Detroit Diesel 453T in 48 Diamond-T

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  • @enriquejosecoll3516
    @enriquejosecoll3516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    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.

    • @earlblackjackmartinjr5750
      @earlblackjackmartinjr5750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I hear you

    • @TestECull
      @TestECull 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      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.....

    • @Jthumper
      @Jthumper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@TestECull im 40, but remember these engines echoing off the mountains as I waited the school bus.

    • @Toxic2T
      @Toxic2T 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Jthumper Holy shit I bet they sounded legendary.

    • @user-qd4kn3tm9v
      @user-qd4kn3tm9v 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TestECull рллотттттра

  • @allenbowick4716
    @allenbowick4716 2 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    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!

  • @Flickchaser
    @Flickchaser 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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

  • @mac270854
    @mac270854 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1197

    It is a converter. Converts fuel to noise.

    • @Aesh-om2sz
      @Aesh-om2sz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      You..... I like you

    • @prylosecorsomething3194
      @prylosecorsomething3194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Noise smoke and power

    • @Inmate73
      @Inmate73 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      What about happiness

    • @JohnBoyDeere
      @JohnBoyDeere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Saulo Demian You are too funny:)

    • @Okanagan48
      @Okanagan48 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LoL....good answer.

  • @RDC98TDI
    @RDC98TDI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @GuitarGod3711
    @GuitarGod3711 7 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    Random stick driver: "I drive a 5 speed scion"
    This guy: "That's cute, kid"

    • @Pleger-kh6lr
      @Pleger-kh6lr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thats like volvo trucks 12-speed manual gearbox.
      its easy in front of such a gearbox like in the video.

    • @blackhammer6864
      @blackhammer6864 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This good bro!!

    • @DhirC35
      @DhirC35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

    • @jerrykinnin7941
      @jerrykinnin7941 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @buder5116
      @buder5116 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kernfederate BRONCO 2021 have manual option !!!!!!!!!!

  • @Krankie_V
    @Krankie_V 8 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    Damn 2 stroke sounds like it's revving 5k at only 2k lol

    • @SmashPan608
      @SmashPan608 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      +Krankie V only makes sense, 2 stroke diesels fire at twice the rate of a 4 stroke at any given RPM

    • @jimmy5391
      @jimmy5391 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Krankie V got dam old ass honda engine in that there 2 stroke freikin power

    • @Jthumper
      @Jthumper 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Krankie V search for big red express warmup

    • @bobl78
      @bobl78 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Krankie V: best Sound a 4 cyl engine can make

    • @oscarzt1652
      @oscarzt1652 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah man awesome

  • @BrowerBandit
    @BrowerBandit 8 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    no clutch and twin sticks, damn man you're a good driver.

    • @dastickywun
      @dastickywun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's an air shifter in the diamond t

    • @SuperLabonte43
      @SuperLabonte43 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +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.

    • @ItsJustMeAdam.
      @ItsJustMeAdam. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Not to mention hes jake braking in between some of the gears lol

    • @Erzahler
      @Erzahler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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. ❓

    • @mr.slaphappy3794
      @mr.slaphappy3794 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@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)......

  • @frankbrucker2206
    @frankbrucker2206 6 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    This must be the transmission the fast and furious drivers use, they never stop shifting

    • @mightress
      @mightress 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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.

    • @djaydeved
      @djaydeved 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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

    • @jerrykinnin7941
      @jerrykinnin7941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@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.

  • @sharpautobrokers
    @sharpautobrokers 10 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    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!!

    • @ColeFaunce
      @ColeFaunce ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wish i could like this comment twice or 3 times

    • @autonomousindividual7780
      @autonomousindividual7780 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

    • @kleetus92
      @kleetus92 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what is it about that sound that just wraps around your soul that plants roots and stays like this?

  • @byronprovencial1371
    @byronprovencial1371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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

  • @acemrack
    @acemrack 10 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    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.

