Popular Post other dog Posted May 15 Popular Post Share Posted May 15 On 5/13/2025 at 5:58 PM, Mark T said: Ya know ???? I got stuck in the truck with the 18 speed. IDK if those road speed signs still apply and then there's that gray button 🤔 I was at a jobsite one time and bought the best burrito I ever had anywhere off a food truck. I didn't want to eat it too fast, but it was so good I flipped the gray button and got on with it. It was great. 3 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 catering trucks can be the best,,,ive had many of them,,,,that thing looks amazing ,,,i usually order beef and rice..bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 38 minutes ago, mowerman said: catering trucks can be the best,,,ive had many of them,,,,that thing looks amazing ,,,i usually order beef and rice..bob This is true! I remember back when they were commonly referred to as "the roach coach", and some deservingly so, because they had just crappy overpriced food. But when you were a truck driver, stuck at some job site for who knows how long you didn't have any choice, you either bought some crappy overpriced sammich or went hungry. But over time they have gotten waaaay better, and I've had some absolutely fantastic food from the food trucks. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted May 15 Popular Post Share Posted May 15 Known as the "Muck Truck" out here And yes, yiu gotta eat what you gotta eat Paul 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 you know back in the early 80s i used to pull railroad trailers out of LA and they had one there i used to buy from almost everyday,,,,excellent grub bubba 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark T Posted May 16 Popular Post Share Posted May 16 8 hours ago, other dog said: I was at a jobsite one time and bought the best burrito I ever had anywhere off a food truck. I didn't want to eat it too fast, but it was so good I flipped the gray button and got on with it. It was great. I've never had a burrito. 😕 I've had a sheltered life 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 That job site was up near Frederick, MD. somewhere I think. They were building a new school but it's probably finished by now because it was about 7 or 8 years ago, so that food truck is probably someplace else by now. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted Friday at 09:39 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:39 PM 30- 40 years ago ( holy shit I'm getting old) there was a roach coach on every construction job I was on and even at the car dealer I used to work at. Now they have completely disappeared and you need to to go searching for lunch. I miss them. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted Friday at 10:02 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:02 PM 4 minutes ago, 66dc75 said: 30- 40 years ago ( holy shit I'm getting old) there was a roach coach on every construction job I was on and even at the car dealer I used to work at. Now they have completely disappeared and you need to to go searching for lunch. I miss them. Maybe regulated out of binness. I told a good friend of mine who used to drive, but he had to give it up due to health issues, that a food truck would be perfect for him. He had a pizza place in Reynoldsville, Pa. for a while too, but sold it. And he said he had considered it, but they have to pass all the same inspections that a restaurant does, and you had to have all kinds of permits, and it was more hassle than it was worth. I guess that's good, it's just a lot more to it than I ever thought, at least in Pa. I thought you could just make 15 sausage bistits, 21 bacon bistits, 23 sausage and egg, 19 bacon and egg, and go sell 'em. Then come home and make 39 cheeseburgers and 28 hamburgers and go sell them at lunch time, but apparently it doesn't quite work like that. 1 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Friday at 11:54 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:54 PM 23 hours ago, Mark T said: I've never had a burrito. 😕 I've had a sheltered life Before I moved to California, I never heard of them 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Friday at 11:56 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:56 PM 2 hours ago, 66dc75 said: 30- 40 years ago ( holy shit I'm getting old) there was a roach coach on every construction job I was on and even at the car dealer I used to work at. Now they have completely disappeared and you need to to go searching for lunch. I miss them. I never saw a hot food truck until I moved to LA. They were all coffee trucks back there and all they had was cold sandwiches and beverages and coffee. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Friday at 11:59 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:59 PM hey Joey, what happened to learning to shift a truck? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brocky Posted Saturday at 12:08 AM Popular Post Share Posted Saturday at 12:08 AM ASK Otherdog!!!! He is the one who started the food trucks.. 1 2 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted Saturday at 12:11 AM Share Posted Saturday at 12:11 AM Its still in place. Its a slow process because it's the City, and the DMV here is so crappy, that it takes up to 3 months to get a permit test. We have 1 guy with an 'A' permit, and i have 2 guys due to test. May 28+ June 10... I did take one guy on the job site and showed him some stuff, but we need a real training session with our tractor trailer.