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I guess only if the clutch is broke? :D The way you described it read like how everyone should stop a vehicle with a manual transmission, or at least how I do it: Downshift to appropriate gear when anticipating stop to engine brake - use service brakes as needed When approaching engine idle...

That's what I do with a manual, or else you stall out :P

My first car was a Jeep Wrangler with the 4.0 I6 and the 5-speed manual. After it would no longer pass inspection due to frame rot, I went on to a Toyota Corolla, another 5-speed manual. I think the modern automatics are pretty nice, but everyone knows how to drive them. With Rochester's...

I've never driven an A2 so I don't have that version to compare. However, I feel like the A3 is at least faster than my dad's stock M37, even up-hill :driver: Gosh it makes me want to get an M35A2, but I want my next big truck to be a 5-ton of some sort. I do miss driving a manual transmission!

I think the automatic in the A3 is the weakest link. It's max load is around 26000 lbs, which a fully-loaded and towing M36A3 is reallllly pushing. Makes me wonder what the Spicer's max load is - has to be at least 24000 lbs.

We need more pics - that van looks nice!

My dad with his leet trucker skills can do that. I haven't had enough experience with manual truck transmissions to pull that off!

Isn't the M35 transmission syncronized? Granted the syncros on @Redleg130 's truck may be worn to near uselessness. I've never driven a manual M35 - my A3 has a 4-speed automatic :p

I'd never put a vehicle in neutral to come to a stop, regardless in size. It's definitely a control issue. That said, with all the manual transmissions I've worked (from a 1999 Jeep Wrangler to a 1942 Autocar halftrack), I've found that downshifting by one gear or to the middle gear works the...