Oh yes, oh yes! How sweet the sound and memories. Worked a truck stop when I was 16yrs. 1958-59. Had to deliver rigs when mechanics finished repairs. No CDL checks then. Screamin Jimmy's- and 220 Cummins with a back-drop exhaust manifold in a Emeryville (International DCO-405) were my orchestra. H 67, B 61 Macks, Reo's, Diamond-T's, A-Car, KW,White, P-Bilt-- two speed rear end, Road Ranger Trans, Spicer-YoYo selector on shifter,Duplex, Triplex on Macs. I have to stop now so the tears don't short out my keyboard...lol
I come back and watch this video every couple months. It's like a song that just pops in your head and keeps nagging at ya till you give in and listen 10x
I found out a 3 stick mack works like #1 stick is a 5 speed #2stick is a 4 speed #3 stick is high lo and reverse. No locks needed. Who can drive that. My dad has.
Nah, they use the HW 5976 speed manual auto with stick and pedals. For special shots they even have the screeching tire on sand sound generator plus the jump proof nowreck dual action shocks.
no try a 5 5 3 a 5 speed with a 5 speed with a 3 speed tacked to the back 75 gears, wait that still not nuf lol hmm tack a 6 to the back of that second 5 and then the 3 but srsly though that is halarous
@@djaydeved your thinking of the 18speed wit the 4 speed aug and 2 speed rear end behind a 12v71 in an Oshkosh RV with a 20 axle toy hauler With matching pusher in the rear. The wife drives.
@@SuperLabonte43 Thanks, I was wondering what the switch was for. Thought it might have been for a split drive axle, although it seemed a strange place for a high/low switch. ❓
@@ItsJustMeAdam. [Originally posted by Colton Wancho]: old trick keep your Jake on with the two strokes to help from the rpms falling off between the lower gears. (i know that your comment was posted over 2 years ago)......
I used to live (as a kid) in an old ranch house on a main highway in Orange County in the early 1950's. We were at a 4 way stop, and I just used to sit on the porch for hours, listening to the "music" of the diesel engines of those gorgeous trucks. I had forgotten they made a 4 cylinder Detroit, till I saw your video. I remember that slightly different Jimmy "wail" in those late 40's trucks. Thanks for an amazing audio trip down Memory Lane! Also, not bad on the Brownie twin sticks! Those were tricky! Again, thanks!!
Similar story. Other side of a lake with a moderately travelled road beside it in Englishtown, NJ. I'd say early 80s I remember hearing the trucks about sunup. The way the sound travelled across the lake in otherwise silent part of the day.
I love the Detroit diesels been driving a twin stick 5@4 since I was 11 years old , I own 4 twin stick trucks. Been at it for 38 years . He has a great running Detroit .thank you
Thanks for the video. My father used to be a mechanic, specialized in Detroit Diesel engines. That was a mystic time for me. These engines sounds better than Ferraris. True Drivers use manual gearboxes. Sorry by the poor english. Greetings from Brazil.
The next generation of " all electric " don't even realize what they are missing out on. I remember on clear days listening to a Clark skidder with a 453 screaming away while she worked on a logging site 2 miles from the house when I was a kid. I fell in love from that point on....
I love Detroit Diesels. It's a shame in Europe nobody knows them. Here virtually nobody even knows about two stroke diesels, for that matter... In Italy we had a van produced by Alfa Romeo (yeah they produced vans as well 60 years ago), called the Alfa Romeo Romeo (much fantasy) which either had a twin cam petrol engine or a two stroke two cylinder diesel. It's a shame it's so rare that I can't find a single video about the diesel, so every now and then I look for Detroit Diesel videos to get an idea of how loud and good sounding it should have been. And this is probably one of my favourite videos, thanks for sharing your beautiful truck. I love it! :D
my grandfather was a truck driver from the late 1940s to the early 2000s, this transmission would have been a piece of cake for him. he started with sliding mesh gears!
