Have any of you operated a truck with a twin stick 5x4 tranny?
I just purchased an International tandem dump truck with that transmission set-up.The person I bought it from said he never used the secondary in super low,or low.He'd start out in first in the front,direct in the rear.Run up through the first five,and then bring the secondary into overdrive.Is that the proper technic?Have the rear in a low enough hole,so that the truck can pull it with the front in first,run up through the front five,and then run the secondary up until you get to the desired road speed?Or is there a different way,which could use all 20 gears progressively?
My grandfather had an old Mack that had a twin stick.It was called a tri-plex,or a quadra-plex,or something like that.That one required three arms to shift properly.I'm hoping this one won't be as complicated to shift right.
Thanks for any help.
I just purchased an International tandem dump truck with that transmission set-up.The person I bought it from said he never used the secondary in super low,or low.He'd start out in first in the front,direct in the rear.Run up through the first five,and then bring the secondary into overdrive.Is that the proper technic?Have the rear in a low enough hole,so that the truck can pull it with the front in first,run up through the front five,and then run the secondary up until you get to the desired road speed?Or is there a different way,which could use all 20 gears progressively?
My grandfather had an old Mack that had a twin stick.It was called a tri-plex,or a quadra-plex,or something like that.That one required three arms to shift properly.I'm hoping this one won't be as complicated to shift right.
Thanks for any help.