Competition eastcoast pulling furthur (WHY?)

[dan shss]

Why do the east coast pullers pull so much furthur then us west coasters?



Is it the traction,more power,looser sled, less gravity,better pullers?



I would guess the traction ,Our tracks are to loose out here...



Dan

 

[lmills]

Cause we make more power.

 

[jwilliams3]

You mean Midwest...

 

[Turbo Thom]

Justin. He ain't even talking to you.

 

[lmills]

Dan, what's up with your post count?

 

[Turbo Thom]

Dan, the answer to that is "HELL NO". There ain't no way you call us east. Call me a redneck. Tell me my sister ain't got but 3 teeth, even that I'm in love with my second cousin. Through me in the brair patch, but we ain't east.



. . Preston. . Southron. . Thompson

 

[DieselMinded]

You guys Have the Girls and We have the trucks ... PERIOD!

 

[Sled Puller]

From what I have heard, you guys out there have gasser old school dudes running the sleds and won't let you have a 300 ft run.



We like to see 1-2 trucks past 300',but sometimes the track changes so quick, you will have several out at 350, when 20 minutes before that no one was breaking 280.



Too many variables.

 

[JoshPeters]

Well... From the videos I've seen BBD hooks up and get scooting... . there is dust flyin! Around here... . it's almost like pavement. Last weekend TurboTweaker pulled... . got to the end... . and litterally smoked all 4 tires. Not dust. There was 4 black marks in the dirt.



Josh

 

[Turbo Thom]

Dan... ... ... ... ... ... THATS WHAT I SAID... ... ... ... ... ... ... . SOUTH



. . Preston. .

 

[Green Machine]

The East cast has steped up to the metric system so there "FULL PULL" in only 262 feet.

There also usen the metric sled. Its really like 20,000lb in stead of the 35 and 60's we have hear.

 

[biggy238]

I think it's the soil. From northern Ky south and east it's heavy clay type soil. It packc like a rock and stays that way alot of the time. If the rest of your "East Coast" has the same soil characteristics... I think it's Logical.



Georgia borders the Atlantic so it's East Coast. Although I know for a fact they have the Trucks AND the Women.

 

[Turbo Thom]

Kyle... ... ... ... . That stops at a line just above Virginia, it travels along the top of Kentucky to the Mississippi river.



That's just the way it is. If you ever travel down here, you'll see what I mean.



. . Preston. .

 

[biggy238]

"THAT" being the soil or east coast mindset or truck and women ?



Geologically, Northern Ky and ohio were #1 under water and #2 under glaciers. They don't have any of the soil we have here. . seems like there's is alluvial maybe?



I know tracks have come here and bought the soil to truck it to other states to have a racing surface.



I dunno. . Thats what I get for applying logic to banter

 

[Turbo Thom]

"That", being the number 2 explaination. Trucks, we all have um. Women? Sorry, y'all lost out.



. . Preston. .

 

[fest3er]

As I recall, the distance pulled is a combination of the truck and its power, the track and how much traction it affords the tires, how much weight has been loaded on the transfer box and how the sled operator sets the transfer gear. If the operator chooses, all street class trucks could pull 450', while all the modifieds and super streets could pull only 250'. Shoot, he could set it so a VW TDI coul pull 400', yet street 4x4s could only pull 200'.



The only way to compare east coast versus west coast trucks is to get them at the same track on the same day, pulling on the same sled settings. And it's happened, thanks to Scott, who pulled modified class at IRP. If the sled had been set so Scott could pull 300' plus at IRP, I do believe the modifieds would've pulled either until they chose to stop, or they ran out of asphalt at the 1/2 mile point.



N

 

[biggy238]

THEE women=hot ones. . everywhere. . i've been to georgia... more hotties down there than a poor ky mountain boy can handle. . better looking trucks too. usually.

 

[nascar mark]

The only way to compare east coast versus west coast trucks is to get them at the same track on the same day, pulling on the same sled settings. And it's happened, thanks to Scott, who pulled modified class at IRP. If the sled had been set so Scott could pull 300' plus at IRP, I do believe the modifieds would've pulled either until they chose to stop, or they ran out of asphalt at the 1/2 mile point.



N

To be fare, Scott was pulling on a track that is totally different then our west (wet) coast soft soil tracks. Take a truck used to hard soil and put him on a loose wet track and he will have trouble the 1st couple of times. Takes some time to learn the tracks and adjust from past pulls.

 

[jwilliams3]

Or take a truck like the "Scheid Truck" to any track and it will win. :-laf

 

[csevers]

Come on now!!

Not ANY track, take Stoneboro for instance they wouldn't even pull there.



Craig