was the cool school no doubt
volksman2332 6 months ago
@TheTrackFiend that's the way us B Model guys roll. Bicycle grips or Massey Ferguson and John Deere control grips,or Pool balls...
mta415 6 months ago
a lost art... well driven!
clipdan 7 months ago
I would love to learn how to do this. really would
perpetualmotion192 7 months ago
do that truck have air conditioning ?
telorinodelhoyoo 7 months ago
I went to do my driving test for my "AZ" with my uncles old twin stick Mack, and the instructer told me to either get a more modern truck, or rent one from the local driving school...So I rented a tractor to pass my liscence...
HywayHauler 7 months ago
I would pay good money (but NOT a Kings Ransom!) for a couple of those green metlaflake shift knobs as seen in this video.
michigandon 7 months ago
This guy is good!!!!
JGMagoo 7 months ago
You remind me of my Grandpop who drove these trucks for many years. You and him would of had alot to talk about I'm sure. Great video!
charger19691 8 months ago
can you do a shifting tutorial lol
randombk82894 8 months ago
Sweet ol' Mack. The thing is with today, if you had a truck with a set of sticks in it, you could leave it running with the doors unlocked and it would still be sitting there when you came back. The thief would take one look at those two stick and shut the door again. I started in the mid-70's with a long nosed Pete with a 3408 Kitty Cat with a 5&4. Had to be careful in the bottom two holes on the main or you could twist the driveline out of it with all that torque.
yrd4snd 8 months ago
I don't know an 18 year old alive today that could do this. Thats fuckin sad.
davidomarine71 8 months ago
@davidomarine71 I'm 17 and do it almost every day for for a week at a time for the farm in a 53 Mack 12 speed hauling shit from the farm to the field. Not as smooth at this but I don't grind or miss gears very often anymore
247Countryboy1 6 months ago
@davidomarine71 While I agree with you, I learned to shift a quad-box at age 22, I'm now 28. So maybe not all hope is lost
Dmerc 4 months ago
Beautiful truck. It is good to see someone kows how to drive her to.
3793939 9 months ago
you sir as a trucker are a legend
ACTractionLTD 9 months ago
I threaten to scatter my 10 speed all over the highway when it doesn't shift right. I'd be SOL in this truck!
milwroad261 9 months ago
i loved this video!!! it remind my my instructor that always said to me to not complain. when i started, with not synchornized gear u had to do double decluching for the coumpond stick and then fot the main. he said that when u could drive that, u could drive evrything ^^ modern ones are toys
jenacbxx 9 months ago
1970, 18 yrs old. 1st driving job, summer, Houston. Building hwy. Dump truck, 6 mi rt, 81 cents p load. 22-25 a day.
I was put in a '64 B-Model Mack, no A/C, no P/S, w/a Quadraplex.
Wore out shift linkage bushings, square shift EVERY time or linkage will hang up. Floor plate off, lug wrench to pop linkage loose when you do hang it up.
Screw up, pull over, start over again.
Dreamed I was shiftin those two damn sticks for first 4-5 nights.
Every truck I drove after this, it warn't so bad.....
2LaneBlacktop 9 months ago 21
Oh man, That looks awesome, but hard! How many gears total?
dana44s 10 months ago
Heh.,..recall when CARS still had stick shifts and sounded like miniature disel rigs..and were NOTHING like the ones today as built, that is, even cars had a different looks, just like other types of vehicles?:)
SteveCarras 10 months ago
man i wish i could shift gears like that. that looks very difficult.
TheRmt1000 10 months ago
holy hell...i drive a regular 13 speed.....i couldnt imagine running through a metro area with that set up 0.o.
xzanhorinth1 10 months ago
Soooooo happy I didn't have to drive truck back then, now put hills & winter in to that WOW.
russbell69 11 months ago
Cummins sure sounds good. Takes a lot of road to get it wound clear out.
slowpokebr549 11 months ago
Man, l love the truck, the sound and the art to changing gears the way you do is sweeeeeet as
Rangirua 11 months ago
....and to think people used to log thousands of miles in them things....I am a firm believer that the old timers can definatly outdrive any of the new guys....
countryboy77351 1 year ago 20
love that sound
crockettslate 1 year ago
I know nothing about trucks and have no idea whats going on with the two sticks but it looks ace
jedi0305 1 year ago
this clown cant drive it
jhandy1969 1 year ago
@jhandy1969 He is doing a very good job at it. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean he can't.
