13 speed with brownie box?

Most likely not a factory deal. 5 and 6 speed main boxes are pretty much non-existent nowadays in class 8 trucks. It stands to reason replacement parts are probably very rare and expensive. Previous owner probably found it was cheaper to put a 13 in it and just leave the aux box in. Most likely you could just stick the aux box in direct and just use the 13 speed as normal.

My old man used to drive a mid 70's W900A with a 3408 and an 18x4. 72 gears lol.

 

Man thats a lot of choices. Even in the mid 70's my old 238 yamaha only had 13 speeds. Believe me had to use them all, quite often. Especially with 28 to 30 ton of coal in the wagon in the hills of Pa. Put a rod through the block on a hill one day and that was the end of her.

 

I've got a 79 KW bed truck with a 13 and 4. used to be a 5 and 4. the old girl hauls the mail, she'll do about 80 mph if you dare...

 

Your comment at the start, that's farkin' hilarious!

 

lol...doing my best newfie accent

 

After a few years in and around northern AB, I throw Newfie phrases out without even realizing it.

I gotta get back to the Okanagan before I go full Newfie lol.

 

funny thing, the old girl used to have an A model Cat engine, until a rod decided it needed to see the outside world...got a good look it did, thru both sides of the block. scooped an old Freightliner cabover from an RB auction and robbed the 3406 B model from it, as well as the 13 speed. and they say red bull gives you wings...ha

 

I think it was the early 90's when the newfie invasion hit the Peace country. never laid eyes on one until then...let alone hear one talk. holy shizz

 

I'm putting together an old A model Kitty for the '80 KW I'm building. Just needs a head.

Them Newfies. Great, good-hearted people but holy #### are they hard to understand!