For all you old timers,we never forget.

[OleGuy]

Originally Posted by kiwiray

Here,s what a Trader 75 was like on the inside, not alot but those days it was big time LOL.




kiwiray down under.

Ya got your film in backwards. Steering tiller is on the wrong side.

[#1Rookie]

I did not see a picture of a GI trucking!

[kiwiray]

Originally Posted by OleGuy

Ya got your film in backwards. Steering tiller is on the wrong side.

No mate the picture is the right way, we drive on the left out here like the Poms in England.

kiwiray down under.

[OleGuy]

Originally Posted by kiwiray

No mate the picture is the right way, we drive on the left out here like the Poms in England.

kiwiray down under.

Was just funnin you.....
Realized it right off and just thought how I could shift a 13 left handed.
If you have "purebred" MACKS down there, how are the levers arranged?
Main on the outside (passenger side) and dup/tri/quad between you and the main, or some other.
We had an old 22 White in a fleet once that had the main in the middle as usual and the 3 way brownie stuck up between you legs.
Brownie was in shaft between main and axle and had some problem linkage.
Once used to it, you could flop gears-Right hand on main, left wrist poked thru the steer wheel and flip your wrist between the top 2.

[kiwiray]

Originally Posted by OleGuy

Was just funnin you.....
Realized it right off and just thought how I could shift a 13 left handed.
If you have "purebred" MACKS down there, how are the levers arranged?
Main on the outside (passenger side) and dup/tri/quad between you and the main, or some other.
We had an old 22 White in a fleet once that had the main in the middle as usual and the 3 way brownie stuck up between you legs.
Brownie was in shaft between main and axle and had some problem linkage.
Once used to it, you could flop gears-Right hand on main, left wrist poked thru the steer wheel and flip your wrist between the top 2.

Yes I realised you were pulling my leg Ole Guy, the only Macks I have ever driven were a early 70,s R model & that was a real peice of , it had been to the moon & back at least 20 times & had possibly been driven by every man & dog in New Zealand, I had been driving it for about 20 minutes & for the first time I had to reverse the trailer into a dockway well did I have fun trying to find reverse gear after lots of cussing & kicking etc I flicked the switch & hey I had lots of reverse gears. LOL
The other Mack was a 2003 tractor unit with a 470 hp engine with 18 sp R/Ranger it was really a French Renault.
I have seen a few older trucks with twin sticks & have driven a few, two that come to mind are an Albion reaver (English truck) & an early model Nissan, I have also driven a few trucks with the old around the corner R/Ranger boxes nothing like the old days when steering was by armstrong & shifting was never ending.

kiwiray down under.

[OleGuy]

I think that was one reason we did no doze off so easily. Driving then was kinda like riding a bicycle- Alway pumping the clutch, moving the lever , and straighteneing the wheel. Constant activity.
Take a new truck now, 500 HP, cruise, auto-shift, interstate, and a really good air ride seat it is sleepy house now....