Who orders the trucks on dealer lots?

[dieselpowered]

Here are a couple Videos:

 

[Newsa]

Nice set up. But probably can't have a 4x4 transfer case. Huh? Did you change the rear diff too?

 

[SnoKing]

I can remember watching my dad in a 56 Diamond T with 5 x 3 shifting with one arm through the steering wheel. Single screw with 3000 gallon tanker trailer. I drove it a couple times when 16 or 18 years old, however Clark trannies with square cut gears were not for novices. Snoking

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Watching those guys reach through the wheel and switch two levers at once makes my underwear crawl up my crack.

 

[NIsaacs]

How hard was it to put a 12 valve in a 74 350?

It fits, but ya gotta make it fit

 

[Bill Stockard]

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[Deleted member 995608]

Can you guys explain the shift patterns with the twin stickers? I don't have a clue.

 

[Brocky]

Diesel Powered:
Thanks for posting those videos.. I never got to meet Dr. Bill before cancer caught up with him. Not bad for a dentist who paid his way thru school driving truck.. The video of David was after he got out of a wheel chair for a first diagnosed stroke that turned out to be nerve problems in his neck and when they finished straightening out his face. If you watch their left knee in both videos they very seldom use the clutch except in some of the compound shifts.

Mr Hawes:
The basics are a 4 or 5 speed main transmission with wide ratio gaps between the gears, with a 3 speed auxillary box behind it with an underdrive, direct, and overdrive to split the gaps in the main box into 3 parts.In other words from 3rd in the main and OD in the aux to 4th in the main and UD in the aux was a progressive up shift. Some auxillarys were a 4 speed, with first being a low low (left front) which was only used off road and to start heavy loads. And YES you can still put a 4X4 / 6X6 transfer case behind them. A married box is one where the two trannys are bolted together and a divorced set up is where there are 2 separate boxes with a short drive shaft between them. In Dr. Bill's Mack the aux is the front lever and in David's it is the rear one, it all depends on how the manufacturer sets up the shift towers and linkage, especially in the cabovers. In most conventional cabs the auxillary was the right side lever, although in a lot of Macks it was the left lever sorta up against the seat.
The auxillary shift pattern is UD to the left and back, direct to the right and back, and OD to the right and front. As for the main transmission it depends on if the top gear is direct or overdrive. If it is direct it shifts a normal 4 or 5 speed H pattern. If top gear is an overdrive it uses the inverted H pattern the same as the Auxillary. The old saying to describe the top end was "Both sticks against the dash and both feet flat on the floor!"

Hope this will either clarify 5X3's or confuse you worse.
Brocky

 

[Ozymandias]

Boah, I for sure prefer the 4x4 boxes in European Trucks with one Stick and 2 pneumatic switches on it for range and split gears. 16 Gears on one stick.

 

[Brocky]

The USA trucks now have everything on one stick..Even to the point of AMT's (automated manual transmissions) where you only use a clutch to stop and start and the computer does all the rest of the shifting. Remember these 50's and 60's transmissions were built before technology / engineering developed the quality of synconizeres which allowed air shifting..

 

[Ozymandias]

O sorry you are right, I forget about the time you were speaking.

Today I like this one the most.
http://www.volvotrucks.com/trucks/na/en-us/products/powertrain/ishift/pages/ishift_ILF.aspx

I got this in my work Truck and it's best by far, so smooth, always take the right gear for the task, very fast shifting times - shifts in half the time even the best driver changes a gear manually. A Masterpiece of European Engineering.

 

[gsbrockman]

So if the vehicles have light damage, do they get repaired and put back on the lot for sale as new? Or do they get shipped off for sale elsewhere? This is something I've always wondered about.

They are most likely written off as a total loss then merchandised / sold through Copart, IAAI, QCSA Direct, or some similar salvage auctions.

 

[jam1on1]

down here in florida they seem to like ordering trucks with the block heater option

 

[Newsa]

It fits, but ya gotta make it fit

Is that a 5.9? Or bigger than a 5.9?

 

[Newsa]

down here in florida they seem to like ordering trucks with the block heater option

It's a cheap option. And many serious haulers don't stay in one state.

Mine didn't come with a block heater, so I installed one from Geno's. I bought it in NC.

I'm in Florida, but travel out of Florida a few times per year.

 

[NIsaacs]

Is that a 5.9? Or bigger than a 5.9?

It is a 5.9 Industrial version, CPL 857, 180hp/457tq, 1990 model. When I did the conversion in 1990 it mostly owned the fast lane (turned the pump up the first week) but with the big power of today's diesels I stay in the slow lane now

Nick

 

[Newsa]

Never thought I'd say this about a Ford. But that's a nice truck. Industrial? Something different about the intercooler?

What was it designed for? A stationary or Agricultural application?

 

[2rrRAM2nv]

I found almost exactly what I wanted with the only issue being the lack of Aisin. I'm fine with the 68RE since I don't do much pulling (none currently since purchase) and the biggest thing might be a 5er. and the 50 less ft-lbs... don't think I'll miss it. But everything else about the truck... F'in LOVE IT!!!!!

 

[mikeyb]

Another gripe I have it seems like the trucks on the lots that meets my criteria (SLT or Laramie) is shoed with the optional 20" wheels. Slim tire choices in that size.

Guess I'll have to buy a Tradesman and build my own package. LOL