racing a duramax
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Well, even more humiliating than a race would be to chain up back to back and pull. Since the Superduty's are 1000 lbs. more truck than a GM product, you have the traction advantage (as long as you don't spin your tires first). You'll still win even though he might be putting out more power. Don't do it on asphalt though, you'll break your boss's truck and he'll never forgive you. Go for grass/dirt.
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Yea I have pulled alot of Z-71's around with my old 97 modle 150, I do have the experiance to win that no problem! I would always hold the brake until I seen them loose traction and then drag them around like a rag doll. It was always fun front to front so you could see how mad they were.
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Problem is that's not a good or fair Tug-O-War. Personally, I see the brake holder as a cheater. Anyone can win a Tug-O-War once the other guy loses traction. So you may have won some of these but not fairly truck & driver vs truck & driver. Why not trust your truck and driving skills and make it an even competition? You lose, oh well you can always try again. You win, you know you won outright.
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That is winning driver vs driver if the other guy spins his tires thats his own fault. and vehicle vs vehicle realy comes down more to wieght and traction more than motor. I've seen a 4 bt hummer pull a 6.0 ps. the stroke had stock tires and the hummer had 37"s or so. tug of war IMO is not a real comparisom of how good a vehicle is its just fun and for bragging rights.
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Sounds alot like you have been out smarted or drug around before...You have to let it go man, Chances are it was not me that drug you around in front of all your friends. I'm no cheater at anything I do, but I do like to win at what ever it is I'm doing!
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I've been drug around before, but I have also drug people around too. Heck my mother-in-laws neighbor has an '07 Tundra CrewMax 5.7L that I've gone up against. Sure he won 3 out of 5 tugs, but we both simply chalked the wins up to traction. We were constantly adjusting tire pressure after each tug. Neither of us used a brake to gain an advantage, put both trucks in drive to build tension and both went on the drop of a hat.
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That is winning driver vs driver if the other guy spins his tires thats his own fault. and vehicle vs vehicle realy comes down more to wieght and traction more than motor. I've seen a 4 bt hummer pull a 6.0 ps. the stroke had stock tires and the hummer had 37"s or so. tug of war IMO is not a real comparisom of how good a vehicle is its just fun and for bragging rights.
True a tug-o-war isn't the best comparison and I've seen similar situations as you describe (hummer/psd), but this is usually chalked up to the better driver and the losing driver being either less experienced or too over confident. Plus the stock tires vs 37" tires, may depend on which truck can hook up better and gain the traction.
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This is what I honestly believe;I had no idea tug o war was such a serious sport. I have never taken it that way, never changed air pressure or gone best out of five. You say Not a true comparison of which truck is better ( I agree) still having doubts on it being anything more than just bragging rights between two friends. Too much grey area (with the unwriten rules and all) to take it to heart or treat it as a true sport.
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This is what I honestly believe;I had no idea tug o war was such a serious sport. I have never taken it that way, never changed air pressure or gone best out of five. You say Not a true comparison of which truck is better ( I agree) still having doubts on it being anything more than just bragging rights between two friends. Too much grey area (with the unwriten rules and all) to take it to heart or treat it as a true sport.
The owner of the Tundra I went rounds with, owned an '04 Ram 1500 QC 5.7L prior and we conducted the same tug-o-war test, which even with the adjustments in tire pressure, the F150 had the upper hand winning 4 of 5 tug-o-wars. We are both competative by nature, so one upping the other is fun and like you stated, give bragging rights. But, bragging rights don't hold their weight if there was an unfair advantage given to either party. So we make everything as equal as possible, still knowing in certain areas one truck will be better equipped than the other.
I do apologize if you felt I was taking this too seriously or attacking you, this wasn't my intentions. Just simply trying to put it out there that using a brake during a tug-o-war, even though ok by some people/crowds, shouldn't be used to gain the advantage. You get pulled, you get pulled. You drag them around, great you get to brag. I have no problem admitting I've won some and lost some, but at least can say I've never resorted to using my brakes.