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First isn't synchronized and therefore you are supposed to be at a complete stop to shift into first. Ferro taught me something that I had forgotten, when you are stopped with the transmission in neutral and you need to get into first, you can depress the clutch, shift the transmission into...

I think it is because you can take off in first (or 2nd low range) without having to rev the motor/slip the clutch to get it going. There is a key somewhere in the transmission that likes to shear.