Really glad there are people like you who are keeping these old rigs on the road, they have way more class and personality than the new ones, and the sound, oh the sound, sweet! I grew up through the 70’s and 80’s, in Columbus Indiana, home and birthplace of Cummins, my dad worked for them for almost 30 years. When I was in elementary school my dad pulled me out one day so I could go with him and some of his coworkers to the Mid America Truck Show in Louisville Kentucky, what an awesome place for a 11 year old! Love the videos, keep them coming! 👍😀
I learned to drive on a 1971 Diomond Reo c116 it was a 10spd but my favorite truck I learned to drive on is my bosses 74 Kenworth k100 twin stick I’m 16 btw
It’s actually such a joy seeing you come out with new content I love how humble you are and your patients and doing things proper is what makes your videos amazing I’ve been watching this build since episode one and I’m amazed on how far it’s come every time you upload I gotta tell my wife to get out of the room so she doesn’t bug me while I watch your content keep on trucking good buddy
I've drove lots of twin sticks in the last 44 years, My favorite was a six and 4 in a 78 Kenworth C500 oilfield bed truck, I'm not sure what made it that way but smoothest shifting twin sticks I ever drove.
The most smooth shifting sticks I ever drove were trucks that pulled heavy loads (logging 140,000#'s) and the driver used the clutch, albeit barely used it.
Great job. I've only driven a 10, 13, and an 18 speed. My dad was a trucker for 35 yrs. before he passed. I spent lots of time riding shotgun with him and was always trying to learn everything from him. He taught me to float gears. Watching you shift those twin sticks brings back memories. You should be very proud of that truck. The old girl has come a long way from that first video in the field.
Mr Twin Sticks, you have taken that 359’er to great heights. It is so nice to see you with your dream, and shifting those tooth picks. I am so jealous, but you put the time in and look at you now, looks good on ya driver... Santa could never say, Twin Sticks and away...
I love the music I always like the music in the background too when your working. It really looks great. I’m looking forward to the kenwworth project. You do great work.
Not gonna lie I can toss 18 all day but at the end of the day I still want a 6x4 in my garage at some point. There's just something about it that has become a "must own" on my list.
Little by little, what a perfect name. Been a awsome journey. Been watching from the start. I'm from sout eastern lower Michigan now far from Ohio boarder.
Back in the early 80's the third truck I drove was a '76 KW KT 600 with a 6x4 twin stick and an Aerodyne sleeper. Owner told me that if he ever caught me with both sticks up against the dash that he would boot me out the truck on the spot! I hauled mostly big bins full of scrap metal up and down the east coast. Damn that truck had balls!
I've watched you from the beginning build this truck and I myself can sense the pride you feel everytime you take it out for a drive. I hope you'll have many years of enjoyment from the fruits of your labor. It's a fine machine for sure. I'd just like to make one comment if can, and I mean no offense. You need to lose the steering knob, and here's why. A friend that I taught to drive about 25 years ago put one on his truck, and one night rolling down the highway thru Arizona 12 or 13 years ago he blew a front tire and when it blew that knob damn near took his hand completely off. When he was able to drive again he couldn't get that knob off quick enough. I hope you'll consider the pros and cons, that knob is not a great option. Take care of yourself brother, I'll be following you on the KW, you do great work.
Mark, watching you smoothly the twin sticks in your beautiful 359 Is like watching a virtuso playing a pipe organ and making beautiful music with the big diesel engine!
I learned how to drive twin stick in a 78 international with a 5/4 with no experience and no one to teach me how, talk about a steep learning curve lol. Now I can drive the doors off that thing and it’s still the most fun behind the wheel I can imagine in a truck!!!
My dad learned on a twin stick and he talked about reaching through the wheel and what a pain it was when you missed a gear. I've only driven 10 and 13 speeds with the switches. To see it in person with your great explanation of it makes it easier to understand what my dad learned on and respect for the drivers that drove those and made it look as easy as you. Thanks again I always like to learn from the past when drivers were real drivers.
Old girl sure is a lot quieter inside compared to when you first started working on her...shout out to you, I've been silently watching since the beginning, all the sound deadening worked like a charm
I've watched a bunch of these twin stick 359 videos on youtube, including all of yours and bubbles' among others and this is the first one I've come across that has explained the shift pattern. Thanks for the lesson! Not sure I'd give up my 18 speed though, that adds up to a lot of shifting by the time Friday afternoon rolls around.
