Sled Pulling
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Sled Pulling
Any of yall ever hooked to a tractor pull sled? It wont be long till its that time of year again. Got any pics of your trucks in action? I might hook'er a time or two this year and see what she's got.
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Nope never hooked and never plan to. I like my driveshaft straight and my tranny in one piece! I would drag alot before I ever hook up to a sled. but I do like watching them!! that was my wife and I first date!!
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ya, i won't be caught hooking to a sled. saw a guy with a new truck this fall hook to "see what she'd do" and tore his drive shaft out and the sled flew into him, knocked his truck to end of chain, and jerked it back into sled again. he reallly gotter tore up!
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Didnt say there were'nt risk. We have a street legal class, where its a run watcha brought situation, it has to be street legal w/tags and insurance. Usually not too much damage. Other than dodges eating u joints.
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Having a 5 speed your probabialy ok in a stock class as long as you aren't stupid about it ( keep on going when hopping, slipping the clutch etc) Around hear the OBS fords with autos wont pull well or burn tc up because they can't go fast enought to lock. I don't know your rulls but here you have to have you stock intake for a stock class
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Originally Posted by wmiller
I don't know your rulls but here you have to have you stock intake for a stock class
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I've allways thought it would be fun to pull my truck but worry about major damage. The risk isn't worth the few seconds of fun to me. I stick to pulling antique tractors. They were designed to pull. We also have a dump truck/tractor division that I have thought about. They are designed to pull also
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Yes the risk is there,but the way i see it there is also a risk in drag racing, offroading, or anything else. I enjoy pulling the antique tractors also, but I always look forward to watchin the trucks pull. I dont wanna become a serious competitor but I have always wanted in on the action.
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put some bumpstops on it, install a dp-tuner, put 'er down into 4-LO, stick it up in 3rd and let 'er rip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if it starts hopping then go ahead and give it up b/c a guy i know from down here w/ a dodge took his truck to Houston w/ no traction bars and when it started hopping he just kept going and then all of a sudden only his front tires were pulling. i can't remember off hand what he broke, but he wasn't happy at all about it.
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i do have one concern with this. take a look at my ring gear. i took this pic when i changed my fluid. this little speck is just a chip missing. the gear doesnt appear to be cracked or otherwise damaged. i dont think it automatically means failure, but would like yalls opinion.
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i could have been dirt in the old fluid. If there are no cracks or play in the beaing than I wouldn ' t worry about it. But it makes ya think how it happened and where did that piece go? Did you find it on the magnet? Do you have a magnet in there?