Ford gasser vs CTD?

[Dbonzi]

So, My cousin wants to have a pull off

He has a ford 1 ton Dually 4X4 auto with the big engine (gas)

as you can see from my sig. that I have a 2500 4X4 5speed.

He says he has 200 bucks that says he can drag me around the yard and down the road. Anyone have any clue on this. Am I going to waist my money or do you think the smaller 3/4 ton can come close? I try to ignore him but it is getting tough.

What should I do? go for it or just leave it alone?



Thanks guys

Dennis

 

[Jeff H]

Can you operate that clutch? If so maybe I'll put an extra $ 200 in the pot.

 

[Elite1]

put some sand bags in your bed, weight helps, good rubber helps too... . I know your motor is stronger, you just need good traction

 

[Mtngoat]

The traction and weight from the duallys will make a difference.



Robin

 

[TStetson]

Well this may give you an idea if you could or not. My friend has and 85 dodge ram dually long bed it has 38" super swamper ssr's and my truck is in my sig. The only difference was I didn't have my 370's, 191's,ats trans and my bfg's. I had bald wild countries. Anyway he told me that he could drag my little old diesel around the yard all day. So no one to be showed up I told him lets hook them up. Low and be hold no one moved. I stopped his big bad ram in it's place. On the road with traction I know I could beat him. I would say just what jeff said as long as your good with a clutch.



Tony S

 

[Champane Flight]

RPM

RPM is the trick to getting the gasser out of its own tracks. If you can hold him down and keep him from getting any momentum, he won't stand a chance. I have driven a brand new V-10 pford auto and it is a dog at low RPM, and not that hot at high RPM. And at 10. 1 MPG they can keep it! You will eat him alive, put a couple thousand #s in the back, don't pay any attention to the squalling tires and tears behind you!

 

[mbaston]

I see you have a locker... front, rear or both. That will help you a lot. I agree with the other posts. If you have front and rear lockers, he doesn't have a chance. Air down, lock up and take him for a walk!

 

[Sregorb]

and keep us posted on how it turns out!



Brian

 

[hammersley]

Oh the wonderful sound of broken parts....

wear your hardhat - things are going to be a popping... . set some rules - how far does one bounce his opponnent before you yell uncle? Don't drink heavily before this or the cost goes WAY UP!

 

[JyRO]

auto vs. manual...

Personally, I'd be worried about doing this against any automatic. Well almost any. I don't see how a manual could perform well against an auto unless you slip the holy he11 out of it. And once your dragging him you let the clutch pedal all the way out. I wouldn't do it to my clutch though.



One thing nobody has mentioned yet, at least that I've noticed, if you can, make sure that where you're are attached to your truck is higher than where he attaches to his truck. For Pete's sake, don't let him attach higher. The truck tied lower will get lifted by the other truck. And the lifting kills traction. Meanwhile the truck that's tied higher is being forced harder onto the ground, enhancing traction.



Either tie level (fair), or tie higher (not so fair), but don't tie lower.



- JyRO

 

[Dbonzi]

I was hoping for more of a... you'll pull him around no problem kind of a response. I have been using a clutch since I was 7, but hate to burn it up too. Oh well maybe he'll drop it.

If it happens I'll let ya know how it turned out

Thanks for all the replies

Dennis

 

[reyDG]

pull

no help but I did see two 70,s era pickups chain up. a350ci,4x4,3x4ton,4sp vs a400ci,4x4,3/4ton,auto. no winner, they both kicked up a little dirt but nobody could move.

 

[Speedo]

Pulling

I once had a loud mouthed know-it-all tell me his truck would

pull mine all over the place. He had a Jeep Galdiator pick-up with

a Tornado 6 and a 3-on-the-tree, completely empty. I had a

lifted Chevy with a Dana 60 front a Dana 70 rear w/Detroit

Lockers in both ends, 5. 86 gears, 40" Monster Mudders and a bed

full of green Birch. We hooked up and with my brakes on he was

spinning back and forth without budging me. I started letting off

the brakes and feeding a little throttle and I took off like there

was nothing hooked to me. After we unhooked he wouldn't even

say a word, just got in his truck and drove off.

I guess that he had seen too many of those "Jeep wrote the

book on 4 wheel drive" commercials.



Gus

 

[Champane Flight]

Watched a few

I have watched a few pulloffs. The funnyist was a full sized Ford against a Toyota landcruiser. The Ford pulled him clean around the block with tires sqaulling. The next day they went fourwheeling together though. The Landcruiser left him in the dirt.



The best one was a CJ Jeep with a 350 chevy and a Toyota Landcruiser with a 305 chevy engine. Both of them had lockers. It was a smoke fest! Neither would give up and it came down to whoever had the best rubber, the landcruiser won when the the CJ blew a RR tire.

 

[klenger]

Whenever yoiu get involved in one of these stunts, you risk two things.



1) Getting your feelings hurt.



2) Getting your truck hurt.



You have to be prepared for one or both. I prefer to just hook up my 5er and pass up the other vehicles while climbing the passes. Maybe that's why they call them passes, ... for Dodge trucks.