Goodday Twin Sticks, That is pure art in motion, absolute pleasure & now I get it, great lesson easy to understand. Used to drive a International Aussie T-Line Cabover Twin Steer Rigid Tanker. Under powered L10 Cummins about 250Hp with a 20 speed Spicer. Easy to drive once you got the hang of it, gross her out to 30 tons take half a day to get to the speed limited, tough trucking back then. Now days all too easy with Auto Boxes. Real proud of all the hard work & the joy in your voice. Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤
Thank you for not making shifting the twin sticks look like voodoo like so many youtubers do. My dad had a Mack B615 twin stick that I use to ride around in with him and he was always very smooth with it and didnt constantly take hands off the wheel to shift. Nice to see someone who does the same thing with the twin sticks
I’m 54 first truck I drove was my dads 1973 gmc tandem dump Detroit V-6 53 had a Split transmission And you know those Detroit’s they screen love every minute of it probably where I lost my hearing most of it Beautiful truck enjoy all the videos keep from coming
Good for you for not double clutching. Been about 20 years since I drove an old Mack dump truck with a 5+4. I hope someday to drive a twin stick again. Thanks for the video!
I'm from the UK and have seen loads of twinstickin vids on TH-cam! I've tried to work it out by watching but your demo has cleared up the mystery for me 😁 thanks. Been watching from the beginning looking forward to the next.
Ah man. Love it when you take us for a little ride along!! Takes me back to being a kid and watching my Dad,his/our freinds and "uncles" drive, and tinker. Sunday was"grease day". I would be ritch if I had, had half of the "grease" bottles that ended up piled in the electrical room at that old shop! Even the same conversation!
Sweet ride and cool music, life is good! Thanks for posting all the videos. One of these days I'd like to fix one those ol girls up if I ever find the time and money.
What a great soundtrack at the end ... reminds me of falling asleep in the truckstop that was right alongside the highway on-ramp .... music to the ears !!! Thanks TwinStick !! :)
The interior is mint 👌. She keeps getting better and better. Can't wait to see it after a good body and paint job. Thanks for the twin stick run through. I've only ever driven 13 and 18 speeds.
I almost had a heart attack.. thought this was our long lost 1984 Peterbilt with a 3406 400 cat and a 6x4 .. we had orange and light blue penstriping on it. The wind deflector had a huge dragon we had painted on it.. Loved that truck. Driving a 6n4 is what I always said was like the ballet. I could shift that thing so smoothly.. loved that truck. Wish I could find it for my husband. We custom ordered it. I never used 2 hands. @359twinsticks
Great video, keep those ole twin sticks alive! I'm from down in Georgia, but my wife says I was Canadian in a past life because I find so many awesome channels by Canadians on here lol
Thank for the ride Brother. Never drove a twin stick but I knew a guy who had a twin stick Mack and he'd shift it by putting his arm through the steering wheel. Again Thanks for the ride along. Little by Little sure sounds great. 😊👍🇨🇦
Only discovered you about 2 weeks ago and have now binge watched all your videos. Love the sound of the turbo spool, great work. Oh yeah, I hail from Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
I learned how to drive a truck on a 63 Pete with and 5 and 4 in it. It made me a better driver all the way around. To this day if I get in a twin stick truck I can still drive it with my eyes closed.
Alrighty driver amazing video! I started driving after the twin stick era but I wished that I had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of one! #keepontruckin 😉👍
Thanks for this, i was one of your fans who did ask how that worked, as a non truck driver, i had no idea. The turbo spool and those jakes are the only sound trcak you need in her.
Love the content ! Since I was a kid I love peterbilts but no one in my family is a trucker so I saving some money to buy my own truck and restore it!! Hahaha thats the easiest way to get my hands on a 359
Awesome, your rite we need to keep the ole skool way going.. twin sticks and a 359 is a mighty fone way. .. she sounds awesome. The turbo spool is music to the ears.
