How To Drive a Three On The Tree "The Right Way!" 

Stop teaching people how to steal my car.

i would be that guy who throws it into reverse on a launch...

Let's lobby to bring back the Three On The Tree shall we? :-)

nothing new to this old man, I've been driving them for years! But very well explained and great camera angles! Great job! It took me forever the first time I tried to drive one of these. No one explained it to me! I just kept moving the shifter until I hit the right gear! LOL

Three on the tree is the best in my opinion what a simple little pickup to learn

Well, you did have built in anti-theft. Nice truck bud. I drive a new F150...I'm envious of yours.

Love the American flag on the roof, painted on, magnet or something else?

Ugh! Oh how I WISH this video had existed 35 yrs. ago! My Dad was incapable of explaining ANYTHING. I learned to drive a standard transmission in a F-100 like that one! Sucked.

I’m in love with the sound of this truck

Bro thanks for the schooling bro I needed it even though I got a stick shift and not a 3 on the tree I still learned thanks.

Love the vid!!! I just picked up a 1969 Ford 100 Ranger. Despite driving stick all my life had never heard of 3 on the tree. Cant wait to get the tags and take it for a spin.

I learned to drive with a 65 F100 3 on the tree !

This video was Freakinnn amazing Broh :) I Loved it so much. No one could have explained it better that your Tutorial. 👌Finally I got how GEARS were shifted on Vintage Cars. Great Work😍😃

They need to bring back the three on the tree lol

Great video! Never thought about keeping my clutch foot "stiff" like you described, I'll give it a shot next time I get my hands on a manual car. Oh and btw awesome truck you got, can't find many rust free examples in Pennsylvania!

Now all you got to do is shift into neutral, let off the clutch, rev match, reapply the clutch, and shift to gear, and you’ll be double clutching lol.

I have to give mine a good amount of throttle or it will stall

Do you have to put it in neutral at a stoplight? Then shift ur gears

Yo I been in that situation before but I haven't done anything I haven't even stall it at all and it was my first time doing that

I had a 3 on the tree in my 67 bronco. I put a 5 on the floor in, worst move ever I'm putting the 3 speed back in in a week or so

cool video, at near the 7 minute mark when you accelerated then decelerated in second gear, WOW! great sounding exhaust pipes. I learned to drive a three on the tree in a 1969 mercury cyclone in 1986 with 351W and sweet sounding pipes! thank you for reminding of some fond memories.

I can drive a manual transmission

Loved this video. Thank you. Manuals are the best. Like the truck as well.

I bought a 1970 f100 over an hour from home and hadn't ever driven a manual before. I've seen your videos for years and this video literally was why I could get it home.

No tach on mine. I pretty much shift from first to second at 25. Then to 3rd at 30-35.

I love my 1970 Chevy C/10 3-on-the-tree! No A/C, no power steering, all drum brakes, longbed, but really fun to drive behind that 350! Bought that truck back in 2015 when I was 17, and 5 years later, still runnin great! Glad they don't make em anymore, makes them more rare, but VERY hard to find parts!

Been driving British manuel's, gonna be picking up a 50s caddy and I really dont want to destroy the gearbox, this video really has helped, and tips or advice would be appreciated

Dam i never knew how it worked, thanks man

where did you get your steering wheel?

I'm good. I've been driving a 3 speed column shifter for 35 years. You pop mine into 2 gear going over 35 and you'll ruin the transmission.

Not all vehicles are the same as that one. Mine is a '67 with a low geared tranny. High speed is 35 MPH. You don't need to gun that motor so much. I have been driving one for 37 years.

where did you get the steering wheel? . Thanks.

I have a 1976 Dodge Ramcharger 3 on the tree. Sure are fun to drive! Thank you for doing this video. You taught me a few things.

I guess this is the channel where I learn more

Hey, nice truck!👍🏻 where did you get your steering wheel? I’m tall and my original steering wheel is too big and that one is cool.

Man that thing has an awesome sound!!

10:30 I would have failed my UK driving test for doing that little roll back (at least that's what my instructor told me). Hill start facing up-hill is so much easier on the clutch with the parking brake hand-operated.

at first i was confuzed on how he was explaining to us how it was a h pattern on the shifter, until I saw the H and then i was like "oooohhh" Can we bring back the three on the tree?

Great Video Brotha :D Now When Can I Drive Your Truck ;p

is that a momo retro wheel?

Thank you I just bought a 49 ford vert and when it gets here I don't want to mess it up

I learned to drive stick shift in a 59 Ford galaxie best car I ever owned

Any recommendations on how to tighten up mine? My shifter is super loose and sloppy

Good video ! Nice truck as well !

What kind of exhaust are you running?

I enjoyed this video that's fun Craig 😀

First comment but bad news craig my 72 selling for hospital bills but hopefully my gf can take it and learn three on tree

Since I am close to 70 years old, I remember these 3 speed manual transmissions with a shift lever on the steering column. In my young years my parents had a 1966 Rambler American with a three speed column shift with over drive. So a long time ago I did get to drive a three speed column shift car.

Ok I kinda thought all trucks/cars have the same shift pattern and now I know

My old truck was setup exactly like this one. Short bed, 302, 3 on the tree, 9 inch with open 3.50 gears. And side pipes that sounded exactly like this. It was a 76 though.

Can you tell me what transmission you are using?

Man, if I drove that truck, I'd feel like king of the road =)

You have an old truck with a working parking brake? Nice!

