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Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Corvallis, OR
Hauling, towing, and playing. What do you use yours for? 
Tugging on an immobile object is just too good of a way to snap a driveline or something in the transmission.
Tugging on an immobile object is just too good of a way to snap a driveline or something in the transmission.
Freshman User
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: I am deployed oef
To all thoughs who do not speek too highly of this guy and his way of killing time, tell us about mistakes that you have made. I only learn the hard way. I have been in two truck role overs I have pulled trailers with all the wrong trucks, gone four wheeling in my daily driver and blew the engine,(water got sucked in) You may ask yourself what does a guy like that do for a liveing, I am army eod, I am part of the bomb squad. Now you know what I have done, tell me what you have done
Elder User
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 554
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From: Everett, PA
I put my 03 ranger through the ringers since it was the fx4 level 2 model i thought it could go anywhere lol. The jeep in my sig got the rear end and the clutch blown out of it one night after a bit too much of the sauce. My powerstroke got the head gaskets blown out of it racing an 8.1 chevy down the highway. I can't even tell you how many times I've broke the mustang including completely destroying a motor in it all just in good fun lol. Oh, I manage a beer store for my father by the way and I've paid for all the repairs on these machines by myself.
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 6,521
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From: Greenwood, SC
I yanked a stump (pine tree, dead for a year), pic is in my album. I've towed trucks to the gas station, got a Freightliner tractor out of the mud, got stuck in the mud myself with a full bed of firewood. I pull a trailer that gets loaded and weighs in at 14-16K, not that big of a deal unless I have to get going from a dead stop on an steep hill. Thought I was going to have to use 4L one time. Yanked stuck forklifts out of the mud several times.
Truck is awesome and I love to play with it. I TRY to be smart about all the stuff but I also know the thing is a hoss.
Jarrod, thanks for your service. Been there done that, glad it's over but proud to have done it.
Truck is awesome and I love to play with it. I TRY to be smart about all the stuff but I also know the thing is a hoss.
Jarrod, thanks for your service. Been there done that, glad it's over but proud to have done it.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,351
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From: North Florida
, I tow a fifth wheel, tow a gooseneck with a tractor and implements on board, pull a dump trailer, pull my boat, pull out stumps, pull trees over, outrun rice burners, haul my golf clubs and beer cooler, and just drive around looking cool.... Oh, and pull out stuck Chevy's!!!On a more serious note, I really don't think you can get enough traction on dirt (with AT's like I have) to damage the driveline, regardless of what you hook to.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 6,757
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From: Corvallis, OR
cartmanea, I really wasn't trying to be a smart @&&. But since you asked , I tow a fifth wheel, tow a gooseneck with a tractor and implements on board, pull a dump trailer, pull my boat, pull out stumps, pull trees over, outrun rice burners, haul my golf clubs and beer cooler, and just drive around looking cool.... Oh, and pull out stuck Chevy's!!!
, I tow a fifth wheel, tow a gooseneck with a tractor and implements on board, pull a dump trailer, pull my boat, pull out stumps, pull trees over, outrun rice burners, haul my golf clubs and beer cooler, and just drive around looking cool.... Oh, and pull out stuck Chevy's!!!
Posting Guru
Joined: Dec 2007
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BIG +1. What a waste of perfectly good truck.
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Tuned
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 322
Likes: 12
From: Chattanooga
Check this out. This dealer actually used pull-offs as an advertising scheme.
He challenged any truck to come try and out pull one of his 08 Super Dutys.
YouTube - Powerstroke Pulloff
He challenged any truck to come try and out pull one of his 08 Super Dutys.
YouTube - Powerstroke Pulloff
Token Redneck
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 9,339
Likes: 350
From: Breckenridge, TX
Sometimes breaking your tires loose can be pretty bad. One tires grabs all the sudden and grenades the diff or breaks a shaft, the front diff is open so if that lets one tire going way faster than the other you can blow that, you can pop a hub/stub shaft up front for no reason at all, or if one of the ujoints in the driveline is worn then those can let go. Sitting there not moving with all your tires roasting along with the engine torque pretty much peaked isn't the best way to keep things working long term.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,351
Likes: 242
From: North Florida
Sometimes breaking your tires loose can be pretty bad. One tires grabs all the sudden and grenades the diff or breaks a shaft, the front diff is open so if that lets one tire going way faster than the other you can blow that, you can pop a hub/stub shaft up front for no reason at all, or if one of the ujoints in the driveline is worn then those can let go. Sitting there not moving with all your tires roasting along with the engine torque pretty much peaked isn't the best way to keep things working long term.
On the subject of stump pulling. I get the impression that people here think that you just hook your truck up to a stump and start yankin on it until either your truck or the stump breaks. Nope. You have to work at it. You dig around the roots and cut off all of the roots that you can, then hook the truck up to it and give it a tug. You will know pretty quick if you have cut enough or not. If it feels like you are hooked up to an aircraft carrier, you stop and go do some more digging and cutting. You do this until finally when you start pulling on it you hear wood ripping and cracking and your truck is gaining ground, then the stump finally gives up and comes out of the ground. Now it's beer time. I have literally worked for over a week (after work) just to get one stump out of the ground before. On a long job like that, you have to have a few beers even before it comes out of the ground.
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