I was actually allowed to float when I took my class A license test. I was so shit at double clutching the instructor just told me to do what I was comfortable with since it was safer. Haha. I don't run OTR anymore, but there are certainly days when I miss it. Truck is looking great by the way 👍
Absolutely outstanding! Love the 3406B Caterpillar too! I learned to drive a 5 X3 set up years ago in a model 351 Peterbilt with 220 Cummins engine. Learned from of all people race car driver Robbie Gordon's late Grandfather on hay hauling runs in the Palmdale, California desert area.
My favorite log truck, was a 379 long nose Pete, with a 3406B Cat, and 4X6 tranny. Smoothist shifting truck, I ever drove. The worst, was a 58 coffin nose Cornbinder, with a 235 Cummins, and 4X5 tranny. That thing was like rowing a boat.
The way you have explained it finally make's sense to me to the point i think i could make a pretty good half fisted go with a 6+4. Thank you from Matlock in the UK
When I was a young lad I worked in a garage, boss taught me how to drive a car without using the clutch. Came in handy for when a clutch has given out, the down side, of which, is that when you wanna stop you gotta switch engine off and when you wanna go you gotta start it in first gear. But you can go up and down gears quite easily with no clutch.
Another great video! Looks like you have the twin sticks figured out, and thanks for shedding some light on the shift pattern. It’s really cool but I like running a 18 speed .Spoiled I guess. Thanks for sharing!
I have went through the melts program end of last year for my class one in Alberta,We we’re told we had too float the gears and it was part of the test
Love it, love the gears and the beautiful symphony from the Cummins, no need for "other music" 😉 Wouldn't change a thing! Amazing project, well done/never done! Been watching since last year from Southern Colorado, Pueblo County.
Love the the old Peterbilt you have been working on having been following since the beginning I remember the video when you started the truck for the first time it has been magical to see it and hear it start After sitting all those years! Now I know you have said what type a cat engine is it in it but I forgot what it was .Love project snowman too!
Really glad there are people like you who are keeping these old rigs on the road, they have way more class and personality than the new ones, and the sound, oh the sound, sweet! I grew up through the 70’s and 80’s, in Columbus Indiana, home and birthplace of Cummins, my dad worked for them for almost 30 years. When I was in elementary school my dad pulled me out one day so I could go with him and some of his coworkers to the Mid America Truck Show in Louisville Kentucky, what an awesome place for a 11 year old! Love the videos, keep them coming! 👍😀
I learned to drive on a 1971 Diomond Reo c116 it was a 10spd but my favorite truck I learned to drive on is my bosses 74 Kenworth k100 twin stick I’m 16 btw
She sure has come a long way! I can only imagine the sense of pride driving her around
Ajax couldn’t take the smile off my face when I drive this thing 😁
Your not kidding
David Cotrell no kidding its like driving a hole new truck
It’s actually such a joy seeing you come out with new content I love how humble you are and your patients and doing things proper is what makes your videos amazing I’ve been watching this build since episode one and I’m amazed on how far it’s come every time you upload I gotta tell my wife to get out of the room so she doesn’t bug me while I watch your content keep on trucking good buddy
I've drove lots of twin sticks in the last 44 years, My favorite was a six and 4 in a 78 Kenworth C500 oilfield bed truck, I'm not sure what made it that way but smoothest shifting twin sticks I ever drove.
Probably never been reefed on down a hill by a bad driver and properly maintained.
The most smooth shifting sticks I ever drove were trucks that pulled heavy loads (logging 140,000#'s) and the driver used the clutch, albeit barely used it.
You're a lucky man! Be proud, you've worked hard!
"My neighbor is behind me in her Volvo. Sure she just LOVES this truck (sarcasm)" *feeds her the Jake brakes* lol
10:10
@Henrik yup
The sense of pride is ringing. Its contagious. Love the waylon as well.
Great job. I've only driven a 10, 13, and an 18 speed. My dad was a trucker for 35 yrs. before he passed. I spent lots of time riding shotgun with him and was always trying to learn everything from him. He taught me to float gears. Watching you shift those twin sticks brings back memories. You should be very proud of that truck. The old girl has come a long way from that first video in the field.
Mr Twin Sticks, you have taken that 359’er to great heights. It is so nice to see you with your dream, and shifting those tooth picks. I am so jealous, but you put the time in and look at you now, looks good on ya driver... Santa could never say, Twin Sticks and away...
