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hook em up
i got a 00 250 with a 5.4 and a newer 6.0 disel thinks he can pull me but tonite i hid 1090 pounds worth of quikcrete and tracter waits in it, not an easy thing to do. i got 3 bags of crete under the back seat 80 each, 2 in my cooler , 1 80 wait in my tool box and 610 worth of wait ratchet straped to the hooks on my gooseneck hitch. what do yall think? do i have a chance or not. i got stock tires with 20 psi and 6in lift ( the 36s go back on soon) and i think hes got stock size bfg allterrains and no lift. oh yea i got a superchips tuner should i set it to tow or performance?
Cargo Master
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From: Lubbock
4 low and hope like hell you don't blow a ujoint and take out your tcase...... Sounds like a futile win if you do..... Good luck but pulling bumper to bumper is about the same and whipping your junk out.... Yours might be bigger but he might be a better fisherman.......
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From: Central Florida
It's a game of traction and torque. Adding half a ton of weight will certainly help in the traction department, but I think he's out torqued you by a lot unless his final drive is extremely high. The stock size tires are a good choice for this as it lowers your final drive, if he has big tires and a high gear you might be close in ratios. So the next thing I would be concerned with is if you'll be pulling level, if he's pulling you up, then your not getting all of your traction.
If you have a lot of traction, something will have to give. It'll either be the tires or the driveline.
If you have a lot of traction, something will have to give. It'll either be the tires or the driveline.
More Turbo
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From: Shiner, TX
So is this on dirt or on pavement?
I'm thinking that either surface won't make much difference if you're both on stock sized tires- you'll both spin in 4x4 Low. Adding wight is probably the single best thing you can do to help your chances. If you're both the same cab & box configuration, that extra 1000lbs might put your weight a smidgin' more than his diesel truck. Let us know what happens!
I'm thinking that either surface won't make much difference if you're both on stock sized tires- you'll both spin in 4x4 Low. Adding wight is probably the single best thing you can do to help your chances. If you're both the same cab & box configuration, that extra 1000lbs might put your weight a smidgin' more than his diesel truck. Let us know what happens!
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From: I am deployed oef
I would realy like to know more about this. I want to know how it goes. Are both the trucks four wheel drive? ARE they both the same cab bed configuration, and last but not least did you put lower gears in your truck to run the taller tire. I did something simular to this on gravel and I had bigger tires and a locker and all that happen was I tore up my tires and dug in. It sounds like you put a little more thought into yours than I did mine. If your on the street and dont break anythang I will be serprized.
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Post Fiend
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From: Greenwood, SC
Wow, hope you two have fun with this. Someone around here got killed doing this with a chain, it broke, slung through the rear window and, the rest is history.
These trucks will move 20K easily if your just pulling it to move it, your chain/strap needs to be rated for something crazy like 60K tensile. or more.
These trucks will move 20K easily if your just pulling it to move it, your chain/strap needs to be rated for something crazy like 60K tensile. or more.
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From: Southaven,MS
Maybe I'm the odd ball here, but seriously..... what's the friggen point??? 2 trucks hooked bumper to bumper, trying to pull one another around. I know boys will be boys, but it is really worth the damage that could be done? I've heard too many stories about this.... broken axles, busted transfer cases, even blown engines. Not to mention the safety side of it like mentioned above. Do people really have that much extra cash lying around that they can intentionally go out and do things that could (and most times do) tear up their rigs?? Sorry, it just seems pointless to me.
I'll get off my soap box now.......
I'll get off my soap box now.......
Cargo Master
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From: Lubbock
I used to think my truck could fly..... I now have to pay to fix it so it stays on the ground now.... It is more the right of passage in some places but yeah I don't see the point it really dose not prove a lot.
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From: Long Island USA
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As long as they don't do anything crazy with the chain/strap/rope and hurt themselves, it's just more money into our economy when they have to fix their trucks
As long as they don't do anything crazy with the chain/strap/rope and hurt themselves, it's just more money into our economy when they have to fix their trucks
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From: Scio, OR
I'd be surprised to see this guy come back and admit he lost. He may have gotten an additional 1000 pounds in his truck, but the other guy may have done the same thing and the diesel adds a fair bit of weight all on it's own. If it's on pavement and they both have 4WL, it's really all about weight and who spins out first. I think the newer trucks are heavier, also.