Not a lot of guys our age know how to do this--whole lot of practice and missed shifts and "awshit" moments to get this smooth with a 5x4, and when you're not over the age of 70, chances are you haven't had a ton of on-the-job experience with a twin-stick. So this is just pure love of the machine that you're seeing: this is a guy who gives a shit about trucks and trucking. That's who you wanna buy a rig from.

@jaywyatt7476

3 ай бұрын

You dam right,it takes a dying breed of a person to do this, and I bet it gives an old timer peace of mind and a pinch of happiness knowing we’re not all Fanny bandits looking for a safe space.

@jesperviktorsson8027

3 ай бұрын

@@jaywyatt7476 Most of us arent snowflakes.. They are just a loud minority

@mikelang4191

2 ай бұрын

It's patience and using your senses. Practice makes perfect. Slow down to speed up.

@Gunny1971

2 ай бұрын

@@mikelang4191 Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Floating gears in reverse. I watched an absolute disaster this week of a guy who couldn't handle 1 gear going backwards trying to back into a spot where there were 10 empty spots on each side.

@DrFruikenstein

3 ай бұрын

The disaster guy needs to figure it out before he gets his license, or he's going to be expensive. I once had a clutch linkage come apart just before arriving at the customer, and had to choose my gear with the engine off and start up in reverse. A situation like that requires knowing how to control the trailer as it's pretty much coasting to the dock once you get moving and slide it out of gear. A pull up is a huge hassle without the ability to disengage the clutch.

@Scoots1994

3 ай бұрын

Reversing a trailer is a skill that fades. 20 years ago I could do it perfect all day, had to get back in a few months ago for the first time in 12 years and struggled. Not post a video online struggled, but it was hard to do and I was NOT smooth at it anymore.

@wobblysauce

3 ай бұрын

Just like when you park in the far lot and you get back and some one is next to you.

@Scoots1994

3 ай бұрын

@@wobblysauce Yep. It's more okay when it's a really nice car parked next to you in a far lot. But when it's a crap car it's very suspect.

@richardkouba3403

3 ай бұрын

I've never been around a 5x4, but I have a serious question. Do both trannies have reverse and if they both do can you make it go forward in "double reverse"?

I was assigned a plow with twin shifters and no wingman. Many a mailbox was lost while I learnt

Love the upshift in reverse!

Man! Chace makes it look easy!

Nice! I learned on a 5 and 4. 1968 Hayes HD bed truck in the Alberta oil patch. Splitting gears with one hand through the steering on the main, the other shifting the A box and using the Jake. Love those old trucks. Good to see a young man Master it. I'm 61 still hauling logs in the BC mountains.

Was hoping you were gonna hit the highway and start grabbing gears. Super cool video!

Drove a 65 Peterbilt dump truck for 8 years with a twin stick. I hauled a lot of rock. Most of the drivers at the quarry had never even seen a twin stick let alone driven one. I would reverse grabbing gears and then Jake it to a stop.

Traditions are Very important. It helps in perserving a culture ty ❤

I respect Mr.Barber more and more every day lol

My friends dad was assigned a brand new Kenworth years ago with an 18 speed. Was custom ordered for him. His previous truck had a 5&4. 3 weeks in he hated the 18spd, and the company respected and valued him enough to have the 18spd replaced with a 5&4. I always thought he was nuts as I loathe the 5&4, but it was nice to see an employer go the extra mile for an employee. Doesn't seem to happen much anymore

Now let’s see any other truck CEO run that truck in the mountains of bc

@wild_lee_coyote

3 ай бұрын

Why do you think the first truck Elon produced was electric. I bet he doesn’t even have a CDL or know how to drive a stick. I will take an Edison over a Tesla any day of the week and twice on log day.

Sweet, learned 6 speed on a ‘01 Dodge RAM 2500 straight 6 diesel. My younger brother was so good, he didn’t even use the clutch. I had the record for being the only one who ever stalled it.

My four uncles drove these rig hauling steel to Texas to big sky scappers in Dallas In 60 n 70 ruff fellers

Could watch a whole daily drive like this!!

0:53 look Ma no clutch😅

That's better than most people could do. I only have one day in a twin stick, and I was seeming to scratch the main while upshifting about 30% of the time at the end of the day. Now that it's 26 years later, I wonder how I'd do.

ahh duel stick'n... those were the days, great fun if ya have a 2stroke :D

This young man knows how to shift. Not once did he double clutch. He is a truck driver.👍

I learned on a 5x 4 in a ‘84 Pete day cab. I hung the brownie box up a few times. Carried a little ball pen hammer under the seat to knock it out with. Shift the brownie square. In other words when in neutral, don’t cut corners on the shift pattern.

