The New Sled Puller.
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From: Austin, TX
mainly b/c cody has always wanted a single cab 4wd dually 5 speed and then they started getting into sled pulling. now i think he wants to have one for the street too, but don't think he will be getting another for a little bit. LoL. longer wheel base usually has more leverage going to the front and do better pulling, but i have no clue why b/c the single cabs you can hang more weight out front being that they weigh less.. so in the end i still don't know which would be better, a single cab or an extended cab or crew cab. LoL
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yes, to a point, but the longer trucks also weigh a heck of a lot more than the regular cab. a crew cab can easily be over the 8K pound weight limit. LoL. so with the regular cab there is a lot more weight that can be put up there, but the longer truck probably still better.
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yeah the weight limit is 8000 lbs, but the longer truck would have a more leverage than the shorter truck. the leverage would probably do more than the extra weight on the front of the short truck, but length does nothing if you don't know how to set up a truck and i assure you all that the C O D Y's truck is going to be set up damn good when he gets done!!
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Well, you put leverage by hanging weight out front.
If you set it up right, you'll get better distribution on the front wheels with a SWB and weight out front.
Thats just my thoughts anyways.
While leverage is good, I think the same principal will apply with a properly setup truck with weights up front.
And perhaps work better.
Just as long as your not in reverse when you take off.
If you set it up right, you'll get better distribution on the front wheels with a SWB and weight out front.
Thats just my thoughts anyways.
While leverage is good, I think the same principal will apply with a properly setup truck with weights up front.
And perhaps work better.
Just as long as your not in reverse when you take off.
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I don't know to much about sled pulling, but I know that when it comes to plowing snow the longer the wheel base is the better traction you get, to a certain point. On of the other guys that plows for me has a cc lb srw and that thing out pushes mine all day and he's running a fatter tire, which is worse in the snow.
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All I know is that JD tractors (older farmstock) weigh less than IH and that gives them a distinct advantage in the flexibility of how to weight the tractor.
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I just love the single cab 4x4 dually's. And since you can't get one with a bed on it, it makes it unique. And I gotta be different. Not to mention, the just look bad ***. Rockee did real well pulling, but I wanted a puller only, so that's what I'm building.
Anyway, here's an update. Today we got back on the chassis. But we had a "delayed" start so to speak. On the way to the shop, I was racing one of our Dodge guys, Gary. Well, I grabbed 4th apperently too hard and fast. The motor hit red line and no more forward or backward motion. LOL So I grenaded something. Probably an input shaft, or tail shaft. But we'll have to wait to see what. So I'll be drivin' my F150 for a while. LOL
But not to be sidetracked, we loaded Rockee on a trailer and proceeded to the shop. I took pics of the progress, but we should be done tomorrow, so I'll wait. I promise, it will be worth the weight, cuz it's turning out so AWSOME!!! So I'll have an update this weekend.
Anyway, here's an update. Today we got back on the chassis. But we had a "delayed" start so to speak. On the way to the shop, I was racing one of our Dodge guys, Gary. Well, I grabbed 4th apperently too hard and fast. The motor hit red line and no more forward or backward motion. LOL So I grenaded something. Probably an input shaft, or tail shaft. But we'll have to wait to see what. So I'll be drivin' my F150 for a while. LOL
But not to be sidetracked, we loaded Rockee on a trailer and proceeded to the shop. I took pics of the progress, but we should be done tomorrow, so I'll wait. I promise, it will be worth the weight, cuz it's turning out so AWSOME!!! So I'll have an update this weekend.
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AHHHHH the suspense is killin me Cody, can't wait to see this suspesion that your cooking up. Sux to hear about Rockee, but now you can get a cryo'd one in there. Travis was telling me about a great place to get stuff cryo'd, they were pretty cheap IMO and they had a different proccess than most of the other company's that I was reading about. I believe the companies name was 300 below
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There are different schools of thought on the long wb vs short wb.
One is that the long wheel base gets you greater leverage on the rear tires. Air them up good cuz a lot of the weight will be on them, and not a whole lot will be on the front. Or run duallys, like most of them.
The other is that the short wb (lighter truck) allows you to put a ton of weight over the front axle to get lots of traction with the front tires that you don't get with a long wb. There are tricks in setting up short wb for sure.
I have seen Ext cab short bed trucks with hanging weights pull very well against the cc long bed trucks that can't hang weight due to limits.
One is that the long wheel base gets you greater leverage on the rear tires. Air them up good cuz a lot of the weight will be on them, and not a whole lot will be on the front. Or run duallys, like most of them.
The other is that the short wb (lighter truck) allows you to put a ton of weight over the front axle to get lots of traction with the front tires that you don't get with a long wb. There are tricks in setting up short wb for sure.
I have seen Ext cab short bed trucks with hanging weights pull very well against the cc long bed trucks that can't hang weight due to limits.
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AHHHHH the suspense is killin me Cody, can't wait to see this suspesion that your cooking up. Sux to hear about Rockee, but now you can get a cryo'd one in there. Travis was telling me about a great place to get stuff cryo'd, they were pretty cheap IMO and they had a different proccess than most of the other company's that I was reading about. I believe the companies name was 300 below