16 Gears
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16 Gears
We have a truck at work that has 16 gears. The shifter has 8 plus there is a **** for high and low how would you shift to 9th gear? Would you step on the clutch shift from low to high then shift to 9th then let out the clutch?
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You can have the selecter in low when you shift to 8th, pull it up in 8th still, then shift to 9th. Some people don't use the clutch at all. Some double clutch, and others use the clutch like a regular car. Well, assuming you're talking about a heavy duty truck like a big rig.
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Originally Posted by rob_nc
More than likely it's an 18 speed.
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Originally Posted by rob_nc
More than likely it's an 18 speed.
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Spicer had a 16 speed back in the stone ages. Go ask on the American Truck Historical Society forum.
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Originally Posted by Louisville Joe
Spicer had a 16 speed back in the stone ages. Go ask on the American Truck Historical Society forum.
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Originally Posted by scatgo
You might be right.I thought somone said it had 16. Its a old mack that was a gabage truck, they switch it over to a roll off container. I was just curious how you changed gears in trucks like that with a low and a high. Would you have to even use the first few gears in a big truck with no load? I would guess that they are geared very low for all the weight they can carry.
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On the truck I drive it's one stick with a splitter valve on the grip. Just reach down with your middle finger to select. I've only driven this style truck. I've ridden in the kind that have two sticks and a splitter(something like that) But that had like 30+gears and WAY too confusing.
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Originally Posted by 07psdrookie
On the truck I drive it's one stick with a splitter valve on the grip. Just reach down with your middle finger to select. I've only driven this style truck. I've ridden in the kind that have two sticks and a splitter(something like that) But that had like 30+gears and WAY too confusing.
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Originally Posted by scatgo
You might be right.I thought somone said it had 16. Its a old mack that was a gabage truck, they switch it over to a roll off container. I was just curious how you changed gears in trucks like that with a low and a high. Would you have to even use the first few gears in a big truck with no load? I would guess that they are geared very low for all the weight they can carry.