Truck Pulling???
Truck Pulling???
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Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Kokomo
County truck and tractor pulls are still a little far away arn't they? Lots of my friends have 6.0 Super Duty's and pull them, most of them make weight brackets for the front of the truck and put a good 1000lbs of suitcase weights off the front of the truck, the longer the wheelbase of the truck the better, a crew cab will do better then a reg. cab. The Super Duty doesn't hop around much and goes pretty strait down the track. Put the truck in 4low but leave it in overdrive, lots of people try shifting themselves and only screw it up, and don't try to sit there and build boost, this will make the truck bounce and jump and get all crazy going down the track, just roll right into the throttle and keep it planted, if it starts to bog feel free to grab the shifter and start down shifting, sometimes the truck will want to really bog before it down shifts and by then you have slowed to much and it is to late, better to be reved way out then to power down and then just spin out. If the track is pretty slick and you start to spin out start steering left and right, trying to get traction to those front wheels, if the track is dry and you start hopping and bucking start letting off before you break something.
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Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Kokomo
A 6-speed... Really all depends on the track and what all you have for power (chip-injctors-turbo...) Most of the time it's 4low 3rd gear, if you have the power 4th is do able, what's cool in truck pulling is that you have to the 75ft mark for a go\no go,
meaning that you have to 75ft to decide if you want to go the rest of the way or not, if you stop or show that you are trying to stop by then you get ONE more chanch to get it right, this really helps on a manual, just make sure you don't get that clutch to hot the first time. Some times you will come up against a sled that is super heavy and you will need 2nd and another time you will have one that is really light (not often) and you can fly down the track. Driver skill is a must on a manual, you should be WOT\full boost leaving the line with the 6-speed, use that clutch to slowly release the power, but don't dump it to fast and don't ride it, it's a trick, but it is FUN!
meaning that you have to 75ft to decide if you want to go the rest of the way or not, if you stop or show that you are trying to stop by then you get ONE more chanch to get it right, this really helps on a manual, just make sure you don't get that clutch to hot the first time. Some times you will come up against a sled that is super heavy and you will need 2nd and another time you will have one that is really light (not often) and you can fly down the track. Driver skill is a must on a manual, you should be WOT\full boost leaving the line with the 6-speed, use that clutch to slowly release the power, but don't dump it to fast and don't ride it, it's a trick, but it is FUN!