JFOX289 1 year ago
@jhandy1969 And your green card just expired, so gtfo.
DropDownLowrider 1 year ago
@DropDownLowrider haha best response i have ever seen!!
Mahoses 1 year ago
i was never sure what the fuss was about u s trucks , now i know . this is bloody magic
brownbrador45 1 year ago
Damn good drivin'
lovetrain442 1 year ago
now THAT would really suck in city traffic... xD
awesome driving - never seen something like that before!
purpleGoAhead 1 year ago
bobtailin.
martin1234512345 1 year ago
That's crazy. I can barely handle one stick. I'd be driven insane if I had to handle two.
taitai907 1 year ago
That is some hardcore stuff!
GOTTA respect that!
Damn good post, and that tractor is in fantastic shape.
originalfizixx 1 year ago
now thats talent. ive only seen 1 person that can shift like that and its was my dad he had the same truck
mrplatinum919 1 year ago
Just like driving my 1948 Indian with a foot clutch and a hand shifter with manual spark advance and throttle, keeps you thinking!
DKR977 1 year ago
@DKR977 I've ridden a '48 Chief...sure keeps you on your toes...literally, ever try taking off on a hill with a foot clutch?
UprightsRule895 1 year ago
@UprightsRule895 yeah, on a hill the foot clutch is a real pain on an old Chief. In every other situation the bike was a lot of fun to ride.
DKR977 1 year ago
DUEL! Ok, not quite!
Amazing work on the sticks, it's like watching a magician at work! really impressive to watch, great vid!
charlieflint 1 year ago
This is the reason why my uncle learned to steer with his knees
sneezabonk 1 year ago
I bow down to you!! We are not worthy!!!
DieselnDrums 1 year ago
all i can say is WOW! im lost
LilRob64 1 year ago
now thats a cowboy that must be like drivin a u.f.o. keepem rolling
gearjammer5656 1 year ago
freakin old school
bpifootball 1 year ago
i get it, there are 5 main, and 3 aux. When i first saw this, i was just confused
MrThebull09 1 year ago
Beautiful truck!!!!!! Love those oldschool macks..
yg10606 1 year ago
best driver men ..for you hand you are an old men.......greeting from venezuela.....i like the box 5&4 speed...
MrGanbalka 1 year ago
It's remarkable that he can shift so smoothly without even using the clutch. He only used the clutch when doubling. Very good work there. And that's a great truck too!
divisioneight 1 year ago
@divisioneight Yeah it truly is an art!! I believe that they didn't even have synchros back then, in the transmissions.
DieselnDrums 1 year ago
@killionreggie woah buddy, someone sure has alot of balls behind a computer screen for being 11.
first off, you cant even drive, so shut up.
second, how does a 15 speed make you a pussy? its alot manlier than putting it in drive and stepping on the gas.
third, my truck (1995 jeep cherokee) may be an auto, but it was a free truck so i cant complain. and for the record, i try to drive my turbo '65 CJ5 whenever possible. no hydraulic clutch or anything. straight up manual.
Turbojeep23 1 year ago
Driving a truck like this is probably where the term "gear jammer" came from. Awesome to watch. I can't figure out the shift pattern, but it's still cool to watch, and the rig is absolutley beautiful.
Dulein 1 year ago
@Dulein all the second stick is is what a modern day splitter. It changes between high and low. I still find it hard as hell to drive.