I love the music I always like the music in the background too when your working. It really looks great. I’m looking forward to the kenwworth project. You do great work.
Dude, that's the most fun I've had watching a video since I saw Pam and Tommy as a kid.
Not gonna lie I can toss 18 all day but at the end of the day I still want a 6x4 in my garage at some point. There's just something about it that has become a "must own" on my list.
Beautiful. I love how you're hand gently vibrants when it falls into gear.
Little by little, what a perfect name. Been a awsome journey. Been watching from the start. I'm from sout eastern lower Michigan now far from Ohio boarder.
Glasgow, Scotland here. Love the methodical, unflappable approach you have to getting things done.
Back in the early 80's the third truck I drove was a '76 KW KT 600 with a 6x4 twin stick and an Aerodyne sleeper. Owner told me that if he ever caught me with both sticks up against the dash that he would boot me out the truck on the spot! I hauled mostly big bins full of scrap metal up and down the east coast. Damn that truck had balls!
If you had both sticks against the dash ... how could he catch you???? Airplane maybe???
I've watched you from the beginning build this truck and I myself can sense the pride you feel everytime you take it out for a drive. I hope you'll have many years of enjoyment from the fruits of your labor. It's a fine machine for sure. I'd just like to make one comment if can, and I mean no offense. You need to lose the steering knob, and here's why. A friend that I taught to drive about 25 years ago put one on his truck, and one night rolling down the highway thru Arizona 12 or 13 years ago he blew a front tire and when it blew that knob damn near took his hand completely off. When he was able to drive again he couldn't get that knob off quick enough. I hope you'll consider the pros and cons, that knob is not a great option. Take care of yourself brother, I'll be following you on the KW, you do great work.
Watching from Crane,Missouri. Brings back some fond memories.
Keep up the good work.
After seeing this vid, I am now a Waylon Jennings fan.
Love the progress on this truck, can't wait to see what it'll look like once it's finished!
Well for someone who been just now learning a 6 by 4 your doing a great job , love your channel ... TJ from Oklahoma US
Mark, watching you smoothly the twin sticks in your beautiful 359
Is like watching a virtuso playing a
pipe organ and making beautiful
music with the big diesel engine!
I learned how to drive twin stick in a 78 international with a 5/4 with no experience and no one to teach me how, talk about a steep learning curve lol. Now I can drive the doors off that thing and it’s still the most fun behind the wheel I can imagine in a truck!!!
My dad learned on a twin stick and he talked about reaching through the wheel and what a pain it was when you missed a gear. I've only driven 10 and 13 speeds with the switches. To see it in person with your great explanation of it makes it easier to understand what my dad learned on and respect for the drivers that drove those and made it look as easy as you. Thanks again I always like to learn from the past when drivers were real drivers.
So much fun watching you rescue and rebuild this rig.
1:25 we'll nice to hear good old Waylon on the radio.. keep posting these awesome updates... Great job!!
Best explanation of a 6 and 4 good job!
Old girl sure is a lot quieter inside compared to when you first started working on her...shout out to you, I've been silently watching since the beginning, all the sound deadening worked like a charm
I've watched a bunch of these twin stick 359 videos on youtube, including all of yours and bubbles' among others and this is the first one I've come across that has explained the shift pattern. Thanks for the lesson! Not sure I'd give up my 18 speed though, that adds up to a lot of shifting by the time Friday afternoon rolls around.
Awesome video! Thanks on behalf of us "non truckers" who have an interest in trucks and how to drive them!
No slipping
Goodday Twin Sticks,
That is pure art in motion, absolute pleasure & now I get it, great lesson easy to understand.
Used to drive a International Aussie
T-Line Cabover Twin Steer Rigid Tanker.
Under powered L10 Cummins about 250Hp with a 20 speed Spicer.
Easy to drive once you got the hang of it, gross her out to 30 tons take half a day to get to the speed limited, tough trucking back then.
Now days all too easy with Auto Boxes.
Real proud of all the hard work & the joy in your voice.
Your number 1 Fan in Australia
Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤
Home is Ontario Canada but today I’m watching from Bangor ME, USA. Keep on Keepin on.
