Mack R600 shifting

[@jd450lh]

I've never driven a duplex myself, but have some experience with a quad box (20spd). I remember riding with my father years ago...the drivers used to have the sticks bent close together so they could shift both of them with one hand...real handy when you had a load and needed to split every gear .

[@tieroneactual2228]

Yea that takes us back, I used to drive a 1968 DM600 Cement Mixer, 237 with a quad box. Once I learned how it worked it was great! That old think would pull itself out of the deepest ruts & holes on many a construction site with ease. Tough ass dependable truck to say the least!

[@Mitsugejl]

It helps you to match the rpm of the engine with the rpm on the gearbox(es), allowing the stick to fall right in.

[@tracyjean4824]

Like speed shift

[@jerrykinnin7941]

You shift a Mack Slow. To be fast. Or you'll grind the gears. Twin stick 6 Very nice.

[@jimposey3963]

Brings back a lot of memories, most are good!

[@SteveCarras]

Only green thing is the color of the interior!

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

This must be an early R-model because I hear a naturally aspirated thermodyne under the hood. Is it an END-673 or an END-711?

[@Watchingwhilepooping]

Good looking mack. Reminds me of the 76 mack I learned in that also had the u series transmission. It was always a blast to be driving it when a load of rock was brought by guys that haven't been driving long. Cuz they couldn't figure out how you were shifting in reverse Haha.

[@davidglasgow5322]

love the sound of that engine

[@mikekelly5327]

yeah i know cool aint it??

[@Sorayan13]

Dat is geweldig! Ik wou dat ik een kon rijden met zo'n versnellingsbak... ben al blij dat ik volgend jaar men automatic kan inleveren voor een manuele :D

[@Dakman]

I grew around trucks before the duplex and triplex. Never drove one, but have driven trucks with a Hi/Lo rear or 2speed rear. I guess I don't need to learn now. It was bad enough learning to drive the old 10 speed with the U shift pattern and 10th gear You shifted up. The progressive 9 speed was another weird one. Instead of 5 low and 4 hi it was 4 low and 5 hi.

[@DrMcelroy]

Those old Macks will beat you to death but still gotta love em. My uncle has several of em that are tandom axle dumps and one wrecker with an air starter, that one really gets your attention

[@toddgittins5692]

They were made to have a hired driver. Mack is a 4 letter word.

[@henerymag]

When I started driving in '78 they had some gasoline Fords and 2 Macks like that. I had no idea how to shift them. Used the main only when I had to take a trailer for some reefer repair. It was also a very tight place to back in, no power steering and a scorching summer day. Was not unhappy when newer rigs were bought.

[@VSigma725]

The local fire company has a 1988 Mack R water tanker. I love hearing the thing run, the 300 hp Mack diesel sounds fantastic.

[@Maple3ss]

Awesome interior on an epic ol' Mack (too bad about the front mirrors though) just wondering if she has a manual park brake, I see the lever on the floor?

[@Firefuzz11]

Reminds me of when I was little and my dad would let me ride in the ‘77 Mack tanker we had at the fire company. It was an old milk truck that got turned into a fire tanker. It had a 4,500 gallon tank with no baffles in it and you could feel the water sloshing around going up and down hills.

[@logtrucker8963]

I never drove a R series but a lot of twin sticks, 4x4, 5x4 , 6x4 even one 5x3 and a 5x2 it was a 2 speed rear end. The way he was shifting that looks the same, but in an auxiliary ( brownie) trans.

[@agingcowboy]

Now that brings back some memories.

[@lordtaw]

@Fireheart528 Its not hard to learn shifting a twin stick. If you can shift an un-synchronized gear box (Fuller/Rockwell/Mack) then you can shift a twin stick. You just have to remember that you split the main gears (1-5) using the compound. I have a B61 with the 9 speed Mack duplex and its pretty strait forward. You can even shift it like a 5 speed when your unloaded. leave the compound in HI and shift 1-5. Although if you have a light load you may want to shift 1-4 in LO split 4 and shift to 5

[@1940limited]

Looks as if he used high range in 1-3, then split 4th, then stayed in high range for 5th? The later models had the range stick closest to the driver. Nice video.

