Competition Frame options

[sparks57]

In my limited experience, I've never seen a seriouse sled pulling truck that's a regular cab... even the really hopped up tube frame trucks.



Do extended cab trucks have a distinct advantage over regular cab trucks if both are equiped with a long bed?



I know you want to get the weight forward, and an extended cab would have a little more weight forward, but wouldn't it be better to use weights because you can get them out further where the weight has more effect?



I'm considering buying a regular cab truck in the near future because I don't like LWB trucks for driving around town (plus I don't have any kids), and I'm wondering if that would be a marked disadvantage if I wanted to seriously persue sled pulling.



I don't know a whole lot about this, so please explain it like I'm a dummy. :-laf

 

[moremph]

If setup correctly a regular cab vehicle can be competitve. Kurt Haisleys old rig was a reg cab and consistatly kicked but. Remmber a ext cab shortbed is basically the same wheelbase as a reg cab long bed, and you see alot of them on the track





Travis

 

[Tcolesanti]

Brad Ingram's truck is a short weelbase, quad cab short bed, look at how that thing runs :--)

 

[sparks57]

Is that a race truck though? I'm talking more along the lines of sled pulling...

 

[Tcolesanti]

Brad Ingram won DHRA superstreet class sled pulling in 2005.

 

[jwilliams3]

http://media.putfile.com/BradIngramScheidtruck62



Theres a video of Brad's truck.

 

[Tcolesanti]

Thanks Justin.

 

[massdiesel]

Truck

Dave radzierize and michelle simpson have been using them and done well

 

[sparks57]

Woah, says he's running a single, I wonder which one? And how come it sounds like it was stumbling so bad as he reved it up?

 

[jwilliams3]

HX35/16cm housing... . :-laf :-laf

 

[Sled Puller]

The turbos about the size of the tire, the stutter is from injecting water on the exhaust wheel to light that bad boy, and he won the championship by one point.



Which means, east of the Mississippi, there is some bad Diesel pulling trucks! :-laf



CB, Rockford Illinois? I thought you lived in Oregon? Brad is just a few hours south of you.

 

[bgilbert]

Gene, CB is now on this side of the Mississippi:-laf. IRP and SDX will break him in good.

 

[Sled Puller]

After he sees what real 600,800,1000+ HP trucks look an sound like, he'll walk around stuttering for DAYS after IRP..... :-laf Talk about culture shock!!