Could you drive this Manual Transmission AKA Stick Shift?

[humanearth]

Did you notice there is no reverse

It's a shifter from some old ass farm machine, maybe from the 1940s

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It's all muscle memory. You have to shift fast, 1st gear is like 1 mph super slow. I never made past 5th gear. Yet

[DaveJord]

Well I have driven 26 speed hydraulic clutches... but it was all in a linear pattern. Given that its a piece of Farm Equipment I would assume that it operates in specific gear ranges depending on what you are doing with it. So it is not like you will ever go from Neutral to one all the way back down to 20 without skipping a lot of gears along the way. I would also assume it is slow moving piece of equipment with a lot of torque and gear ratio's are very close together.

So yes I think if I understand the purpose of the piece of equipment that I could run it, knowing damn well I would only use 5 or 6 gears for any given task. But I would have to have compete understanding of the equipment and it capabilities and what I required it to do.

[humanearth]

Okay here is what I learned from it today.

You put it in a gear and leave it there. If you need to change gears. You stop completely, then select your near gear.

This transmission has no synchronized rings.

[DaveJord]

Ahhh... that makes perfect sense now. I was thinking it was something like that... not meant for driving presa... not in the traditional sense of what we think of as driving.

[DaveJord]

And yeah, don't trust these people that say they drive 18 wheelers and therefore they think they can drive anything. I was once a a trucker myself and I have known a lot of really bad ones that had no idea what the capabilities of a truck was. A lot of them over drive them if you know what I mean.

[Redstang88]

I’ve driven big rigs with 15 and 18spds, but WTF is that thing? Holy shit

[humanearth]

It's some crawler looking thing with tracks, it doesn't have wheels. For reverse you put the main shifter in neutral and pull the second level for reverse. It has 3 speeds for reverse low med and high

[WhatTheHeckkkk]

I cannot. Something about manual is a bit difficult for me.
Having to press the clutch while shifting into gear and also pressing the accelerator or brake is like doing math… (I don’t understand it, and my brain feels like scrambled eggs even trying to do it).

[douride2]

Yes I sure can. My father taught me to drive in his old Ford. 3 on the tree. I am licensed to drive pretty much any thing on the road. The truck I drive at work has an 18 speed.

[dustybiker]

Nice. 😎 I have so much yet to learn.

[humanearth]

Well smarty pants this is not meant to be on roads. My best guess is that it was used in logging

[douride2]

I have done that to.

[exitseven]

@humanearth It's hot when you talk like that.

[humanearth]

@exitseven okay then

[exitseven]

@humanearth shit, I picked the wrong @mention. I meant to pick @douride2. sorry/😀

[humanearth]

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[exitseven]

@humanearth I cannot unsee that/

[douride2]

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[exitseven]

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[God_of_Thunder]

I can drive stick, no problem, but I feel like getting from 4th to 5th with that clusterfuck would take a few tries.

I know 5th is around here somewhere 😂

[NathanDavis]

I would need three ~memory palaces~ to handle that one... but sure, we could give it a try

[humanearth]

I will tell it's freaking hard

[NathanDavis]

I think it would fun... trying to find out what all they even do, have you not tried them all? lol

[humanearth]

It dies, I surprised the thing started. In the 15 years I have been here. This piece of machine was never ran. I think I am the first to get it running in over 30 years

[hahahmm]

On a shift pattern that doesn't look like spaghetti I would get to know the rpm ranges of each gear and be able to shift without using the clutch but for something like this, I think you'd have to use the clutch in many instances. Although I did know a guy who had a car with no 1st or reverse and somehow could park it in packed parking lots as-if there were no issues at all. Ha.

[Likes2drive]

I don’t think I would want to, I doubt you would really have to use all of them very often unless you took it on the road

[humanearth]

It's some crawler looking thing with tracks, it doesn't have wheels

[Likes2drive]

Oh so it’s just for power, I would just shift it without the clutch after first gear, too much double clutching needed for those old transmissions and too many gears

[AviatorTom]

It might take some learning but yes, I could drive it. In college, I interned at the local electric company, and they taught me how to split shift a line truck's 10 gears.