LazySniper 1 year ago
@LazySniper So is he skipping over gears? I thought with a splitter there is a low and high range for each gear ie: 3rd low, 3rd high, fourth low, fourth high etc
Dulein 1 year ago
@Dulein
5&4 5 ranges with 4 in each range
greendeere06 1 year ago
@Dulein
5&3 5 ranges with 3 in each range
greendeere06 1 year ago
@Dulein most big rig drivers don't use all gears. It's like in oldC-50's. There's L, 1, 2, 3 and R. The only time you use L is if you have a load. It's the same in a regular 5 or 6 speed, you would skip gears to go easy on the transmission and to keep traction in bad weather.
LazySniper 1 year ago
why drive a car if you dont pass gears. Passing gear is just as much a part of driving as knowing where youre going, knowing how to park and keeping a good distance. But now cars have gps, auto trans, auto parking, auto cruise control and auto emergency braking and people think they are "driving" a car. Then we wonder why people tailgate, brake suddenly in the left lane to turn left when the gps say to and can't park a yaris in a spot fit for a crewcab pickup.
Veikra 1 year ago
@Veikra DANM STRAIGHT
ppl think they r driving HA not even close you havent really driven untill youve driver an old school REAL car that means NO power steering, NO auto tranny, NO power brakes, NO fancy radio, NO electronic climate control, NO ELECTRONICS
There has not been a real car produced in the world for decades and the way ppl drive is atrocious half the ppl on th road now a days cant stay in thier own lane with thier little compact shit box.
imagine the blood if they had real cars!
TheWolfpire 1 year ago
@TheWolfpire I don't mind electronics, I'm EE so I like a smooth running injected engine. But man, automatics transmission are so annoying. You'd be amazed the number of bad drivers you'd get out if auto trans werent there. Let alone a unsyncronized manual. Some people don't even understand the front end moves sideways when you turn ! It's a shame good drivers have to pass second and can't get manuals on some vehicules because so many bad drivers can't drive and buy too many automashit.
Veikra 1 year ago
this is a real drivers truck...
Mikeyboy8325 1 year ago
Pappy done drove her before. Real truckers could shift. Go man
kawie1975 1 year ago
now THAT is driving skill
SomeChap1 1 year ago
Learned on a quad box 67 R Mack. Got the gears down with no clutch witch is much easier one you get it, but shifting two sticks at once, never got that good. Got my cdl on a quad box. Nice shifting on this video. Imagine driving those trucks with the noise,the ride, the gears, the lack of power on the roads they had when the trucks where new. That was a trucker.
ihop54 1 year ago
@ihop54 don't forget the poor bastards that had to listen to an old 2 stroke detroit diesel screaming all day. i like the sound of them but i couldn't imagine 14 hours of it.
scoobiedoo96 1 year ago
is he skipping a few gears?
crguy500 1 year ago
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brendanlycett 1 year ago
@crguy500 it's a 15 speed, he only got up to 14th
brendanlycett 1 year ago
How come he shifts quite a few gears without using the clutch?
44magLover 1 year ago
@44magLover I only use the clutch to start out and thats it on a 13,15 or 18.
savage420bansheeyo 1 year ago
thats awesome like your truck.
beome 1 year ago
Bravo...I'm in awe at the ease you show shifting that triplex...I never got the hang of the triplex or the quadraplex transmissions, but have seen drivers use one hand to shift both levers at the same time...They would grab the two levers down low and shift as needed...I did ok with the duplex, but while working the piers around town, I usually use the main and left the other alone when I could...Not sure today how many commercial drivers could use that transmission...No turbo either guys...
glk001 1 year ago
wow i couldnt imagine having this for hauling logs lol i love my 18 i would be lost with this triplex lol
99tiloup 1 year ago
Very nice old Mack...and well done for the triplex shifting...
PeterbiltFull 1 year ago
What road is that
farmingpower1066 1 year ago
Holy Shit that guy has shifting skills!!
DaBoogie049 1 year ago
That's too much work lol, Don't wanna drive this around city
jbell316 1 year ago
Lindo camión, buen video... Pero me quedé con ganas de ver los retrocesos con la doble palanca, sin dejar bajar tanto las revoluciones del motor y que de verdad frene el camión con palanca.
