I come back and watch this video every couple months. It's like a song that just pops in your head and keeps nagging at ya till you give in and listen 10x
I found out a 3 stick mack works like #1 stick is a 5 speed #2stick is a 4 speed #3 stick is high lo and reverse. No locks needed. Who can drive that. My dad has.
Oh yes, oh yes! How sweet the sound and memories. Worked a truck stop when I was 16yrs. 1958-59. Had to deliver rigs when mechanics finished repairs. No CDL checks then. Screamin Jimmy's- and 220 Cummins with a back-drop exhaust manifold in a Emeryville (International DCO-405) were my orchestra. H 67, B 61 Macks, Reo's, Diamond-T's, A-Car, KW,White, P-Bilt-- two speed rear end, Road Ranger Trans, Spicer-YoYo selector on shifter,Duplex, Triplex on Macs. I have to stop now so the tears don't short out my keyboard...lol
Nah, they use the HW 5976 speed manual auto with stick and pedals. For special shots they even have the screeching tire on sand sound generator plus the jump proof nowreck dual action shocks.
no try a 5 5 3 a 5 speed with a 5 speed with a 3 speed tacked to the back 75 gears, wait that still not nuf lol hmm tack a 6 to the back of that second 5 and then the 3 but srsly though that is halarous
@@djaydeved your thinking of the 18speed wit the 4 speed aug and 2 speed rear end behind a 12v71 in an Oshkosh RV with a 20 axle toy hauler With matching pusher in the rear. The wife drives.
@@SuperLabonte43 Thanks, I was wondering what the switch was for. Thought it might have been for a split drive axle, although it seemed a strange place for a high/low switch. ❓
@@ItsJustMeAdam. [Originally posted by Colton Wancho]: old trick keep your Jake on with the two strokes to help from the rpms falling off between the lower gears. (i know that your comment was posted over 2 years ago)......
I used to live (as a kid) in an old ranch house on a main highway in Orange County in the early 1950's. We were at a 4 way stop, and I just used to sit on the porch for hours, listening to the "music" of the diesel engines of those gorgeous trucks. I had forgotten they made a 4 cylinder Detroit, till I saw your video. I remember that slightly different Jimmy "wail" in those late 40's trucks. Thanks for an amazing audio trip down Memory Lane! Also, not bad on the Brownie twin sticks! Those were tricky! Again, thanks!!
Similar story. Other side of a lake with a moderately travelled road beside it in Englishtown, NJ. I'd say early 80s I remember hearing the trucks about sunup. The way the sound travelled across the lake in otherwise silent part of the day.
Thanks for the video. My father used to be a mechanic, specialized in Detroit Diesel engines. That was a mystic time for me. These engines sounds better than Ferraris. True Drivers use manual gearboxes. Sorry by the poor english. Greetings from Brazil.
I love the Detroit diesels been driving a twin stick 5@4 since I was 11 years old , I own 4 twin stick trucks. Been at it for 38 years . He has a great running Detroit .thank you
The next generation of " all electric " don't even realize what they are missing out on. I remember on clear days listening to a Clark skidder with a 453 screaming away while she worked on a logging site 2 miles from the house when I was a kid. I fell in love from that point on....
I love Detroit Diesels. It's a shame in Europe nobody knows them. Here virtually nobody even knows about two stroke diesels, for that matter... In Italy we had a van produced by Alfa Romeo (yeah they produced vans as well 60 years ago), called the Alfa Romeo Romeo (much fantasy) which either had a twin cam petrol engine or a two stroke two cylinder diesel. It's a shame it's so rare that I can't find a single video about the diesel, so every now and then I look for Detroit Diesel videos to get an idea of how loud and good sounding it should have been. And this is probably one of my favourite videos, thanks for sharing your beautiful truck. I love it! :D
my grandfather was a truck driver from the late 1940s to the early 2000s, this transmission would have been a piece of cake for him. he started with sliding mesh gears!
1971 The Truck Trailer pulled into the Dairy with a load of Hay. White Freightliner with a V 12 71 had chrome valve covers . At 13 years old I didn't know they built those kinda machines. Truly I was so delighted . Never have forgot that memory
Love it!!! My Dad drove the two-stick setup and could make it talk just like that!!! I’ve driven many trucks with different transmissions but my favorite was a 1985 Kenworth with a 425 Cat with a 15 over!! Straight pipes and no limiter and I’ve rattled many windows and proved to many that they could not stay with me, loaded or empty, if I chose to!! The old 318 Detroit however was always my favorite engine! Good job driver!👍
Love the sound of the Detroit diesel. You did an excellent job with the twin sticks. Learned how to drive with twin 4 by 4’s behind a 6-71. Good engine and a good ole International. Thank you for the video.