    • @Rotttman
      @Rotttman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      greetings Ed

    • @roadtoad7704
      @roadtoad7704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Poor English?! Your grammer is better than most Americans!! 👏👍

    • @tractor2899
      @tractor2899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah I agree. Your english is amazing.

  • @CarsandEngines
    @CarsandEngines 6 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    These old trucks are pretty cool !

  • @RickZanardi
    @RickZanardi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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

    • @ata-allterrainadventures1186
      @ata-allterrainadventures1186 ปีที่แล้ว

      But you do have those amazing sounding V8 Scanias

    • @SammyPsk
      @SammyPsk ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ata-allterrainadventures1186 sound like shit compared to a cummins, esp when not straight piped

  • @bignickthegreat
    @bignickthegreat 10 ปีที่แล้ว +866

    all that shifting for 5mph :D

    • @traingp7
      @traingp7 10 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      I have to do the same thing on my mountain bike. 11 main gears for 15 mph on average days.

    • @MrCarguy2
      @MrCarguy2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      traingp7 I hope you were joking

    • @a.j.swierzbinski6225
      @a.j.swierzbinski6225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      bignickthegreat slowest. acceleration. EVER.

    • @StratmanJerry
      @StratmanJerry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Andres Valdes B mountain bike not rice rocket. Lol

    • @enriquejosecoll3516
      @enriquejosecoll3516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      The speedometer is not working....you Fool.!

  • @ThierryTheuns
    @ThierryTheuns 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    And here I was, considering a Cummins or Duramax for a diesel swap eventually. Hell no, Detroit it is.

    • @1986Honda4trax
      @1986Honda4trax 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ThierryTheuns what you plan on engine swapping?

    • @shivpersaud7335
      @shivpersaud7335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well 2 years ago passed, did you detroit swap it?

  • @darrellpalmateer1978
    @darrellpalmateer1978 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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....

  • @The2003roadking
    @The2003roadking 10 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    Half the drivers today don't know what to do with one stick..

    • @jimdunmyer8199
      @jimdunmyer8199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Gary Robinson now there called millennial anti theft devices. Lol

    • @rideforfunrideforlif
      @rideforfunrideforlif 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Kids and their damn cvt transmissions

    • @adamkrause7845
      @adamkrause7845 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      try the tri-stick dump truck I had with a 4x4x2 arrangement. To switch from 16 to 17 all three sticks moved backwards.

    • @92clintonr
      @92clintonr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      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.

    • @KG84C
      @KG84C 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, can't use a clutch = very light in the loafers, or your a squat to piss.

  • @bagelboy420
    @bagelboy420 9 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    It never gets old. I could listen to those screamin' Detroits all day long.

    • @alm7707
      @alm7707 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      i did ---- now my favorite saying is "what"

    • @bagelboy420
      @bagelboy420 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      AL M Hahaha. Good one Al.

    • @Jthumper
      @Jthumper 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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

    • @joer3481
      @joer3481 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      AL M me too...

    • @drewmitchell1937
      @drewmitchell1937 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen

  • @speedskiff2
    @speedskiff2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    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.

    • @desert122
      @desert122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      speedskiff2 That's funny never heard or thought of it like that before....lol

    • @Bcrinkk17
      @Bcrinkk17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This comment made my day, lmao 🤣

    • @joewho3691
      @joewho3691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😆😆😆😆👍

    • @cynthiaroesner1719
      @cynthiaroesner1719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Total bad ass 😎

    • @adampapke1894
      @adampapke1894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thats a good one.. I grew up with all the detroits on our dredge boats and dredges... 671, 92, 149.. even the 53 series

  • @zachhaus8488
    @zachhaus8488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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.

    • @georgedasilva2906
      @georgedasilva2906 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kids nowadays dont know anything about this Shame

  • @smallenginedude71
    @smallenginedude71 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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!

