More Good Ole days

I'll try to share pictures of some of the trucks I've driven as I write about the events.

Back in the fifties and sixties Mack had a series of trucks that came with two stick transmissions which were a carryover from the beginning when all trucks had manual transmissions and a lot of them were 2 stick setups. 

There was due-plex, tri-plex, 4x4 and the most popular roadranger 6,7,9 and 10 speed which was 1 stick with a high and low button on the stick, and a few more depending on make, model and year of the truck. all were non synchronized and required double clutching or learning how to shift without the clutch altogether, which was a real trick with the 2 stick trans and many found out the hard way.

I learned to shift a due-plex while working as a local union driver in Ohio but I never could shift it without the clutch and sometimes couldn't get it right with it, and if you get both sticks in neutral at the same time you just about have to stop and start all over. It really was fun in Florida hauling liquids in bulk tankers when you would get a lot of slosh, even to the point of almost stopping your forward movement. I was the only driver that would use the B model Mack on that job.

Again, keep on truckin until next time