In the early 60s a trucking company by the Jack Cole ran trucks through our community 24 hrs a day. That sound brings back memories just like old songs of the past. Thanks for the vid. Doug
Nice job. I love the sound of 453’s. I used them in Clark Skidders,Prentice and Husky loaders and Taylor forklifts. They are tough good running engines that only make power at a narrow band at the top of the rpm range. I had one 471 break a governor shaft and run away. It buried the tach until I could pull the emergency shut off killing the air to the blower!
@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 No, you'd see more trucks in the shop with grenaded engines and transmissions, because they shifted into the wrong gear at the wrong speed and RPM.
That was cool! Brings Back a lot of memories. I took my test in 1984 on a 69 Pete, with a four and a 4: double under, under, direct, and over- up and to the right. Never learned how to shift them both at the same time though.
I don't know about anyone else, but I can actually smell the inside of that cab when I watch this. I guess I've spent a lot of time in, around, under and, just enjoying (Ahem) Vintage rides. I didn't even mind scraping my knuckles, the cuts and bruises. Not to mention the Tetanus shots. The best part, was making them run and I mean RUN. I skip the part about the Ice Cold Beer(s) afterwords.
Yep....step 1: make sure it's full of oil and antifreeze. Step 2: slam your hand in the door and get really pissed off. Step 3: drive it like it was the one that closed the door on your hand. Follow those steps and it will never die lol
thank you so much for posting this video it takes me back to my young teen days in my dads truck a v6 gm diamond t tipper twin stick that he taught me to drive in brought a tear to my eyes as he not here any more
You did a good job keeping the RPM's up on the old Detroit...also did well on shifting the twin stick tranny...wouldn't mind trying it myself...drove big rig for 31yrs...good memories for sure! Thanks for posting! God Bless, Jeff :)
Left stick stays in 1 while the right stick goes 1,2,3. Pattern repeats when left stick changes to 2nd. Right stick again 1,2,3. Left stick changes to 3rd. Right stick 1,2,3 again
My father used to go on the road we was 17 with Bekins Van Lines or Deacon Van Lines I'm not sure might have been deacon but I met an older guy years ago and said that my pops could drive to dual shift a lot of guys couldn't do it that have been driving for years my dad was only driving for about 6 months and was only 17 years old had some old pictures of it I'm going to try and find them go to my mom's house and put them online so people can look at it this is exactly what this guy's doing here way cool just the sound is awesome
back in the day, men were men and sheep ran scared, it took a real man to drive one of these year after year. it was a real tap dance to keep that engine spinning up on the power curve. by Monday morning your hearing was just starting to come back.
I drove one of these trucks when I first started driving and I never had to worry about falling asleep going down the road but when I did lay down to go to sleep I could still hear the truck shifting in my head . (DROVE ME NUTS )
they just don't make them like these anymore. my dad used to drive an r model mack, and his dad had two macks (one gas one diesel). both were twin sticks and used in the family's logging ops way back when.
Screaming demon operator. Now that was some serious work back in the day. Nice to see someone keep up the history of a trade long since past. Kind regards, Eric Dee
The main box is synchronized that's why I clutch. You can down shift it with out though. The aux is not, so you do not need to clutch. I don't normally Jake shift or shift so fast I guess I was a little excited lol.
Got to shift quick with the Jimmies. It’s like shifting a small bore (125cc) 2 stroke dirt bike. Once you’re out of that narrow power band you’re dropping gears and speed. I drove them as a young man and those engines are good for those who have spirit and fire in their veins. The harder you drive them, the better they run. That’s the truth. If you’ve had the chance to spend any time on a Jimmy throttle, you know it’s the truth.
Now I know why they call it "pulling gears"! Man, my arm got sore just watching so like another commented, I'm going to watch it again. The sound makes the aches worth it 😅
Dude I love all of your vids but it'd be really cool if you told us more about the trucks, like what transmissions you're running and how they're hooked up, I know only one thing about this and that is THIS IS AWESOME!
O som desse motor é um verdadeiro show,acho que ñ perde nem um pouco pro v8 da Scania.Escute só o som do freio motor,musica para os ouvidos de qualquer um que já teve o privilégio de viajar a bordo de um caminhão com motor DETROIT.