  • @montwolfman
    @montwolfman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is it about a Detroit that brings a smile to my face every time.

  • @JCImageInc.
    @JCImageInc. 9 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    Sounds sooooo gooood! Love those screamin Detroits!!!!!!

    • @crashandburnbirner
      @crashandburnbirner 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Detroits have the best sound tractor or truck.

    • @JCImageInc.
      @JCImageInc. 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** I would definitely have to agree!

    • @JRotten
      @JRotten 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Screamin jimmy....lots o fun

    • @greatlakestrucks2482
      @greatlakestrucks2482 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm more of a Caterpillar fan than Detroit Diesel but anything's better than a cummins

    • @gabrielvieira6529
      @gabrielvieira6529 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      JC Image Inc agree

  • @arthurfrayn2652
    @arthurfrayn2652 8 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Nice "Duel" filming angle of just boot and shifter.. Well played sir..

    • @mental_modeler2952
      @mental_modeler2952 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      except, this 2 minute video is better than the entire movie

  • @jameswilliams977
    @jameswilliams977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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.

  • @jerrylarson723
    @jerrylarson723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @tonybletas930
    @tonybletas930 7 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    Wow! According to the speedo I think it peaked at like 7 mph. Not bad!

    • @cometdude6789
      @cometdude6789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      His top speed is like 10mph

    • @cometdude6789
      @cometdude6789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ***** Sarcasm?

    • @MrQuequito
      @MrQuequito 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MrCrazy0ne No.

    • @davidhorner5655
      @davidhorner5655 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Tony Bletas these kinds of TH-cam comment exchanges make me worry about the future of our world.

    • @Cambpro
      @Cambpro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      So, apparently none of you ignorant fucks understand sarcasm.

  • @rhinostrange8025
    @rhinostrange8025 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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

    • @ats_vince
      @ats_vince 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Rhino Strange (Bigrhino13) Lol Just saying the speedometer is broke.. (If it was a joke, funny lol)

    • @rhinostrange8025
      @rhinostrange8025 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

    • @ats_vince
      @ats_vince 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol Yea It's a beautiful sound.

  • @carlwilliams8354
    @carlwilliams8354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    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!

    • @johneckert1365
      @johneckert1365 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have a Hood loader powered by a 4-53 🤟

  • @Mullay2
    @Mullay2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    Try texting and driving that rig!!

    • @wimnieuwdorp5337
      @wimnieuwdorp5337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      should be a whole other challenge

    • @Platano_macho
      @Platano_macho 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      That why they had fewer accidents people were focus on shifting

    • @Gabriel.4190
      @Gabriel.4190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂

    • @plumbingstuffinoregon2471
      @plumbingstuffinoregon2471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Maybe if drivers now a days were forced to drive old transmissions there'd be fewer truck accidents.

    • @JosephArata
      @JosephArata 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@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.

  • @darrellwhite4358
    @darrellwhite4358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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!👍

  • @sinistersparky9657
    @sinistersparky9657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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

    • @jaihaslett
      @jaihaslett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YYYeeeessss!!!!

  • @EvanTownsend
    @EvanTownsend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    In reality though with about 20+ gear changes later, he was only going about 40 MPH 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Strob3Gaming
      @Strob3Gaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We will never know cuz his speedometer broke lol

  • @louannwatt4447
    @louannwatt4447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @lendavidhart9710
    @lendavidhart9710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey thanks for posting, just added this video to my "good music playlist "

  • @nathanping5729
    @nathanping5729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No other engine sounds as good as a Detroit by far the best sounding and can hear coming 5 mile away

  • @jd450lh
    @jd450lh 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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 :)

  • @andreasiegel7374
    @andreasiegel7374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could listen to this all day

  • @DrummerDelight
    @DrummerDelight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's amazing how lazy we've gotten driving vehicles, now we got self driving vehicles. Love the old gear. Cheers.