Saludos
JhOnNcHaRL 1 year ago
ctjmrsf you have a very valid point. but lets not forget that the most important part of driving is backing up. i worked for a mail contractor that hired a driver that could not back up at all.every time she got to the p.o someone elese had to back the truck in for her. my question is how the hell did she get her license?????
mjcygnus 1 year ago
..........you remind me of my father.
nationalisedmexican 1 year ago
I love manuals myself. I'm actually a diesel mechanic and with these new auto dealies, I tend to jump in the cab and grab for the shifter only to grab air and see no shifter in the floor all the while stepping on the floor thinking there would be a clutch. I just doesn't feel right anymore. Some of the drivers I deal with are basically steering wheel holders now.
mrmechanic555 1 year ago 43
@mrmechanic555 I know what you mean, jumping in a truck and not having a shifter or clutch is not right, I'm also a diesel mechanic and I have noticed that when the auto's come in for service the brakes are always out of adjustment more then the standards, the auto's are usually low on oil even tho they don't leak? and with our sterling's the first 25% of the fuel pedal travel is dead on the auto's for some reason.
dryice0002006 1 year ago
@dryice0002006 I know what you mean with the sterlings. Once you hit that spot, it suddenly wants to take off.
mrmechanic555 1 year ago
@mrmechanic555
Good point. When I was a young kid, and this is very early 1960s, there were still clutches and gearshifts on BUSES, TOO!
SteveCarras 1 year ago
I have a 4Runner with a 5-speed manual and a Prius which has it's parking brake next to where a clutch would be. After driving my 4Runner after a while, then switching back to my Prius...well, do I need to elaborate?
taitai907 10 months ago
@mrmechanic555
Nice to meet another manual enthusiast. I do the same thing whenever I get into an automatic as well. The worst is when you forget that you're in an auto and you try to downshift. That moment of panic while feeling around for a nonexistent clutch is something else.
LostInPhilly89 8 months ago
How come you aren't using the clutch when changing gears?
wavodavo 1 year ago
@wavodavo No need to ! Even on a car !
expertmax1 1 year ago
I would love to have a go in one of those.
straigthsix 1 year ago
respect 2 that!!!!!
evgeniy02141982 1 year ago
Can't wait to show this video to my grandpa, everytime i'm with him he'd always talk about when he used to drive truck back in the day.
UPrailroad 1 year ago
this is just pure manshit I understand nothing about
niggerdeath666 1 year ago
This really makes the new auto park technology look stupid ass hell LOL!!
Whatever happend to man-machine bonding????
rafaelmc76 1 year ago 2
Takes a true big dick country boy to shift them gears like that... Hats off to you my friend!
BIGJAMESCRU 1 year ago 77
@BIGJAMESCRU tht was pretty homo,yu just said tht guy has a big dick!
dat504rob 1 year ago
BUT AUTO'S ARE EASY; EASY TO FOR GET YOUR IN A TRUCK;; AND MOST THINK THERE SOCCER MOMS & DADS FLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WIPING IN AN OUT OF TRAFFIC AND SLAMMING ON BRAKES AT LAST MINUTE;;JUST YESTERDAY 07-21/ SOME IDIOT IN A AUTO DUMP TRUCK TRIED TO RACE UP A RAMP FLYING,COULDN'T MERGE-STOP-RAN SIDEWAYS OVER A 6X10 ROAD SIGN AND ENTANGLED IT UNDER BACK OF TRUCK AND {HATE TO LAUGH} BUT WAS TRYING TO PULL WRECKAGE OUT BEFORE A CALL IN ;; RR
RIVERRATNODRIFTING 1 year ago
@RIVERRATNODRIFTING too many morons on the road these days
MattytheDem 1 year ago
Very cool truck!! Thanks for sharing it with us online..
ilivensoca 1 year ago
wow that motor sounded really different than todays motor
maddhatter4411 1 year ago
finally, the proper way to shift triplex.. great vid, great job.. very nice truck.. the lj is one of the best lookin trucks mack has ever built.. nice
whb1965 1 year ago
@whb1965 I have to agree a clean lj looks almost as nice as a clean LT. I grew up @18 driving a 51 LT with a hot 262 ( 220 turboed) and a 7000 series(w/the fliper) five speed and a 3 speed brownie and sqw rear ends. In 1977 I got a67 tilt nose mack w/ a triplex and a335 witch i converted to a 380+and drove for years. Im as as good as the best on two sticks ,smooth and EZ .but its a skill with no value!
