• trollercoaster
    link
    fedilink
    Deutsch
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    Only 26 speeds? That’s pathetic. 32 speed transmissions are easily possible, do exist, and are less complicated to use than you might think, and the Morse shifter suggests.

    A Standard heavy truck 16 speed transmission, combined with an off-road reduction in the transfer case, as very common in all wheel drives, will do the trick. This will additionally give you at very least 4 speeds in reverse. (Technically, at least 8 reverse speeds, but most transmissions have a lock-out that prevents reverse and high range from being engaged at the same time)

    If you’re seeing a heavy 6x6 or 8x8 truck at a construction site, it very likely has this kind of transmission arrangement.