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What's with gear shift extensions?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ad356, Jan 6, 2019.

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  1. Jan 6, 2019 #1
    ad356

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    i have seen it on multiple trucks including several at the milk plants. i love shifting as much as the next gear jammer, but why the extension? is it just an ego thing, like a @#$# extension lol, or does this serve an actual purpose. it seems to me the engineers put the shifter right where it should be.
     
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  3. Jan 6, 2019 #2
    olddog_newtricks

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    It's the Billy Bigrigger coming out in 'em.
     
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  4. Jan 6, 2019 #3
    ad356

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    so its a super trucker thing?
     
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  5. Jan 6, 2019 #4
    06driver

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    Yep.

    Like those morons in deisel pick up trucks mod'ing them out to be the annoying socks of puss they are. It is about having a large phallic representation while lacking in their own underroos
     
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  7. Jan 6, 2019 #5
    IluvCATS

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    You could pimp out the Milk Truck.
     
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    intrepidor

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    Hate the tricked out diesel pickups
     
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    06driver

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    Won't the cows get jealous?
     
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  10. Jan 6, 2019 #8
    ad356

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    you aren't supposed to modify a company truck, because its not mine. i do try to take care of it as if it were mine though.
     
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  11. Jan 7, 2019 #9
    againstthewind

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    its so you can watch them shift, because shifting is cool.
     
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    rbrtwbstr

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    I have a short 6 inch extension in mine. It's NOT for looks. Purely for comfort. The factory shifter is just too low for my liking.

    We had a fellow that no longer works here that had something crazy like 18 inches added to his. That was all well and good until wiped out the transmission. As I said, he's no longer here...
     
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