6.7 Pulling Power with Video!!!
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6.7 Pulling Power with Video!!!
Dont know if you guys have seen this before ,but its pretty awesome. These two 2011 Superdutys which I believe are 450s have drag race while pulling two CAT loaders which 100,000 pounds each! Dont know if thats right but thats what it says and I think its pretty impressive. So check it out its really cool!!
YouTube - 2011 Ford Super Duty pulls 100,000-pound Caterpillar 988F Wheel Loader in Drag Race
YouTube - 2011 Ford Super Duty pulls 100,000-pound Caterpillar 988F Wheel Loader in Drag Race
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What's so impressive that the trucks can do the job they are design for?
Now this is impressive
YouTube - Volkswagen Touareg pulls a Boeing 747
Now this is impressive
YouTube - Volkswagen Touareg pulls a Boeing 747
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^^^
Not impressed. That V10 TDI is one mean engine, but my 02 could pull the 747, it's not that difficult. They are designed to be pulled around, and it's on pavement. Pulling those Cat loaders on loose dirt and gravel was much harder.
Not impressed. That V10 TDI is one mean engine, but my 02 could pull the 747, it's not that difficult. They are designed to be pulled around, and it's on pavement. Pulling those Cat loaders on loose dirt and gravel was much harder.
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I'm surprised they actually got them moving. I would've guessed that they would start spinning the tires and not move at all. That's pretty impressive if you ask me.
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not really impressive when a 300lb man can pull an airplane on tarmac! hell i've seen a corolla pull start a loaded tractor trailer! that was more impressive than the v-10 vdub! i'ld like to see the vw try to pull the front loaders on the gravel! i don't think it could do it. and i think the vw one had a little help from the jet why else would they play music instead of letting you hear the engine or engines doing the work.
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Both videos are prety impressive but the CAT loader is on compacted gravel...not loose gravel so there is minimal difference there...AND the EW of a 747 is about 472,900#...almost 5 times the weight of the loader.
My vote goes to the Vdub...
My vote goes to the Vdub...
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i think the vdub vid is a stunt they have the music on it so you can't hear the jet assisting the vdub!
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considering i've seen a single man pull a plane. that VW video means nothing.
in fact i think i saw a video of a single guy pulling a train once..not a whole train of course but the locomotive engine
in fact i think i saw a video of a single guy pulling a train once..not a whole train of course but the locomotive engine
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You need to evaluate what is impressive 
You have to consider rolling resistance. I was pushing train carts at the age of 10. The resistance is so minimal that once you put your back on some support -100 lb will make the cart moving.
On aired tires there is big resistance from tires itself. The airplanes use low pressure in their tires, what cost high resistance, the bulldozers have high pressure because they carry additional load and they have very hard (easy to roll) rubber for driving in rough terrain.
Rolling tire resistance doesn't change much from asphalt to compacted gravel. Would that be soft sand, that would be different story.
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You have to consider rolling resistance. I was pushing train carts at the age of 10. The resistance is so minimal that once you put your back on some support -100 lb will make the cart moving.
On aired tires there is big resistance from tires itself. The airplanes use low pressure in their tires, what cost high resistance, the bulldozers have high pressure because they carry additional load and they have very hard (easy to roll) rubber for driving in rough terrain.
Rolling tire resistance doesn't change much from asphalt to compacted gravel. Would that be soft sand, that would be different story.
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