    • @paulk9985
      @paulk9985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We sure do. And a Tesla in self drive mode just crashed into a tree, killing two people....

  • @lewistasso8866
    @lewistasso8866 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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!!

  • @dquad
    @dquad 9 ปีที่แล้ว +567

    Is this Vin Diesel's gearbox?

    • @vector6977
      @vector6977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yes, and he is also double clutching.

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He aint Granny Shiftin though.

    • @Sodium_Hypobromite
      @Sodium_Hypobromite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Gappie Al Kebabi a Detroit gearbox?

    • @leoweber3629
      @leoweber3629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      vector6977 no he’s not, he’s not even touching the fucking clutch.

    • @fabyanjim1
      @fabyanjim1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No this isn’t cgi bs lmao

  • @josephfrench5377
    @josephfrench5377 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so bad ass old school the screamin Detroit is awesome, Thank you.

  • @Mojo59079
    @Mojo59079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could watch this a hundred times in a row.

  • @bradleysmith9329
    @bradleysmith9329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    can't beat the sound of a 2 stroke with the jakes on

  • @DoubleVisionandco
    @DoubleVisionandco 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Damn sweet sound. Nothing sounds like a Detroit.

  • @ohnoitisnt
    @ohnoitisnt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good lord the noise. Also the holster on the dash.
    Trucking must have been a tough job back in the day, thumbs up chaps

  • @jamesleone5468
    @jamesleone5468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All times of an era we will never see again in trucking thanks for the memories boys and girls

  • @kingofassholes2619
    @kingofassholes2619 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @frankpaya690
    @frankpaya690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @rustyshackleford1656
    @rustyshackleford1656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old school truckin. My great grandpa drove a lot of 8v71 gmc generals with twin sticks.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @GTPGuy19
    @GTPGuy19 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    hot damn, that sounds beautiful. Who needs a radio when you have a screaming Detroit :).

  • @howtofrank502
    @howtofrank502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this man, happy I bought a TDI and get to learn some new stuff, diesel is the way to go!

    • @TheSamcram
      @TheSamcram 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      TDI boys all the way

  • @thomaswilson8634
    @thomaswilson8634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminds me of my dad. Watching you shift brought back some wonderful memories.

  • @garrettrussell8346
    @garrettrussell8346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like a healthy, happy engine.

  • @bvillmek79
    @bvillmek79 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That's freakin' awesome! I will build a truck like that!

  • @rangerup1804
    @rangerup1804 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now that is some fancy twin stick shifting. Love the Detroit's.

  • @bruceknowling415
    @bruceknowling415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Both hands on the steering wheel, please", an impossibility in this one.

  • @allahsnackbar9915
    @allahsnackbar9915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love how it fires at the touch of the starter. thats an engine in good nick right there

  • @James7796ify
    @James7796ify 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    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

    • @SpeedbeetleV2
      @SpeedbeetleV2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nope 9

    • @Jthumper
      @Jthumper 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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

    • @benedictwilton6102
      @benedictwilton6102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Soooo.... in all, 12 Speed?

    • @MrHarleyoldfart
      @MrHarleyoldfart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks.

    • @markmace2113
      @markmace2113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

  • @gearhead9943
    @gearhead9943 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Man I'd love to see more footage with this exact view... especially of a cold start

    • @user-im2tc6pl9i
      @user-im2tc6pl9i 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Look up "4-53 detroit runs away" 👌

  • @michaelwilkins5524
    @michaelwilkins5524 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @rolandnemeth6403
    @rolandnemeth6403 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always listen to it when I'm having a bad day. don't delete it 😁 Love this sound!

  • @TheMetalButcher
    @TheMetalButcher 10 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Damn you're a fast shifter.

    • @mauriceb5675
      @mauriceb5675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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.

    • @1986Honda4trax
      @1986Honda4trax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

  • @bengone3349
    @bengone3349 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I could listen to that Detroit rev all day long. How about some more and some shots of the rig?