I like how I've been subbed for like 2 years and thus is barely happening lmao. Hey better late than never. Also I love the fact that after a gear you don't rev the engine as you are letting of the clutch good job (that burns the shit out of the clutch)

My grandpa just gave my brother his 66 bronco, so this is real helpful on how to drive a three on the tree

My old work truck in the 70s.

Earned a subscriber. I've always driven standard trans but never a "on the tree" Not so scared of it now.

Already know how to, thanks to a 68 C10. Funnest thing to drive, its a shame I couldnt keep it.

Ive had a few and they really are super easy.Just don't see em anymore unless in older vehicles. The pattern truly makes sense with the reverse.They had it well planned out back in the day.

Thats Awesome, my 64 Ford F100 had a three on the tree. then the linkage broke so we cut a hole in the floor and stuck the shifter in the floor. I wish it still had the three on the tree.

When I took driver's ed, one of the girls in the class was not good at driving a stick shift. We had a stick shift car and a street that had about 17 stop signs on it. The poor thing would kill that car at least three or four times at every stop sign. A long drive

I've got an 84 f150 with a 300 i6, and 3 on the 🌴. Everyone thinks it's the coolest thing. I had, a 1970 with a 390 V8 with the same 3 on the 🌴. Thing I love about the 84 f150, it's got power steering and power brakes. Hearing your truck makes me wish I had a spunky little 289 V8. Cool truck you got burh👍

I have a 1968 F100 with a 3 on a tree and the ring part on the shifter broke because of the use and common gear (2nd) every time someone shifted hard in that gear the shifter would pop out of the ring,did it ever happen to any manual cars you drove and if so can you let me know so I could find out more about my shifter so I can rebuild it at some point because my father is convincing me to put either a 4 or 5 speed on the truck lol. Love your truck keep up the videos!

Do you have assisted steering ?

This is the video that taught me to drive standard 😅❤

Can I contact you about a truck I found? You know what you're talking about when I comes to these and I need guidance

Good theft deterrent!!!! Not many people these days could drive one..I’m an old fart, grew up with these. I’ve seen a 61 galaxy that had 4 speed on the column, with shifter in neutral you pulled a lever under the dash for reverse, push the lever back in and first gear would be where reverse is on 3 on the tree.

2 or 4 bl?

I learned how to drive in a 1972 Ford F100. I was 10, and my dad would tell me I was driving home. Back in the 70s the police were easy to deal with. It wouldn't happen these days

great video

I was taught to shift a 3 speed using the palm of my hand just like you shifted from first to reverse when you first started to explain how to shift... I was taught to never grab the shifter.... nice foot work with the peddles!!!

I have tree.. how do I fix it to shifted right. ? Please help!!! DEEP EAST OAKLAND

your shifter seems soo smooth. mines feels loose as a goose. what did you source to build up shifting confidencE?

Good video

Very well done.

I have driven a 3 on the tree

Curious, what year and model is this truck and what state are you? Kind of looks like California but I can't be for sure. I had an early 70s F100 with a three on the tree and a crate V8 when I was in California. Picked it up cheap and had to sell it because it was sell it or drive it across the country with pathetic fuel economy and no seatbelts lol. I miss that truck.

Thank you. I bought a 1966 mustang for 3000$ for my sweet 16 and I restored it.

That was fun thanks man, always heard about the 3ott, I drive 5spd floor.. now I know the tree. Cool !

Great Vid. I enjoyed it

This is such a great tutorial! Good info for someone learning any stick, as far as clutching goes.

Thank you! Just got a1965 Chevy c10 . This helped me 🙏🏻

My dad always said, if you can drive a three on the tree, you can drive anything. He was so correct!!! I still drive a manual Tacoma to this day, but sorry to say it's getting harder to find a vehicle with a manual trans.

Built linkage from scratch to restore the tree - still rough. Even a 250 c.i.d can kick a^%

Nice headliner in that truck, it’s so sad some people are offended by our flag now.

You should get a 8.8 lsd outta a stang

Best 3 on the tree tutorial I have seen. Thank you for making the video..🤙

Where’d you get that instrument cluster panel? Love by the shaved look with the mirrors btw

what u do is u get going real fast like about 50 slam on the breaks slam it in reverse then drop the clutch and watch the passenger sh them self we did in a 67 camero to a guy that don't get scared in a rig at 45 going in reverse we got it to stand up front was about 2 feet off the ground then we went home and the guy pissed his pants so much about talking tuff then we asked him if he wants to go in my car witch has 1200 hp all he said was F U i'm never ridding with u guy's again ever play cat and mouse now that is a kick in the ass with 2 race cars u just have to go fast and i mean fast or u will get busted and know how to power ur corners just pitch the side ways and push the cars around the corner but u need some hp to do this u should see us drive a tractor and trailer i like to slide up to the docks with it and it freaks people out

How fast can a 1956 Chevy Bel Air 350 go on a highway?

Been driving manual transmissions for over 40 years but never driven 3 on the tree. One of these days I'd like to.

Thanks for the video it was really helpful

Thanks a lot man, i’m trying to but this 64 manual Bel Air and i think this will help a lot!!

Sorry kid, but this is not how you drive a manual transmission.

I am wanting to fix up and drive my 54 Chevy truck

Great vid love how the truck sounds

Yes 909!

Your welcome budd

That thing sounds like sex haha. can we get 5 hours of you just shifting it xDD

the old three on the tree has rocked me out of mud holes and snow many times....in my old chev pickup