1971 The Truck Trailer pulled into the Dairy with a load of Hay. White Freightliner with a V 12 71 had chrome valve covers . At 13 years old I didn't know they built those kinda machines. Truly I was so delighted . Never have forgot that memory
Love it!!! My Dad drove the two-stick setup and could make it talk just like that!!! I’ve driven many trucks with different transmissions but my favorite was a 1985 Kenworth with a 425 Cat with a 15 over!! Straight pipes and no limiter and I’ve rattled many windows and proved to many that they could not stay with me, loaded or empty, if I chose to!! The old 318 Detroit however was always my favorite engine! Good job driver!👍
Love the sound of the Detroit diesel. You did an excellent job with the twin sticks. Learned how to drive with twin 4 by 4’s behind a 6-71. Good engine and a good ole International. Thank you for the video.
Nice job. I love the sound of 453’s. I used them in Clark Skidders,Prentice and Husky loaders and Taylor forklifts. They are tough good running engines that only make power at a narrow band at the top of the rpm range. I had one 471 break a governor shaft and run away. It buried the tach until I could pull the emergency shut off killing the air to the blower!
In the early 60s a trucking company by the Jack Cole ran trucks through our community 24 hrs a day. That sound brings back memories just like old songs of the past. Thanks for the vid. Doug
@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 No, you'd see more trucks in the shop with grenaded engines and transmissions, because they shifted into the wrong gear at the wrong speed and RPM.
That was cool! Brings Back a lot of memories. I took my test in 1984 on a 69 Pete, with a four and a 4: double under, under, direct, and over- up and to the right. Never learned how to shift them both at the same time though.
I don't know about anyone else, but I can actually smell the inside of that cab when I watch this. I guess I've spent a lot of time in, around, under and, just enjoying (Ahem) Vintage rides. I didn't even mind scraping my knuckles, the cuts and bruises. Not to mention the Tetanus shots. The best part, was making them run and I mean RUN. I skip the part about the Ice Cold Beer(s) afterwords.
You did a good job keeping the RPM's up on the old Detroit...also did well on shifting the twin stick tranny...wouldn't mind trying it myself...drove big rig for 31yrs...good memories for sure! Thanks for posting! God Bless, Jeff :)
Left stick stays in 1 while the right stick goes 1,2,3. Pattern repeats when left stick changes to 2nd. Right stick again 1,2,3. Left stick changes to 3rd. Right stick 1,2,3 again
My father used to go on the road we was 17 with Bekins Van Lines or Deacon Van Lines I'm not sure might have been deacon but I met an older guy years ago and said that my pops could drive to dual shift a lot of guys couldn't do it that have been driving for years my dad was only driving for about 6 months and was only 17 years old had some old pictures of it I'm going to try and find them go to my mom's house and put them online so people can look at it this is exactly what this guy's doing here way cool just the sound is awesome
Got to shift quick with the Jimmies. It’s like shifting a small bore (125cc) 2 stroke dirt bike. Once you’re out of that narrow power band you’re dropping gears and speed. I drove them as a young man and those engines are good for those who have spirit and fire in their veins. The harder you drive them, the better they run. That’s the truth. If you’ve had the chance to spend any time on a Jimmy throttle, you know it’s the truth.
I drove one of these trucks when I first started driving and I never had to worry about falling asleep going down the road but when I did lay down to go to sleep I could still hear the truck shifting in my head . (DROVE ME NUTS )
back in the day, men were men and sheep ran scared, it took a real man to drive one of these year after year. it was a real tap dance to keep that engine spinning up on the power curve. by Monday morning your hearing was just starting to come back.
thank you so much for posting this video it takes me back to my young teen days in my dads truck a v6 gm diamond t tipper twin stick that he taught me to drive in brought a tear to my eyes as he not here any more
Now I know why they call it "pulling gears"! Man, my arm got sore just watching so like another commented, I'm going to watch it again. The sound makes the aches worth it 😅
The main box is synchronized that's why I clutch. You can down shift it with out though. The aux is not, so you do not need to clutch. I don't normally Jake shift or shift so fast I guess I was a little excited lol.
Dude I love all of your vids but it'd be really cool if you told us more about the trucks, like what transmissions you're running and how they're hooked up, I know only one thing about this and that is THIS IS AWESOME!
Love those double sticks! I drove the "B" Macks with a 5 & 3 and also a Freightliner Cabover with a 4&4 jammed in between the seat and the dog house. Those were mans trucks. Nobdy knows how to drive them anymore. This guy was pretty good!