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Saturday at 12:35 AM Share Posted Saturday at 12:35 AM Hell, it sounds like you’re getting into it and you might wind up enjoying it 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted Sunday at 12:30 PM Share Posted Sunday at 12:30 PM On 5/16/2025 at 8:08 PM, Brocky said: ASK Otherdog!!!! He is the one who started the food trucks.. No, mine was a comment on the gray button. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Sunday at 04:21 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:21 PM I don’t think anybody got it. I don’t know what the gray button is for. I did drive a transmission and a Volvo white years and years ago had two switches. It wasn’t a 13. I think it was a 12 and you could not shift it without using a clutch air operated switch would not shift the gears unless the clutch was depressed I’m sure some of you knew which one I’m talking about Maybe that’s the one you had Tom Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted Sunday at 07:07 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:07 PM 2 hours ago, mowerman said: I don’t think anybody got it. I don’t know what the gray button is for. I did drive a transmission and a Volvo white years and years ago had two switches. It wasn’t a 13. I think it was a 12 and you could not shift it without using a clutch air operated switch would not shift the gears unless the clutch was depressed I’m sure some of you knew which one I’m talking about Maybe that’s the one you had Tom Bob, I think(??) you might be speaking of the Spicer 12 speed??? The one I drove had a manual clutch and you had to shift the lever thru neutral in ever shift. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseliner64 Posted Sunday at 09:56 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:56 PM Dont know if it was availible in the US or OZ but the very best gearbox Iv ever used ( from a drivers point of view ) was a ZF 16 speed Econosplit.4 hi 4 low and split on each gear.Smooth easy to use and always a gear for every situation...and could be floated in the main gears but required the clutch for splits.Great gearbox..... Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted Sunday at 10:51 PM Popular Post Share Posted Sunday at 10:51 PM 6 hours ago, mowerman said: I don’t think anybody got it. I don’t know what the gray button is for. I did drive a transmission and a Volvo white years and years ago had two switches. It wasn’t a 13. I think it was a 12 and you could not shift it without using a clutch air operated switch would not shift the gears unless the clutch was depressed I’m sure some of you knew which one I’m talking about Maybe that’s the one you had Tom Naw, that was just a regular old 18 speed. I drove 3 T800s and the silver Peterbilt with 18 speed transmissions in them. Best transmissions I ever drove. Most of the time you just drove it like a 13 speed, but you could split the low side too if you needed to. They were the easiest, smoothest shifting transmissions I ever drove too, every one I drove was like that. 1 2 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Monday at 01:48 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:48 PM 18 hours ago, Brocky said: Bob, I think(??) you might be speaking of the Spicer 12 speed??? The one I drove had a manual clutch and you had to shift the lever thru neutral in ever shift. ya i think that was it,,,,i was test driving this thing,my boss at the time was thinking about buying it,,,dealership allowed us to try it on a 600 mile trip,,,,i told the boss i really liked it but the transmission was wierd,,,he changed his mind and didnt buy it,,,thanks for that Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Monday at 01:52 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:52 PM and tom thanks for that,,,,i do remember hearing about them atleast a few years ago it seems there was quite a few of them out there,,listening to CB chatter.but ive never drove one..bob,,,,half a gear on the bottom thats very interesting,,bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-575996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Weeks Posted Monday at 04:02 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:02 PM (edited) Here is an old Spicer book in pdf form, page 8 and 9, and it says you don't move the stick through neutral when making "splitter shifts". which just the way I remember it, so not sure what transmission you are talking about? There was a single countershaft "married box with an external shift cyl, Before my time, but I think it might have been a Fuller, and may have required moving the stick. One of Spicer's selling points was "from standstill to top speed with only 5 moves of the stick". https://tremec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2374_21.pdf Edited Monday at 04:02 PM by Geoff Weeks 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-576000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Monday at 04:39 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:39 PM I think you’re getting confused. We were talking about two different transmissions me and Brocky we’re talking about a 12 speed. That’s the only one I’ve ever seen or heard of it was kind of a fun challenge to shift this thing but yes, you definitely needed the clutch to move the air switches.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-576006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Monday at 04:41 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:41 PM I did think at the time what were they thinking when they put this transmission together cause most professional drivers even back in 95 were driving without the clutch bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/75514-mastering-the-art-of-shifting-a-10-speed-transmission/page/2/#findComment-576007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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