[lovedejj_xo]

I know how to drive manual since my brother taught me but I hate it. That picture is stressful

[humanearth]

Manual must be a guy thing. I hate automatic transmissions with a passion.

[lovedejj_xo]

It is I love automatic :)

[MrOracle]

That's not a real shift pattern - it's a long-running joke.

Now, you want to see a REAL, actual transmission that's no joke to drive?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/8lEYaTvvq4g

[dustybiker]

Holy popsicles.. just #4 🤣
Sure. I’d figure it out. Might need to double up on chewing gum, so I don’t bite my tongue in concentration.

[dustybiker]

Is this a double punch of the clutch too?

[humanearth]

Yes it is

[dustybiker]

Perfect.

[dustybiker]

Tagging @douride2 for her thoughts.

[humanearth]

I have to follow you. I want to be nosy.

[douride2]

Yea I found this question first thing on GAG this afternoon.

[douride2]

@dustybiker That shift pattern looks ridicules' eh?

[dustybiker]

@douride2 Yes. I really want to try it now.

[sunflower00]

I can drive manual, because that’s pretty standard in the UK, but what is this it looks so complicated

[humanearth]

It is complicated, It is the hardest stick shift I ever tried

[exitseven]

I can see how you would not get past 5th gear. I thought my son's 6 speed Jeep was hard.

[TrueConfection]

Erm... not unless I skip a few gears. Sometimes I'll start in 2nd and skip gears if they're too slow or so close together that it's hardly noticeable.

[SHREYASH007]

I drive a 6 gear manual car on daily basis. So driving a manual vehicle is not an issue but I am confused how the gear will be engaged properly, for example see 3rd to 4 th. It gets cumbersome for the notch.

[SHREYASH007]

The gear are too far away for smooth operation.

[Jaximus-Lion]

This is a very old and complicated. Is this like a modern hi and low truck transmission?

[RobT312]

Hahaaa... nope, and I love manual.
looks pretty cool though

[DCooper]

Do bears poop in the woods?

[humanearth]

No they poop in Joe Biden's car

[DCooper]

https://imgflip.com/i/688akd

[DCooper]

On that thing, I would just mash the go pedal and drop the clutch in 4, then go through the gears probably hitting 10, then 3, then 7, then 6, then 13 :)

[andreasderjuengere]

Of course, I can.
I'll just use one gear only :D

[DyingLately]

I can drive stick no problem, but this one would take some getting used to that's for sure.

[humanearth]

I only tried today. I just got the machine running this morning. Surprised it started. May not have ran in 30 years

[DyingLately]

Hell yeah man glad to hear it's running.

[AndrésC64]

Yes, my very first car was a stick shift and I've had several more. But my last couple have been automatic because I'm lazy.

[AndrésC64]

Oops. That one? I doubt it without practice and training.

[genericname85]

in germany, automatic transmissions are rare xD most people drive stick and everyone "can" drive it.

[Iron_Man]

I would have to be trained on it

[humanearth]

Hell, I have been trying, that thing is hard. It's all muscle memory. You have to shift fast, 1st gear is like 1 mph super slow

[Iron_Man]

Wow I wish you the best of luck one day you’ll figure it out 👍

[driven159]

that how we learned how to drive 3 speed automatics were options

[OddBeMe]

Could I start on a hill?

[humanearth]

It's some crawler looking thing with tracks, it doesn't have wheels. For reverse you put the main shifter in neutral and pull the second level for reverse. It has 3 speeds for reverse low med and high.

I'm still nor sure what this machine is made for. But if I had to guess it was used for logging

[OddBeMe]

It’s not fast and furious in that thing. So you I’m sure you can take your time.

[bamesjond0069]

Wtf is this shit? Ill stick with a motorcycle.

[Fuentes]

Nah thats not for me lol i can't

[QuietRunner]

not that one

just a 5 speed

[jimmy2]

Sure can learn on that first