Screaming demon operator. Now that was some serious work back in the day. Nice to see someone keep up the history of a trade long since past. Kind regards, Eric Dee
they just don't make them like these anymore. my dad used to drive an r model mack, and his dad had two macks (one gas one diesel). both were twin sticks and used in the family's logging ops way back when.
O som desse motor é um verdadeiro show,acho que ñ perde nem um pouco pro v8 da Scania.Escute só o som do freio motor,musica para os ouvidos de qualquer um que já teve o privilégio de viajar a bordo de um caminhão com motor DETROIT.
Really? It had the exact opposite effect on me. I got carted off to daydream land back when those beasts roamed the roads and drivin' was drivin'. (Not tryin' to be an ass if it came off that way, I just find it interesting how things have different effects on different people. Ya know?) Keep yer shiny side up driver.
I can't stand these new automatic trucks. Straight garbage. I wish i could get the chance to drive an old detroit. I drive a freightliner with one of the new detroit engines and a 10 speed eaton fuller. I will fight to stay in a manual truck. You will get me in a pussy automatic when you pry that shifter out of my cold dead hands.
I worked for a crane and Rigging co. They had a 3 steer axle 3 drive axle and a 3 axle boom cart. The crane had a 13speed RoadRanger with a 4speed Aug. In a Half cab. The crane was 10 ft wide. I was a 20 yr old kid. So I drove the 77 f700 gas 8ton boom truck.
Maaaan.... from a 70 year old...it brings tears to my eyes. An epoc that will never come back. The sound still resonates in my mind.
I hear you
And a lot of mountaintops. Some say the howls of Screaming Jimmies long since scrapped can still be heard in some quiet reaches of America.....
@@TestECull im 40, but remember these engines echoing off the mountains as I waited the school bus.
@@Jthumper Holy shit I bet they sounded legendary.
@@TestECull рллотттттра
I know that I have watched this vid at least 50 times & it never gets old or will it ever. Pure driving perfection. Hell I'm gonna watch it again now!
Oh yes, oh yes! How sweet the sound and memories. Worked a truck stop when I was 16yrs. 1958-59. Had to deliver rigs when mechanics finished repairs. No CDL checks then. Screamin Jimmy's- and 220 Cummins with a back-drop exhaust manifold in a Emeryville (International DCO-405) were my orchestra. H 67, B 61 Macks, Reo's, Diamond-T's, A-Car, KW,White, P-Bilt-- two speed rear end, Road Ranger Trans, Spicer-YoYo selector on shifter,Duplex, Triplex on Macs. I have to stop now so the tears don't short out my keyboard...lol
It is a converter. Converts fuel to noise.
You..... I like you
Noise smoke and power
What about happiness
@Saulo Demian You are too funny:)
LoL....good answer.
I come back and watch this video every couple months. It's like a song that just pops in your head and keeps nagging at ya till you give in and listen 10x
Random stick driver: "I drive a 5 speed scion"
This guy: "That's cute, kid"
thats like volvo trucks 12-speed manual gearbox.
its easy in front of such a gearbox like in the video.
This good bro!!
Then theres the 3 stick transmissions which just replaces the air shifters with actual shifters. Those guys are mad but its cool i wanna try it a day
I found out a 3 stick mack works like #1 stick is a 5 speed #2stick is a 4 speed #3 stick is high lo and reverse. No locks needed. Who can drive that. My dad has.
@@Kernfederate BRONCO 2021 have manual option !!!!!!!!!!
This must be the transmission the fast and furious drivers use, they never stop shifting
Nah, they use the HW 5976 speed manual auto with stick and pedals. For special shots they even have the screeching tire on sand sound generator plus the jump proof nowreck dual action shocks.
no try a 5 5 3
a 5 speed with a 5 speed with a 3 speed tacked to the back
75 gears, wait that still not nuf lol
hmm tack a 6 to the back of that second 5 and then the 3
but srsly though that is halarous
@@djaydeved your thinking of the 18speed wit the 4 speed aug and 2 speed rear end behind a 12v71 in an Oshkosh RV with a 20 axle toy hauler
With matching pusher in the rear. The wife drives.
Damn 2 stroke sounds like it's revving 5k at only 2k lol
+Krankie V only makes sense, 2 stroke diesels fire at twice the rate of a 4 stroke at any given RPM
+Krankie V got dam old ass honda engine in that there 2 stroke freikin power
+Krankie V search for big red express warmup
+Krankie V: best Sound a 4 cyl engine can make
yeah man awesome
no clutch and twin sticks, damn man you're a good driver.
