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Here's an odd shift pattern.
Posted: January 9, 2009, 1:07 pm
by Slick Fan
Odd to me, because I haven't had the pleasure of owning an old F800 yet.
This is cool, too.
The truck. --->
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Posted: January 9, 2009, 1:10 pm
by Max
Definitely a granny gear and could probably get it moving well in 2nd. I've driven large fuel trucks with gear ratios like that and never touch 1st.
Posted: January 9, 2009, 1:24 pm
by ICEMAN6166
the f600 wrecker i used to have and my friends f600 dump had the same pattern.takes a while to get used to, 5th gear is the same as 4th in the np435, and 1 is a bit lower than the 435.
Posted: January 9, 2009, 5:01 pm
by Gritsngumbo
Me like old Ford Fire Trucks. Thank goodness it's 2,184 miles away from me!
Posted: January 9, 2009, 5:13 pm
by 36truck
What's even odder is when 4th is where 5th is & 5th is where 4th is.
Posted: January 9, 2009, 6:27 pm
by Slick Fan
36truck wrote:What's even odder is when 4th is where 5th is & 5th is where 4th is.
You're kidding.
Posted: January 9, 2009, 6:40 pm
by 36truck
Nope some big truck patterns are that way. First time I saw one was a buddy of mine in his N series dump truck.
Posted: January 9, 2009, 7:37 pm
by Kid
when the 4th and 5th gear are reversed it is a overdrive in high instead of direct..........
Posted: January 9, 2009, 8:03 pm
by Greg D
Which means in a truck like that you're talkin a a whole 3 MPG - WOOO HOOO! 
Posted: January 10, 2009, 2:43 pm
by DCarr
I need that shift knob to confuse potential joyriders!
Posted: January 10, 2009, 3:27 pm
by jakdad
You rarely ever use the granny gear in those. It isn't hard to do once you're used to it. Most beginers have a problem because by the time they get from 1st ro 2nd, the truck is stopped again............
Posted: January 10, 2009, 5:16 pm
by Alan Mclennan
Do they come in automatic?
Posted: January 10, 2009, 7:40 pm
by foghorn
We have a pete at work that the top two gears are backwards. It shifts in a W pattern in low or high range. Its a road ranger 10 speed. They say it will make the big trucks run faster.
Foggy