Daf trucks needs these.

[Ext User(D Walford)]

Kev wrote:
> Roger wrote:
>
>> "Dan---" <iamgod@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:12fqj42hscu6o78@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>> Just for you Dazz. ;-)
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-aDqAWkZHQ
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Spicer used to have a 24 speed box, 1 lever and a multitude of
>> knobs which had the nasty habit of neutralising the gearbox at the
>> most in opportune moments.
>>
>> Mind you I also remember driving a prototype Isuzu with a Road Ranger
>> 13 speed in it which would also go eerily silent on rough downhill
>> runs as it bounced out of gear when the cab moved beyond the
>> limits of the gear lever. One telex to Japan and 48 hours later Isuzu
>> provided the fix, which is more than can be said for Mercedes who
>> had the same problem for years.
>>
>>
>
> the Mack Quantum I was driving last year was a bitch on a steep hill
> with a B/Double set
> you take off in lo/lo and then try to change to 1st but the cab would
> drop foward, so far forward that the gearlever would hit the floor
> cutout and not engage the gear, so you had to either crawl up through
> the Mains Rd/ Kessels Rd lights at Mt Gravatt in lo or ride the clutch
> in 1st
> much easier if you can roll up to the lights and not stop
>
> I know an old driver around Brisbane who drives an old yellow
> Superliner(the old shell dark yellow) with the 500hp V8
> it's got the Mack 12 speed and a 3 speed spicer joey behind it
> with a full load of gravel and a single trailer from a standing start he
> moved the gear lever once
> the rest were just the air switches on the gear lever

What amazes me is with all the different types of transmissions trucks
have is that drivers are expected to be able to jump into any truck and
drive it without extra training.
Isn't the transport industry just fucking wonderful:-)


Daryl

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"D Walford" <walford@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> What amazes me is with all the different types of transmissions trucks
> have is that drivers are expected to be able to jump into any truck and
> drive it without extra training.
> Isn't the transport industry just fucking wonderful:-)

Just fucking dandy when you have a rig with 575 hp and no load. ;-)


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Regards
Dan

[Ext User(D Walford)]

atec77 # wrote:
> D Walford wrote:
>> Blue Heeler wrote:
>>> atec77 # wrote:
>>>
>>> I asked a mate with 40 years driving experience (and more of it than he
>>> would like to admit in "B" models) to watch the You-Tube video.
>>>
>>> His comments:-
>>>
>>> "He couldn't drive a hot nail into butter with a fourteen pound hammer.
>>> You don't split 5th gear in a quad box, it is only a quarter gear over
>>> 4th. He could be loaded, certainly more than bobtail, it is after all a
>>> 3.5 minute clip. There were no compound shifts (two sticks at once) and
>>> the evidence is not clear as to why he down shifted. Maybe it was to
>>> show off. When he gets good at it send me another clip."
>>>
>> LOL:-)
>> I feel sorry for someone who's been tortured so badly:-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Daryl
> I guess you never got to drive Albion's or maybe an old Commer or Morris ?
> now you earned your money in those horrible little cans


I must be luckier than I think:-)
I've only been driving trucks for 10 yrs and lots of days that seems
like 10 yrs too long:-)


Daryl

[Ext User(Blue Heeler)]

D Walford wrote:

>
> What amazes me is with all the different types of transmissions
> trucks have is that drivers are expected to be able to jump into any
> truck and drive it without extra training. Isn't the transport
> industry just fucking wonderful:-)
>

My interest was initally attracted by the mention fo the DAF brand.

Some years ago I drove a DAF body truck (around 5ton capacity iirc) it
had a torque converter and a continuously variable transmission
controlled by a lever marked "high" to "low".

Brilliant to drive, but the boss punted it damm quick cause it used to
eat the 1' wide belts that rode on conical rollers to do the
"infinitely variable" bit.

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"veritas" <veritas@coldmail.com> wrote in message
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> Dan--- wrote:
>> Just for you Dazz. ;-)
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-aDqAWkZHQ
>>
>>
>>
> I owned one of those - the guy is a bit slow tho. 4 speed "H" main box
> with 3 speed (reverse little "h") splitter (under/direct/over) - 12 speed
> forward and 3 reverse). Split changes are quicker using *both* hand (one
> arm through to s/wheel spokes)

I would love to get a B series mack and restore it but not with the 6
cylinder but one with an original V8 diesel*.


*= rare as fuck though.

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Regards
Dan

[Ext User(D Walford)]

Blue Heeler wrote:
> D Walford wrote:
>
>> What amazes me is with all the different types of transmissions
>> trucks have is that drivers are expected to be able to jump into any
>> truck and drive it without extra training. Isn't the transport
>> industry just fucking wonderful:-)
>>
>
> My interest was initally attracted by the mention fo the DAF brand.