That's an air shifter in the diamond t
+james newton I don't think so. I know it wouldn't have been stock and he was grinding both sticks. That switch on the dash was for the jake brake.
Not to mention hes jake braking in between some of the gears lol
@@SuperLabonte43 Thanks, I was wondering what the switch was for. Thought it might have been for a split drive axle, although it seemed a strange place for a high/low switch. ❓
@@ItsJustMeAdam. [Originally posted by Colton Wancho]: old trick keep your Jake on with the two strokes to help from the rpms falling off between the lower gears.
(i know that your comment was posted over 2 years ago)......
I used to live (as a kid) in an old ranch house on a main highway in Orange County in the early 1950's. We were at a 4 way stop, and I just used to sit on the porch for hours, listening to the "music" of the diesel engines of those gorgeous trucks. I had forgotten they made a 4 cylinder Detroit, till I saw your video. I remember that slightly different Jimmy "wail" in those late 40's trucks. Thanks for an amazing audio trip down Memory Lane! Also, not bad on the Brownie twin sticks! Those were tricky! Again, thanks!!
I wish i could like this comment twice or 3 times
Similar story. Other side of a lake with a moderately travelled road beside it in Englishtown, NJ. I'd say early 80s I remember hearing the trucks about sunup. The way the sound travelled across the lake in otherwise silent part of the day.
what is it about that sound that just wraps around your soul that plants roots and stays like this?
I love the Detroit diesels been driving a twin stick 5@4 since I was 11 years old , I own 4 twin stick trucks. Been at it for 38 years . He has a great running Detroit .thank you
Half the drivers today don't know what to do with one stick..
Gary Robinson now there called millennial anti theft devices. Lol
Kids and their damn cvt transmissions
try the tri-stick dump truck I had with a 4x4x2 arrangement. To switch from 16 to 17 all three sticks moved backwards.
Half? That's quite nice of you. I'd say 98%. Even the ones who say they can usually butcher the shit out of it.
Yes, can't use a clutch = very light in the loafers, or your a squat to piss.
And here I was, considering a Cummins or Duramax for a diesel swap eventually. Hell no, Detroit it is.
ThierryTheuns what you plan on engine swapping?
Well 2 years ago passed, did you detroit swap it?
Thanks for the video. My father used to be a mechanic, specialized in Detroit Diesel engines. That was a mystic time for me. These engines sounds better than Ferraris. True Drivers use manual gearboxes.
Sorry by the poor english. Greetings from Brazil.
greetings Ed
Poor English?! Your grammer is better than most Americans!! 👏👍
Yeah I agree. Your english is amazing.
These old trucks are pretty cool !
The next generation of " all electric " don't even realize what they are missing out on. I remember on clear days listening to a Clark skidder with a 453 screaming away while she worked on a logging site 2 miles from the house when I was a kid. I fell in love from that point on....
I love Detroit Diesels. It's a shame in Europe nobody knows them. Here virtually nobody even knows about two stroke diesels, for that matter...
In Italy we had a van produced by Alfa Romeo (yeah they produced vans as well 60 years ago), called the Alfa Romeo Romeo (much fantasy) which either had a twin cam petrol engine or a two stroke two cylinder diesel. It's a shame it's so rare that I can't find a single video about the diesel, so every now and then I look for Detroit Diesel videos to get an idea of how loud and good sounding it should have been. And this is probably one of my favourite videos, thanks for sharing your beautiful truck. I love it! :D
But you do have those amazing sounding V8 Scanias
@@ata-allterrainadventures1186 sound like shit compared to a cummins, esp when not straight piped
Yea though I go through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil. For I ride atop a screaming Detroit Diesel.
speedskiff2 That's funny never heard or thought of it like that before....lol
This comment made my day, lmao 🤣
😆😆😆😆👍
Total bad ass 😎
thats a good one.. I grew up with all the detroits on our dredge boats and dredges... 671, 92, 149.. even the 53 series
What is it about a Detroit that brings a smile to my face every time.
all that shifting for 5mph :D
I have to do the same thing on my mountain bike. 11 main gears for 15 mph on average days.
traingp7 I hope you were joking
bignickthegreat slowest. acceleration. EVER.