[@MihalisNavara]

After driving for 8 years a tractor with un-synchronised gearbox with high and low, I wonder how rev ups help the stick move to the selected position when it trembles strongly and doesn΄t get it?

[@jd450lh]

Just a little scratching, but otherwise great shifting!!! Have a blessed weekend, Jeff

[@anthonyladuca8165]

looks awesome why is tire on Mac truck always up not down

[@vincehoffman179]

die cabine ziet dr wel mooi uit zeg, leuk die kleuren daar binnen. hoe heb je m hier gekregen en hoe gaat het er nu mee?

[@Rob1983Rules]

Mooi Man. Ik ben zelf chauffeur, maar snap het schakelpatroon niet echt. Kun je een beetje uitleggen hoe het werkt? Wat ik er uit kan halen, je schakelt 1 t/m 5, dan verzet je de 2de, en weer 1 t/m 5? Of werkt het meer als een soort van splitter?

[@jennygreer9371]

Maxidine. Love it when you can change gears in reverse just like when going forward. And to,the guy that dont understand to sticks one (closest to the driver is 1st-5th) (the one closest to the passenger seat low high and reverse)

[@toddgittins5692]

A crude design, but it worked.

[@rigjockey423]

man you almost had it right but what you do with your spiltter stick AKA your auxillary transmission is use that to split each of your main gears.hoipe that clears things up.cheers

[@donwoods9835]

When the last shot looking down, was he in high gear?

[@AmericanThunder]

Macks are my favorite trucks, love 'em.

[@gunniquickservice]

Are you putting clutch peddal? In another vid, it also looks like the driver dosn´t move the left leg while shifting. Only for Question, no hate. :)

[@BassGoodForTheSoul]

Awesome sound!!

[@BigDale]

Impressive! many a Concrete mixer and Gravel truck were these type Mack's.

[@mcozpda3392]

Great video .. But why you don't say wich one is high and down .. or the main and auxiliary .. cheers .. cheers

[@eddierotary]

Left is the main 5 gears and the right is high, low and reverse. Is typical mack 5x2 setup

[@AmericanaStoryTeller]

I drove a '79 R-model for 3 years in the nineties for a building material company, that employed the dual stage turbo and the main box with two spd. aux

[@boblackey1]

Mack transmissions are triple countershaft rather than two. The transmission box under the cab is big, long & heavy. Supposedly they can take more abuse & heavy hauling & not break than a Fuller. I don't know about that though. But Mack rears with their dual reduction gearing are extremely tough. 44,000 pound or 65,000 pound Mack rears with a camel back suspension can really take the punishment, heavy off road loads & keep on trucking.

[@toddgittins5692]

What about the Western Contractor option on the R models?

[@boblackey1]

@@toddgittins5692 I drove Mack tractors, dumps and concrete mixers for years in the east. Also a few Pete's, KWs and IH. I'm not familiar with the Western contractor. Our Macks were RDs but the older dump and mixers were DMs with an offset cab. But for getting off road with 10 yards of concrete, the shop guys thought a Mack transmission, 44 rear axles, camelback was the best. One year they bought Mack's with Fuller Road ranger trannys and several of the guys like them better because they shifted faster and easier. The year they bought 15 Pete's 6 came with Cat and 9 with Cummins. They asked for all Cat engines. Man you had to be careful with 9 and 10 yards of concrete. HEAVY!!! Easy to get dug in if ground is soft. And leaning a little and the tandems on the lean side, the tires would squat down a look as if they had 50 pounds instead of 110. I was lucky. Never had a roll over but I saw several over the years. Too heavy for some places.

[@toddgittins5692]

No rear suspension. It only pivoted.

[@boblackey1]

@@toddgittins5692 Okay. Thanks. Our trucks had Mack suspensions except the other makes (we were 70% Mack) had Hendrickson and a few were Chalmers.

[@MetalThrasherX]

Once you get to a higher speed you dont need a clutch to shift. However when starting off you use the clutch. Im quite certain this is the same also on standard pickup trucks too,..