Thank you for not making shifting the twin sticks look like voodoo like so many youtubers do. My dad had a Mack B615 twin stick that I use to ride around in with him and he was always very smooth with it and didnt constantly take hands off the wheel to shift. Nice to see someone who does the same thing with the twin sticks
I’m 54 first truck I drove was my dads 1973 gmc tandem dump Detroit V-6 53 had a Split transmission And you know those Detroit’s they screen love every minute of it probably where I lost my hearing most of it Beautiful truck enjoy all the videos keep from coming
That shot over the hood put a big smile on my face!! I'm sure you were smiling too!! Hearing that CAT and looking over the hood...nothing better!
Good for you for not double clutching. Been about 20 years since I drove an old Mack dump truck with a 5+4. I hope someday to drive a twin stick again. Thanks for the video!
Great job on the truck I've watched since the start of it and it's great to see somone getting these old trucks back on the road
I could watch you shift all day. So therapeutic! Enjoy your videos a ton, Mark. Cheer, mate! -Richie - PHX, AZ, USA-
This right here is why I wanted to drive a truck. The 4-6 is exactly what I learned to drive.
I'm from the UK and have seen loads of twinstickin vids on TH-cam! I've tried to work it out by watching but your demo has cleared up the mystery for me 😁 thanks. Been watching from the beginning looking forward to the next.
Ah man. Love it when you take us for a little ride along!! Takes me back to being a kid and watching my Dad,his/our freinds and "uncles" drive, and tinker. Sunday was"grease day". I would be ritch if I had, had half of the "grease" bottles that ended up piled in the electrical room at that old shop! Even the same conversation!
Sweet ride and cool music, life is good! Thanks for posting all the videos. One of these days I'd like to fix one those ol girls up if I ever find the time and money.
Years ago I drove a 20 speed Spicer, 4 position splitter, talk about fun to learn!!!!! Boy I miss that truck.
What a great soundtrack at the end ... reminds me of falling asleep in the truckstop that was right alongside the highway on-ramp .... music to the ears !!! Thanks TwinStick !! :)
Driving Twin sticks with Waylon on the stereo...awesome
It is an absolute pleasure to watch you drive your truck.
What a beautiful truck!!
Congratulations
The interior is mint 👌. She keeps getting better and better. Can't wait to see it after a good body and paint job. Thanks for the twin stick run through. I've only ever driven 13 and 18 speeds.
It has been an awesome ride rebuilding that old girl, can't wait to see you get started on project Snowman.
I almost had a heart attack.. thought this was our long lost 1984 Peterbilt with a 3406 400 cat and a 6x4 .. we had orange and light blue penstriping on it. The wind deflector had a huge dragon we had painted on it.. Loved that truck. Driving a 6n4 is what I always said was like the ballet. I could shift that thing so smoothly.. loved that truck. Wish I could find it for my husband. We custom ordered it. I never used 2 hands. @359twinsticks
Can't believe how far the 359 has come. Your doing great job. Good shifting. : )
Great video, keep those ole twin sticks alive! I'm from down in Georgia, but my wife says I was Canadian in a past life because I find so many awesome channels by Canadians on here lol
Thank for the ride Brother. Never drove a twin stick but I knew a guy who had a twin stick Mack and he'd shift it by putting his arm through the steering wheel. Again Thanks for the ride along. Little by Little sure sounds great. 😊👍🇨🇦
Peg brought me here. Shout out from the metro Vancouver area. Love this kind of content.
That is one badass Peterbuilt!! Good for you.
Only discovered you about 2 weeks ago and have now binge watched all your videos. Love the sound of the turbo spool, great work. Oh yeah, I hail from Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
I learned how to drive a truck on a 63 Pete with and 5 and 4 in it. It made me a better driver all the way around. To this day if I get in a twin stick truck I can still drive it with my eyes closed.
Really great to see the Pete out and about!
That was great! Thanks for the schooling. I was lost on how that twin stick worked.
Alrighty driver amazing video! I started driving after the twin stick era but I wished that I had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of one! #keepontruckin 😉👍
DAMN-IT BOY..nothing like old school..THANKS for sharing, DESPERADO 56
Thanks for this, i was one of your fans who did ask how that worked, as a non truck driver, i had no idea. The turbo spool and those jakes are the only sound trcak you need in her.