Andres Valdes B mountain bike not rice rocket. Lol
The speedometer is not working....you Fool.!
It never gets old. I could listen to those screamin' Detroits all day long.
i did ---- now my favorite saying is "what"
AL M Hahaha. Good one Al.
thats true, old timers dont really think they are special at all and many are more impressed by 600hp quiet clean diesels that are boring to us
AL M me too...
Amen
my grandfather was a truck driver from the late 1940s to the early 2000s, this transmission would have been a piece of cake for him. he started with sliding mesh gears!
1971 The Truck Trailer pulled into the Dairy with a load of Hay. White Freightliner with a V 12 71 had chrome valve covers . At 13 years old I didn't know they built those kinda machines. Truly I was so delighted . Never have forgot that memory
I'm a avid car lover. All I can drive is a manual. But this is art. Knowing where each gear is and how to approach it.
Kids nowadays dont know anything about this Shame
Love it!!! My Dad drove the two-stick setup and could make it talk just like that!!! I’ve driven many trucks with different transmissions but my favorite was a 1985 Kenworth with a 425 Cat with a 15 over!! Straight pipes and no limiter and I’ve rattled many windows and proved to many that they could not stay with me, loaded or empty, if I chose to!! The old 318 Detroit however was always my favorite engine! Good job driver!👍
Nice "Duel" filming angle of just boot and shifter.. Well played sir..
except, this 2 minute video is better than the entire movie
all those gears, all that shifting, all that awesome noise and action, and he still never broke 10 mph XD i love the sound of these trucks
+Rhino Strange (Bigrhino13) Lol Just saying the speedometer is broke.. (If it was a joke, funny lol)
Tanki Vince2642 oh yeah i know its broke i was just being sarcastic :) except for where i said i like how these sound, that part is true
Lol Yea It's a beautiful sound.
Love the sound of the Detroit diesel. You did an excellent job with the twin sticks. Learned how to drive with twin 4 by 4’s behind a 6-71. Good engine and a good ole International. Thank you for the video.
Nice job. I love the sound of 453’s. I used them in Clark Skidders,Prentice and Husky loaders and Taylor forklifts. They are tough good running engines that only make power at a narrow band at the top of the rpm range. I had one 471 break a governor shaft and run away. It buried the tach until I could pull the emergency shut off killing the air to the blower!
I have a Hood loader powered by a 4-53 🤟
Wow! According to the speedo I think it peaked at like 7 mph. Not bad!
His top speed is like 10mph
***** Sarcasm?
MrCrazy0ne No.
Tony Bletas these kinds of UA-cam comment exchanges make me worry about the future of our world.
So, apparently none of you ignorant fucks understand sarcasm.
In the early 60s a trucking company by the Jack Cole ran trucks through our community 24 hrs a day. That sound brings back memories just like old songs of the past. Thanks for the vid. Doug
Try texting and driving that rig!!
should be a whole other challenge
That why they had fewer accidents people were focus on shifting
😂😂
Maybe if drivers now a days were forced to drive old transmissions there'd be fewer truck accidents.
@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 No, you'd see more trucks in the shop with grenaded engines and transmissions, because they shifted into the wrong gear at the wrong speed and RPM.
Sounds sooooo gooood! Love those screamin Detroits!!!!!!
Detroits have the best sound tractor or truck.
***** I would definitely have to agree!
Screamin jimmy....lots o fun
I'm more of a Caterpillar fan than Detroit Diesel but anything's better than a cummins
JC Image Inc agree
Is this Vin Diesel's gearbox?
Yes, and he is also double clutching.
He aint Granny Shiftin though.
@Gappie Al Kebabi a Detroit gearbox?
vector6977 no he’s not, he’s not even touching the fucking clutch.
No this isn’t cgi bs lmao
The best advice I got years ago for driving a Screamin' Jimmy was to slam your hand in the door and then get in and drive it like you're mad at it xD
YYYeeeessss!!!!
Hey thanks for posting, just added this video to my "good music playlist "
No other engine sounds as good as a Detroit by far the best sounding and can hear coming 5 mile away
In reality though with about 20+ gear changes later, he was only going about 40 MPH 🤣🤣🤣
We will never know cuz his speedometer broke lol
All times of an era we will never see again in trucking thanks for the memories boys and girls
I could listen to this all day
WOW!! Lots of work, but the sound is insane!!! Love it!! Sounds like a truck and muscle car, and European sports car all in one!! WOW!!
