Standard Transmissions

[Tony Nathanson]

Just imagine if today's kids had to survive with a car with a standard transmission, an analog clock, a rotary dial phone, and directions written in cursive.

Sometimes, us oldies also don't get it.
I was at the self-service cashier at Home Depot yesterday. When I stuck my card in the slot, it said, "Error Read." A young employee came & put the card on the screen - I guess to read that silver chip & it worked. I said, "Thanks, us old people don't get it." She said, "Very Funny."
I didn't know the screen could read the chip; I thought it was some sort of security feature.

 

[Connie Bennett]

Like others on here, I have been driving clutches since I was a kid on the farm.

My old square body GMC was a three speed with a granny. The dually is a five speed. The F-150 is automatic.

My Saturn is a five speed. I keep it because it’s paid off and nobody can steal it because they can’t drive it.

The farm tractor has a two-stage clutch to engage the PTO.

I have fallen behind on tech stuff since I retired. I try to keep up, but as fast as things change, it’s tough

 

[John Brunner]

Like others on here, I have been driving clutches since I was a kid on the farm.

My old square body GMC was a three speed with a granny. The dually is a five speed. The F-150 is automatic.

My Saturn is a five speed. I keep it because it’s paid off and nobody can steal it because they can’t drive it.

The farm tractor has a two-stage clutch to engage the PTO.

I have fallen behind on tech stuff since I retired. I try to keep up, but as fast as things change, it’s tough

I wish my 2010 Kubota tractor had a standard transmission. The hydrostatic [sorta automatic] transmission is not strong enough to pull even the smallest of saplings. 50 years ago I helped clear a lot using a 1933 Farmall. That tractor could pull any stump out there--even though it had fewer HP than my modern diesel Kubota--largely because of the gearing of the standard transmission.

 

[Faye Fox]

I wish my 2010 Kubota tractor had a standard transmission. The hydrostatic [sorta automatic] transmission is not strong enough to pull even the smallest of saplings. 50 years ago I helped clear a lot using a 1933 Farmall. That tractor could pull any stump out there--even though it had fewer HP than my modern diesel Kubota--largely because of the gearing of the standard transmission.

My neighbor has same complaint about his Kubota. I suggested he wrap a chain around the shrub he was removing, hook it on the front bucket and pull up. It took a few tries, but it finally came up.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

My neighbor has same complaint about his Kubota. I suggested he wrap a chain around the shrub he was removing, hook it on the front bucket and pull up. It took a few tries, but it finally came up.

I remember doing something similar with my Mazda pickup years ago. My friend had a good sized flowering shrub she wanted to get out of her yard, and give to me; and digging it out was not working. I ended up chaining to the truck and giving it small tugs until it finally started moving and came out. Replanting it was a chore though !