there is lots of room in the middle of the opening but the shaft that the shifters are on is only about 1/4 inch away from the PTO opening on the top. we are going to pull a semi trailer about 75 miles with it in a couple of weeks and there are lots of hills, only one really steep one so it would be nice if it would shift right, i do think part of it is the amount of practice, i can shift pretty good around the property but my dad is the one that drives it on the road, he used to drive older school buses so he is used to double clutching but it is still hard for him to shift. actually we have been thinking about buying a '72 Peterbuilt cab over with a cummins 350 and 13 speed trans but that probably wont happen until after we move the trailer.