That was cool! Brings Back a lot of memories. I took my test in 1984 on a 69 Pete, with a four and a 4: double under, under, direct, and over- up and to the right. Never learned how to shift them both at the same time though.
I could watch this a hundred times in a row.
That was so bad ass old school the screamin Detroit is awesome, Thank you.
Love this man, happy I bought a TDI and get to learn some new stuff, diesel is the way to go!
TDI boys all the way
I don't know about anyone else, but I can actually smell the inside of that cab when I watch this. I guess I've spent a lot of time in, around, under and, just enjoying (Ahem) Vintage rides.
I didn't even mind scraping my knuckles, the cuts and bruises. Not to mention the Tetanus shots. The best part, was making them run and I mean RUN. I skip the part about the Ice Cold Beer(s) afterwords.
Good lord the noise. Also the holster on the dash.
Trucking must have been a tough job back in the day, thumbs up chaps
Reminds me of my dad. Watching you shift brought back some wonderful memories.
Damn sweet sound. Nothing sounds like a Detroit.
hot damn, that sounds beautiful. Who needs a radio when you have a screaming Detroit :).
It's amazing how lazy we've gotten driving vehicles, now we got self driving vehicles. Love the old gear. Cheers.
We sure do. And a Tesla in self drive mode just crashed into a tree, killing two people....
Old school truckin. My great grandpa drove a lot of 8v71 gmc generals with twin sticks.
can't beat the sound of a 2 stroke with the jakes on
That's freakin' awesome! I will build a truck like that!
I always listen to it when I'm having a bad day. don't delete it 😁 Love this sound!
I remember when the ice cream factory had a bunch of trucks with that engine. Had to cover my ears when one went by as they were very loud.
I could listen to that Detroit rev all day long. How about some more and some shots of the rig?
You did a good job keeping the RPM's up on the old Detroit...also did well on shifting the twin stick tranny...wouldn't mind trying it myself...drove big rig for 31yrs...good memories for sure! Thanks for posting!
God Bless,
Jeff :)
love how it fires at the touch of the starter. thats an engine in good nick right there
Sounds like a healthy, happy engine.
Now that is some fancy twin stick shifting. Love the Detroit's.
Left stick stays in 1 while the right stick goes 1,2,3. Pattern repeats when left stick changes to 2nd. Right stick again 1,2,3. Left stick changes to 3rd. Right stick 1,2,3 again
Nope 9
fist second third, change to middle range, fist second third, change to high range, first second third. Now add in a 2 speed diff things get more fun
Soooo.... in all, 12 Speed?
Thanks.
My father used to go on the road we was 17 with Bekins Van Lines or Deacon Van Lines I'm not sure might have been deacon but I met an older guy years ago and said that my pops could drive to dual shift a lot of guys couldn't do it that have been driving for years my dad was only driving for about 6 months and was only 17 years old had some old pictures of it I'm going to try and find them go to my mom's house and put them online so people can look at it this is exactly what this guy's doing here way cool just the sound is awesome
"Both hands on the steering wheel, please", an impossibility in this one.
OMG...music to my ears...used to haul logs with an old Diamond T and it sounded just like that...Great memories
all that shifting to stay between 0 and 5 mph....;o))
I see what ya did there you silly goose.
Just Here For The UA-cam and what would that be? ....;o))
Guillaume Laplanche Well if I explained it that would ruin the magic :(
then keep it secret, I can live with that , I like some degree of magic
Guillaume Laplanche
Damn you're a fast shifter.
Got to shift quick with the Jimmies. It’s like shifting a small bore (125cc) 2 stroke dirt bike. Once you’re out of that narrow power band you’re dropping gears and speed. I drove them as a young man and those engines are good for those who have spirit and fire in their veins. The harder you drive them, the better they run. That’s the truth. If you’ve had the chance to spend any time on a Jimmy throttle, you know it’s the truth.
Maurice B i want to drive one some day, i cant go through life and not drive one, itd be so cool to own one too though
Awesome video. I loved hearing the sound a Jimmy's as a kid. Super rare to hear one nowadays.