Makes me miss driving my old 93 Toyota pickup 5 speed. Gotta get the old girl back on the road!

I am young and have only drove automatic cars, but wow that seems complicated. Props to truckers keeping everything moving.

It sure sounds like you have mastered it quite well from a fellow trucker🙂

I learned how to do that in 1968 on my dad's truck. Kind of miss those transmissions.

That is awesome. Thanks

That's crazy. Good job.

I would love to learn how to drive that! IYKYK

Love what you’re doing. Although you are good no doubt about it, you will be the MASTER when you are shifting both boxes together. I noticed you never used 1st gear in the aux box leading me to believe you have a deep under box. While sacrificing deep under and putting in a progressive g box you get a lot more gear variations. Man it makes a big difference.

Bang on brother. love thoes twin sticks.

Nice to see and using one hand!

Bro could you do a driving video with you using the clutch to downshift and sfift gears? Would love to see that action bud!

I lost it when you started floating multiple gears in reverse! Man, what I would give to drive one of those dual stick trucks. Most people call me dumb for preferring manual trucks over automatics. They always use that silly excuse of supposedly I wouldn't like a manual truck in traffic or whatever other silly excuse. I've been driving 5+ years in a manual truck (13-speed and 10-speeds) and I won't ever get tired of it. It sucks that my company is switching over to all automatics, tho'..

Need to get you a swanky knob for that range lever.

We had a similar set up in a old Chevy tandem but the one shifter was down by the seat. A body could shift for days in the hills and hollers of central Tennessee

Cool.

OLD School 9 speed 😊

In a heartbeat, I'd swap trucks with this guy. I'm in a 23 Cascadia with a 12 speed Allison automat. It is really slow upshifting. It is horrible with the clutch which it uses on every shift. And it doesn't like backing up even a small incline. And, then there's the hesitation when I want to start moving.

How can u shift the main stick without a knob on it, that’d drive me fuckin nuts. I’d have whittled one out of wood or something by now 🤣

@RowanHawkins

3 ай бұрын

probably helped learning. He can tell by feel he is on the correct stick so it makes eyes out of the cab more natural.

How long does it usually take to start on freezing cold mornings? Does it take longer when it hasn't been used for several days?

Commenting on the video for the algorithm and

Yall should put your truck in the video game snowrunner

What’s the rpm drop when shifting the aux box?

@CleetusM just put out a Video they are wanting to rebuild their Freedom Factory ramp truck please reach out and get them to do a retrofit kit!

I love that steering wheel it just needs a knob

What is the rpm drop between shifts?

I think I can handle the dual trans but not having air ride seat is a problem lol

Enough said

I'd like to hear what you have to say about Nikola after seeing Dave Sparks latest video

Are you looking forward to doing it with diesel-electric fury?

Hey, no comments about one stick being a splitter ... thats a first 😂 ... i miss my 6 speed now. The 10x4 just aint the same. You got OD on them boxes?

How would your truck tech work for electric school buses?

First truck I drove was a 5-4 Mack when I was 14. Is it compulsory that one shifter not have the knob and just the threads sticking up???? 😂

Nice job! What’s she got for a motor? Sounds beautiful!

Practice Practice Practice.

👍👍👍👍

Sparcs Motor air freshner?

He can do this and I can’t even shift a 10 speed without grinding gears… 😂

Slightly more confusing than a john deere single stick quad range. Well, a lot more. The quad range only shifts when stopped to change the range. Then it's a powershift with a clutch between 2nd and 3rd

Traffic must have been so nice in 69

that is some canadian ass movement right there

What happens if it starts combustion like a tesla battery

If wayne from letterkenny drove truck

Looks like Heavy D now bought out the Nikola Motors side of the Badgertruck, UTVs, and Waverunners. The company he is will be running will be called Ember.. once he gets approved by the EV committee. EV/Hydrogen

Damn good job, shows your no longer a pumpkin

Nice enough but camera is 90 degrees wrong. Let’s see same thing in traffic. Stay safe

Enjoy. A few years from now you won't be able to buy a manual transmission. They wont make them any more. They'll be obsolete.

You know what I like about electric trucks? No gears to shift!

Too bad electric trucks can't have cool transmissions!

There in there sum were