  • @lendavidhart9710
    @lendavidhart9710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most all truckers are underrated, and unappreciated.

  • @ldmcnutt
    @ldmcnutt 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video. I loved hearing the sound a Jimmy's as a kid. Super rare to hear one nowadays.

  • @TheGel69
    @TheGel69 9 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    all that shifting to stay between 0 and 5 mph....;o))

    • @exxusdrugstore300
      @exxusdrugstore300 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I see what ya did there you silly goose.

    • @TheGel69
      @TheGel69 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just Here For The TH-cam and what would that be? ....;o))

    • @exxusdrugstore300
      @exxusdrugstore300 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guillaume Laplanche Well if I explained it that would ruin the magic :(

    • @TheGel69
      @TheGel69 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      then keep it secret, I can live with that , I like some degree of magic

    • @sonic3cool1
      @sonic3cool1 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guillaume Laplanche

  • @firstname6208
    @firstname6208 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @tim-ber2606
    @tim-ber2606 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 )

  • @michagraas4275
    @michagraas4275 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got goosebumps just from hearing that engine work. Incredible!

  • @senor250
    @senor250 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    According to my calculations, that's a 375 speed gearbox :)

  • @jared96ek9
    @jared96ek9 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I watched this video so many times I got the shifting pattern perfectly memorized now lol

  • @jamesb1951
    @jamesb1951 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG...music to my ears...used to haul logs with an old Diamond T and it sounded just like that...Great memories

  • @lendavidhart9710
    @lendavidhart9710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The town i came from, you were either truckers, farmers, or carpenters, one of those you grew up to be. I could never drive that truck!!!!!!!!

  • @crevis12
    @crevis12 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the sound.. Reminds me of the movie convoy

  • @Buckbz
    @Buckbz  13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @thevacuumtubejunky9774
    @thevacuumtubejunky9774 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @timmungenast
    @timmungenast 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, God, what a sound!!!!! BIG THANKS for sharing this with us!

  • @esmai1762
    @esmai1762 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Music 🎶!!!!......love 😍 the jàke brake!!.

  • @ReggyRay289
    @ReggyRay289 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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!

  • @catmandoo2341
    @catmandoo2341 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @m.b8257
    @m.b8257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy Fck, that and deal with traffic, I’m exhausted just watching it, nice work.

  • @kingofassholes2619
    @kingofassholes2619 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    More Please.

  • @ExiledPiasa
    @ExiledPiasa 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @91slownotch
    @91slownotch 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Detroit sounds BEAUTIFUL!

  • @Rocketman88002
    @Rocketman88002 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 😅

  • @cavinoliver9430
    @cavinoliver9430 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thats a driver right there!

  • @Sidorski1983
    @Sidorski1983 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    love that sound.

  • @richardnorman7045
    @richardnorman7045 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Unbelievably, one of the most pleasant sounds around 👌

  • @Boykot1
    @Boykot1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is some of the best sounding shit I have ever listened to in my life

  • @brendanrapa8579
    @brendanrapa8579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Start off with a gear in the primary and work though all gears in the secondary. Switch to next gear in the primary and work your way though the secondary again.

  • @the_burchfield1655
    @the_burchfield1655 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the sound of a Detroit

  • @SternDrive
    @SternDrive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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!

  • @kevinbourgeois9310
    @kevinbourgeois9310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not your first time shifting that old girl, those engines always sound like they're going about 12000 rpms love it!!!!

  • @Gonecheenin
    @Gonecheenin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hope you get credit for multiple views - cause this is like the 23rd time I've watched this video!!!

  • @nickk3226
    @nickk3226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Gear Jammer begins playing"

  • @meade4573
    @meade4573 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes I think I grew up in the wrong timeline. Would have loved to hear these engines going down the road everyday.

  • @lyndonwilliams268
    @lyndonwilliams268 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great drivers bro i love how you handle those two stick like a knife on a fork