I drove one of these trucks when I first started driving and I never had to worry about falling asleep going down the road but when I did lay down to go to sleep I could still hear the truck shifting in my head . (DROVE ME NUTS )
Man I'd love to see more footage with this exact view... especially of a cold start
Look up "4-53 detroit runs away" 👌
back in the day, men were men and sheep ran scared, it took a real man to drive one of these year after year. it was a real tap dance to keep that engine spinning up on the power curve. by Monday morning your hearing was just starting to come back.
Most all truckers are underrated, and unappreciated.
thank you so much for posting this video it takes me back to my young teen days in my dads truck a v6 gm diamond t tipper twin stick that he taught me to drive in brought a tear to my eyes as he not here any more
According to my calculations, that's a 375 speed gearbox :)
nope, its a 10 and 3
Music 🎶!!!!......love 😍 the jàke brake!!.
Now I know why they call it "pulling gears"! Man, my arm got sore just watching so like another commented, I'm going to watch it again. The sound makes the aches worth it 😅
I got goosebumps just from hearing that engine work. Incredible!
The main box is synchronized that's why I clutch. You can down shift it with out though. The aux is not, so you do not need to clutch. I don't normally Jake shift or shift so fast I guess I was a little excited lol.
Dude I love all of your vids but it'd be really cool if you told us more about the trucks, like what transmissions you're running and how they're hooked up, I know only one thing about this and that is THIS IS AWESOME!
That Detroit sounds BEAUTIFUL!
Love those double sticks! I drove the "B" Macks with a 5 & 3 and also a Freightliner Cabover with a 4&4 jammed in between the seat and the dog house. Those were mans trucks. Nobdy knows how to drive them anymore. This guy was pretty good!
Love the sound.. Reminds me of the movie convoy
More Please.
Holy Fck, that and deal with traffic, I’m exhausted just watching it, nice work.
Screaming demon operator. Now that was some serious work back in the day. Nice to see someone keep up the history of a trade long since past.
Kind regards, Eric Dee
I watched this video so many times I got the shifting pattern perfectly memorized now lol
I love the sound of a Detroit
I've got a 1979 gmc 7000 with a 453t Detroit, and I love that thing. I wish it had a 5+4 or 5+3 but it just has a 5 speed with a 2 speed rear end.
The sound. The bark. The scream. A Detroit diesel screaming it's lungs out. Awesome sound.
I hope you get credit for multiple views - cause this is like the 23rd time I've watched this video!!!
they just don't make them like these anymore. my dad used to drive an r model mack, and his dad had two macks (one gas one diesel). both were twin sticks and used in the family's logging ops way back when.
A good ol Diamond T badass truck with a more badass Detroit!! 👍😎💪
Oh, God, what a sound!!!!! BIG THANKS for sharing this with us!
Thats a driver right there!
O som desse motor é um verdadeiro show,acho que ñ perde nem um pouco pro v8 da Scania.Escute só o som do freio motor,musica para os ouvidos de qualquer um que já teve o privilégio de viajar a bordo de um caminhão com motor DETROIT.
Watching this makes me appreciate my Freightliner with DD15 and automated transmission.
Really? It had the exact opposite effect on me. I got carted off to daydream land back when those beasts roamed the roads and drivin' was drivin'. (Not tryin' to be an ass if it came off that way, I just find it interesting how things have different effects on different people. Ya know?) Keep yer shiny side up driver.
I can't stand these new automatic trucks. Straight garbage. I wish i could get the chance to drive an old detroit. I drive a freightliner with one of the new detroit engines and a 10 speed eaton fuller. I will fight to stay in a manual truck. You will get me in a pussy automatic when you pry that shifter out of my cold dead hands.
Great drivers bro i love how you handle those two stick like a knife on a fork
I know this joke's been made a thousand times already in these threads, but I'll be damned if I've ever seen more gear shifts to get to 15mph. LMAO
I worked for a crane and Rigging co. They had a 3 steer axle 3 drive axle and a 3 axle boom cart. The crane had a 13speed RoadRanger with a 4speed Aug. In a Half cab. The crane was 10 ft wide. I was a 20 yr old kid.
So I drove the 77 f700 gas 8ton boom truck.
"Gear Jammer begins playing"
One of my favorite 4 cylinder sounds!
This is some of the best sounding shit I have ever listened to in my life