Re: Sumpter Valley Ry. Trucks

DanS Wrote:
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> Still a world more complicated than a Road Ranger.
> I've got a twin stick White, and a 1964 I-H with
> a 10 speed Road Ranger, and man is the
> International simpler to drive!

I have ridden in rigs with Road Ranger boxes but never drove one. Many years ago I briefly drove an old Mack B-61 with 5 & 3 transmissions. It was the most uncomfortable rig I was ever in; hard riding, hard steering, and cramped up cab, but it's redeeming feature was that it was relatively easy to shift. This was a good thing as I was employed as a logger, not a truck driver, and I never did it enough to get good at it.

The only comparison I know was on a rock haul job using five identical Kenworth end dumps, four of them with 13 speeds and one with a five & four. At the end of the day the Road Rangers would tally one more load than the twin stick.

I much prefer driving a wood burning Heisler to any of those things.