3larry13 1 year ago
I love how a diesel engine just sounds like it is about to throw a rod out the block at any moment, soooo noisy.
Also that shifting is just bloody insane, I want one just because it would feel so rewarding to drive it correctly.
roflex2 1 year ago 3
I dont quite under stand why you need two shifters?
Jake199415 1 year ago
@Jake199415 There's two transmissions, both with their own shifters. You run through the gears in the first tranny then move the second tranny up a gear and start back over in first gear on the first transmission. If you have five gears in the first transmission and four in the second then you have twenty different gears.
shooter348 1 year ago
@Jake199415 This was the day before ranges were split with a lever or switch, so it's quite literally two transmissions he's switching.
1974Alfa5Spd 1 year ago
I love this video as it brings back the old days when I used to ride shotgun with my father. I remember watching him shift the old quad boxes with one arm over/under the wheel and never rattle any of them. I naturally followed in his footsteps and at age 19 got my Class 1 license. I drove mostly roadrangers and on occasion a quad, but ended up driving an old U model 10 wheeler with a quad and had no problems with going through, but go back into the lower ones was a different story, LOL!
jd450lh 1 year ago
Beautiful old Bulldog.
Lvfd416 1 year ago
Awesome
scott79g 1 year ago
@ MegaZsolti - The engine is a 220 Cummins with a back-drop manifold.
TwinStickPappy 1 year ago
@TwinStickPappy -Are you going to make any more videos? I think it would be great to see it under some kind of a load just because it is totaly different shifting. I'm a driver myself and I used to mess with those sticks too, but I never dove anything older than a 72 w900.
chevrolet402 1 year ago
@TwinStickPappy ...Weren't those old LF & LJ Macks equipped with JT series
Cummins back then ?? When did Cummins come out with the NH series ?
....Mid 50's ?? Is that an HRF 220, or an NH 220 ?? I drove an LJ back east
in the early 70's for a fellow who had repowered it with a 6-71 Jimmy and
a 5 spd with a "dead stick ".....a triplex or a quad box with that Jimmy would
have worked better though. Great Video and Truck !!
TurbinePower69 1 year ago
@TwinStickPappy , is the engine a Cummins 220?(or maybe a NH-180?)
MegaZsolti 1 year ago
You know what....I think hes done that a time or two before.
middsteve 1 year ago
that red thing on top of the hood looks like a dildo man
munteanuioan 1 year ago
only made 2 2 hand shifts, did you forget how to do the rest??
redneckgregg 1 year ago
@redneckgregg
Have you forgotten what happens when you get stuck in double neutral? Since you're driving them around BYC all day...(yeah right)
nem427 1 year ago
bet you hate big cities
mower05 1 year ago 2
This is really a nice truck!
TINRFD 1 year ago
what is the difference between sticks?
joeldude76 1 year ago
@joeldude76 one is your primary transmition bolted up to the engine and the second has a small driveline attaching it to the first transmition and at least on the one i use it should have 4 more gears and it is almost the same as the high low used in other semi's
silvertungdemon 1 year ago
nice truck man seriously i remember growing up my grandpa had i think a 62 kenworth twin stick there pretty cool
CHASEMINOR1 1 year ago
there is a truck like this in eaton colorado unless this is the truck but when i seen in that was the sweetest truck ever
silvertungdemon 1 year ago
christ he almost got her up to 50mph!
SuperFordtuff 1 year ago
is that cummins an NA or an Iron Lung?
MattytheDem 1 year ago
do it one handed