[@roveritis]

two long sticks :P hm never thought of :) my land rover has got an od also and i use it as either 3rd hi or 4th hi (as a 5th speed) i should get myself busy extending the short shifter it has :P it would look very confusing :P hehe nice ride keep it up!!!

[@MihalisNavara]

Thnk you. Although it doesn΄t work always, it΄s a very useful trick, especially when downshifting on uphills, in order to prevent it from stopping and reversing. In such situations, if you are heavy loaded, the brakes are unable to save you.

[@Mynamesalexa]

What were you hauling?

[@MrLortab10]

Real Men have 2 sticks,love to hear an old Dog bark.Hope to have an old B-model.Scratch gears? Even if you did,and you didn't,a Mack is so tough,you could put bolts in the Trans.and it would put out paperclips.Anyone that Critiqes shifting has never driven a twin stick.Keep kickin that Dog.

[@felipebravoregler69]

What transmission is that?

[@FoxPopvli]

Which engine does it have?

[@B422TMack]

no thats an ole 673 or 711 Thermodyne Mack diesel . my dads B model Had the 711 Thermodyne in it I Know that sound anywhere even in my sleep lol .

[@johnsiders7819]

Quad boxes are fun too !!!

[@pete379x5]

Why go to 4th and lo-lo in a maxydine on level ground?

[@lordtaw]

@Ladylawless8 Dear lord.... The 12 speed TRTXL1070 had an air shift knob on the main stick with HI-LO-N-R. Second stick called the mud stick had just two gears, hi & low, you just used first gear on the main stick with the mud stick in low. later they replaced the stick with a switch on the dash, The transmission in the video is most likely a true Mack twin stick duplex/triple/quad box. That R model has a metal dash which was from 1963-1973 and the END(T)673 + twin stick was an option in an R.

[@garynewcomb8649]

Best Mack’s ever

[@ihfan29]

Nice old Mack! Is that a 237?

[@StonedPony1]

Can't be as the dog on the hood says it is not 100% Mack. If the hood had a gold dog it would be a 100% dog.

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

It sounds like an older naturally aspirated thermodyne. Which leads me to believe it's an early R-model from 1965 to 1969. I said 1965 instead of 1966 because that's how model years work.

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

It could also be one of the B-models that had their original body replaced with an R-model body during the 1960's

[@Grumpy_And_Zoe]

Yeah, I never learned how to double clutch either. Maybe if I'd gone to one of those fancy trucking schools I would have. I never use the clutch except to start and stop.

[@logtrucker8963]

Terry Day me too. 51 years of experience!

[@toddgittins5692]

It's for timing. In very difficult situations, I will double clutch. 2 lane mountain roads, 70,000 lb. loads at 8% grade.

[@tellmeitsnottaken]

God, that sounds good.

[@len-zeplin480]

Phil Lesh Shaking the Clubs!

[@CCWSig]

I'm so confused, But I liked whatever it was you were doing!

[@mudrunner112]

now were talking old school like it

[@ristestankovski]

Holly shit, was that Michael Cera at 0:54 :)

[@jimbodepot]

my job has two quadra-plex trans from old B models on a bench theyre longer then the freaking cab itself

[@garyamerson7390]

Sounds good.

[@ledfoot73]

that brings back memories.

[@BroncoBillyGarage]

I never understood why they used 2 shifters. why not just one for all the gears

[@zanekubicek2186]

With 2 shifters they could get a bigger gear selection

[@BroncoBillyGarage]

Zane Kubicek ah, got it ;)

[@felixchaus]

+Rider Life On this video there is not much gears, but on some trucks they have 5 on main and 4 on auxiliary transmission. Some of the gears are similar, but you would have somearound 18-20 in one shifter, so either it goes from door to door and you have over 4feet (1,2m) long transmission or separate transmission and 2 sticks Modern trucks have splitter on front and rear of transmission, but older transmission came from small trucks and it was easier to use two than make a whole new transmission

[@BroncoBillyGarage]

felixchaus thank u for the clarification, i think its neat to use 2 different transmissions, ive just never understood the point of having them but now i understand

[@felixchaus]

+Rider Life Great to help :)

[@danielalopez3861]

esta muy bien explicada lo de la caja yo cargo una de esa

[@carlosalbertojacquesepulve1269]

I cuantas marchas son amigo

[@oga48]

omg omg omg omg omg this is awesome!!!!!!! i liked!!