Awesome transformation from sitting in the field to now. Keep up the good work.
Your such a great commentator and teacher. Absolutely love your videos...keep them coming
Love what you did in the last 3 years! Beautiful truck!
Love the content ! Since I was a kid I love peterbilts but no one in my family is a trucker so I saving some money to buy my own truck and restore it!! Hahaha thats the easiest way to get my hands on a 359
You float them gears like a boss!
I hope that Bruce Wilson is watching this video of you driving those sticks. 💪🏼 Keep up the awesome content. 😎
Awesome journey. Been following you since you bought this thing out of that pasture good job brother man good job👍👍👍
Awesome, your rite we need to keep the ole skool way going.. twin sticks and a 359 is a mighty fone way. .. she sounds awesome. The turbo spool is music to the ears.
Outstanding job on the truck and great video on shifting, it brings back memories of when I drove a A-Car.
I have loved watching you bring LBL back to life. Great job 👍🏻. From Bearsden, Scotland 🏴
I was actually allowed to float when I took my class A license test. I was so shit at double clutching the instructor just told me to do what I was comfortable with since it was safer. Haha. I don't run OTR anymore, but there are certainly days when I miss it.
Truck is looking great by the way 👍
That must be a great feeling when driving it out on the open roads.
Heck yes. Nothing better than that turbo spool on a twin stick.
Absolutely outstanding! Love the 3406B Caterpillar too! I learned to drive a 5 X3 set up years ago in a model 351 Peterbilt with 220 Cummins engine. Learned from of all people race car driver Robbie Gordon's late Grandfather on hay hauling runs in the Palmdale, California desert area.
As flounder says "oh boy this is great!". Thanks for the ride and the lesson!
My favorite log truck, was a 379 long nose Pete, with a 3406B Cat, and 4X6 tranny. Smoothist shifting truck, I ever drove. The worst, was a 58 coffin nose Cornbinder, with a 235 Cummins, and 4X5 tranny. That thing was like rowing a boat.
Great video. Been watching from the beginning. Appreciate the shifting explanation. Most twin stick vids skip the explanation.
Ok, so new life goal, build a truck with a twin stick, that looks cool as hell and fun as hell
It is 😎
The way you have explained it finally make's sense to me to the point i think i could make a pretty good half fisted go with a 6+4. Thank you from Matlock in the UK
She's a real credit to you..... looking forward to seeing the build on the kenworth... 👍
The pride of driving that must be nice job, keep up the good work
This was probably the best video I have seen thank you
You make it look easy 👍
just a man and his truck. good ride good tunes. nothin better
Been watching from the start. Amazing job
I'm new to your channel I like the trucks and cant wait to see more.
Really enjoying your channel From Mountlake Terrace, Washington about 20 miles north from Seattle along I 5.
When I was a young lad I worked in a garage, boss taught me how to drive a car without using the clutch. Came in handy for when a clutch has given out, the down side, of which, is that when you wanna stop you gotta switch engine off and when you wanna go you gotta start it in first gear. But you can go up and down gears quite easily with no clutch.
Another great video! Looks like you have the twin sticks figured out, and thanks for shedding some light on the shift pattern. It’s really cool but I like running a 18 speed .Spoiled I guess. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome job mate. I’ve watched a long the way on your journey. Nice one.
Man do I love these ride along's!
Just subscribed 😉
Watching from Richmond NSW Australia 🇦🇺
I have went through the melts program end of last year for my class one in Alberta,We we’re told we had too float the gears and it was part of the test
Really? Very cool they’re still teaching that 👍
Love it, love the gears and the beautiful symphony from the Cummins, no need for "other music" 😉 Wouldn't change a thing! Amazing project, well done/never done! Been watching since last year from Southern Colorado, Pueblo County.
Love the the old Peterbilt you have been working on having been following since the beginning I remember the video when you started the truck for the first time it has been magical to see it and hear it start After sitting all those years! Now I know you have said what type a cat engine is it in it but I forgot what it was .Love project snowman too!
Can't wait to see what the new paint looks like.
So awesome bro congrats on your beautiful work. Peace from New Zealand.
Truck is looking pretty good
Beautiful truck mate.