This week’s Truck Pull video features an older Ford F-250 Super Duty pickup participating in a pulling competition at Yankee Lake in Brookfield, Ohio back in 2012.
No useful information is provided on the F-250 pickup in action here, but we know a few things from the video details.
First, the track was particularly muddy during this competition and that had a big impact on the performance of the trucks and two, this F-250 won its class by an impressive margin with a slow and steady approach.
This F-250 starts off in the distance, slowly working its way towards the camera at a surprisingly slow crawl due to the sloppy footing.
While the PowerStroke diesel helps this Ford pickup pick up some speed in the middle of the run, by the time the F-250 reaches the cameraman, momentum has been lost and the run sputters to a stop.
In the end, this Ford F-250 was able to pull the sled 183 feet and while that is much shorter than many of our featured pulling videos, that distance in these conditions were enough to beat the second place truck by more than 83 feet – as the runner up fell short of 100 feet on his or her run.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