[@jbryanlegarcon31]

2024 still ❤

[@jimwilloughby]

Nice sound. Somebody should rethink that interior color though.

[@TheFordraptor16]

thats a nice truck.

[@SpaceGod718]

I like the interior

[@yashsvidixit7169]

Implement a quick shifter of your own.

[@bigeleonard]

Nice!

[@e14212]

@studeystudebaker50 agreed 100%, very nice.

[@prrcpor]

You can 1 to 5 in low or high

[@elprincipeisaias]

Un verdadero troqué 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@joergmaass]

Don't you get eye cancer from the cockpit color?

[@CowboyHickLumberjack]

Nice sound

[@ALPINE1100]

Crujidos, rascones, velocidades que no entran, que entran a capon... ES QUE NO SABEIS CAMBIAR, O QUE! Aprendi a conducir con seis años un camion sava austin, y poco despues no lo hacia tan mal como estos que toda la gente dice que son unos artistas de la conduccion.

[@carlbettag2557]

I was 16, -1976- cutting my teeth in on a dup- great trans for hauling heavy..

[@hvguy]

Why don't you split 5th?

[@FoxPopvli]

Cummins? :)

[@mikegrazio5376]

lmao.

[@ckyman354]

i could maybe learn this lol i can drive a regular car 5speed. i always thought itd be really cool to drive a semi truck

[@szymon96tracker]

Jazda jak możenie takim truckiem :) Pozdrawiam :) POLAND :)

[@shahrankhademi3564]

Mack❤iran kave mack

[@adriantomlin2902]

Where ya goin in that Mack?!

[@KatsukatsuGarage]

It is very wonderful.

[@AngelGarcia-hk5jw]

This that Best tramison

[@MrBobmarcy]

that is easy!! it's called a du-plex !9 gears! a better one to show would be a tri-plex, 15 gears !! or better yet a quadra-plex,20 gears. all had two sticks, and any tht were od's had 13 spds,or 18 spd's. then spicer had a two stick 4X4 set up with 16 gears and 4 reverses ! i drove all of them during my 38 years of driving ! they were good set ups as back when they were popular you had low power engines.

[@jasoncook6053]

close your eye's and think of DUEL....oh my god! he's crazy.

[@MrLamontp]

i want to learn how drive a big rig

[@Shahpoorsasani6798]

Go to Iran they teach you how to drive English Cheng mack R600 gears

[@chuckg2016]

Runn'n empty on flat ground.

[@brd1242]

No flip flops driving that rig....

[@jenq1712]

More videos!

[@henryholliday1]

Cool

[@MrRuffnready5]

cool

[@camacho2]

I hate skipping gears drivers

[@GilSimmons]

coool!

[@maiconfariasilva2676]

C tá doido migao tud bom

[@germancaro7041]

mi infancia en una de esas

[@jamesmackenzie7505]

duuuuutcy dance

[@emersoncavalli6628]

Sem embreagem é só pra quem sabe.

[@bigwheezy312]

@Fireheart528 hahahaha..no

[@prrcpor]

Ya I drive a 75 dm and a 79 r model quick shift with Jake brake

[@juanasanelli6831]

MACK el CAMION

[@steveskniveshikes6909]

wtf is the point of two shifters?! it looks cool but seems way to complicated to understand nor learn.

[@prrcpor]

There easy to shift you don't even need a clutch

[@yaboileeroy3038]

Jesus, it's 1D, 2D, 2H, 3D, 3H, 4D, 4H, 5D, 5H, not 1-4H, 5D, 5H. Split every gear from 2nd onwards to keep it on the band. Thermodynes don't like being bogged, naturally-aspirated or turbocharged.