I drive a DAF so the hence the original post.
Its a CF75.310 single drive pulling a 45' triaxle drop deck tautliner, I
deliver foam to bedding and furniture companies so fully loaded it
rarely gets over 20 tonne so 310 hp is enough to move it along very
nicely:-)

>
> Some years ago I drove a DAF body truck (around 5ton capacity iirc) it
> had a torque converter and a continuously variable transmission
> controlled by a lever marked "high" to "low".
>

DAF were famous for their CVT's and other makers have only recently
discovered them.
IMO the current DAF trucks are excellent.


Daryl

[Ext User(atec77 #)]

D Walford wrote:
> Kev wrote:
>> Roger wrote:
>>
>>> "Dan---" <iamgod@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:12fqj42hscu6o78@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>> Just for you Dazz. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-aDqAWkZHQ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Spicer used to have a 24 speed box, 1 lever and a multitude of
>>> knobs which had the nasty habit of neutralising the gearbox at the
>>> most in opportune moments.
>>>
>>> Mind you I also remember driving a prototype Isuzu with a Road Ranger
>>> 13 speed in it which would also go eerily silent on rough downhill
>>> runs as it bounced out of gear when the cab moved beyond the
>>> limits of the gear lever. One telex to Japan and 48 hours later Isuzu
>>> provided the fix, which is more than can be said for Mercedes who
>>> had the same problem for years.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> the Mack Quantum I was driving last year was a bitch on a steep hill
>> with a B/Double set
>> you take off in lo/lo and then try to change to 1st but the cab would
>> drop foward, so far forward that the gearlever would hit the floor
>> cutout and not engage the gear, so you had to either crawl up through
>> the Mains Rd/ Kessels Rd lights at Mt Gravatt in lo or ride the clutch
>> in 1st
>> much easier if you can roll up to the lights and not stop
>>
>> I know an old driver around Brisbane who drives an old yellow
>> Superliner(the old shell dark yellow) with the 500hp V8
>> it's got the Mack 12 speed and a 3 speed spicer joey behind it
>> with a full load of gravel and a single trailer from a standing start
>> he moved the gear lever once
>> the rest were just the air switches on the gear lever
>
> What amazes me is with all the different types of transmissions trucks
> have is that drivers are expected to be able to jump into any truck and
> drive it without extra training.
> Isn't the transport industry just fucking wonderful:-)
considering some of the blokes in the industry it's amazing more dont
suffer a horrible end , I had to do an occy + safety course recently and
one bloke damned near got a smack in the mouth with his cultivated
ignorance but I got even and failed him. :)
>
>
> Daryl

[Ext User(veritas)]

Dan--- wrote:
> "veritas" <veritas@coldmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%1MLg.24572$rP1.14504@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Dan--- wrote:
>>> Just for you Dazz. ;-)
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-aDqAWkZHQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I owned one of those - the guy is a bit slow tho. 4 speed "H" main box
>> with 3 speed (reverse little "h") splitter (under/direct/over) - 12 speed
>> forward and 3 reverse). Split changes are quicker using *both* hand (one
>> arm through to s/wheel spokes)
>
> I would love to get a B series mack and restore it but not with the 6
> cylinder but one with an original V8 diesel*.

Good workhorse too....

>
>
> *= rare as fuck though.
>

[Ext User(D Walford)]

veritas wrote:
> Dan--- wrote:
>> "veritas" <veritas@coldmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%1MLg.24572$rP1.14504@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>> Dan--- wrote:
>>>> Just for you Dazz. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-aDqAWkZHQ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I owned one of those - the guy is a bit slow tho. 4 speed "H" main
>>> box with 3 speed (reverse little "h") splitter (under/direct/over) -
>>> 12 speed forward and 3 reverse). Split changes are quicker using
>>> *both* hand (one arm through to s/wheel spokes)
>>
>> I would love to get a B series mack and restore it but not with the 6
>> cylinder but one with an original V8 diesel*.
>
> Good workhorse too....

A bloke who lives in Lara Vic. still uses an F series Mack everyday
carting car parts for Denso.
He spent a lot of money on it a few years ago doing a full rebuild, it
doesn't look much but its a reliable workhorse.


Daryl

[Ext User(Kev)]

Dan--- wrote:

> "D Walford" <walford@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
> news:44ff98f7$0$488$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...
>
>
>>What amazes me is with all the different types of transmissions trucks
>>have is that drivers are expected to be able to jump into any truck and
>>drive it without extra training.
>>Isn't the transport industry just fucking wonderful:-)
>
>
> Just fucking dandy when you have a rig with 575 hp and no load. ;-)
>
>


ya know what's wrong with having 600 hp and running a single trailer?







NUTHIN


Kev