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The suggestion has come up about running both a Warford and a Ruckstel rear. Would anyone have a photo of the two shifters in place and how hard is it to get into the car. Right now my Ruckstel shifter comes up through the middle of the floor and when I get in and out of the car I have to work around it, Yes I'm getting rather big in the middle. When I find someone to install the Warford I assume the shifter will be next to it. It kinda reminds my of an 5 and 4 two stick transmission dump truck I used operate.

Put the Rux shifter on the left, next to the parking brake. The warford's stick can be bent for your maximum convince.

A friend in Spokane had a 27 T tourer with a Ruckstel and Moore accessory gearbox. He was used to operating a long bed Kenworth tray truck to drilling rigs in the Rockies. That had two shifters, and he could simultaneously shift both on the fly with no hands on the wheel, so shifting the T was no problem to him. The shifter on the Moore could be offset simply by rotating the mounting about the torque tube.

Allan from down under.

speedytinc wrote: ↑

Fri May 30, 2025 2:51 pm

Put the Rux shifter on the left, next to the parking brake. The warford's stick can be bent for your maximum convince.

I agree with John. Now that left handed Ruxtell shifters are on the market, it would eliminate one shifter stick from the middle that you have to maneuver around. Back when I had my 16 touring. no one had come up with the idea for the left handed Ruxtell shifter and they weren't on the market. I was a lot thinner and muscular, then, and more agile, too.

I am familiar with this combo having used it in my dump truck for years. I have used it in passenger cars too but found it unnecessary if your engine has sufficient power. The best thing about this combo is to be able to split shift the transmissions for perfect gear spread. You can use the Ruckstell to split the very long ratio spread between low and direct in the Warford. Also you can use the narrow spread between direct and overdrive in the Warford to split high and low in the Ruckstell. Anyone who has driven a multi stick truck will understand. When my dump truck is loaded I use 7 out of the 12 available gears and the spread between each one is perfect. Like driving a Fuller Roadranger 13 speed. Of course, this is only possible if both shifters are on the right of you. Just my 2 cents adjusted for inflation.

Eric, I preferred the 5 and 4 two stick to the 13 speed road ranger transmission. The company bought new trucks with the 13 speed road rangers and after driving one I asked to go back to my 5 and 4. it was great for short haul dumps because of some of the terrain I had to navigate on the different construction site. Some days I miss that truck but I don't miss the 16 hour days that went with it.