Attention: TDR Forum Junkies well since no one has posted the results of the sled pull up at the BullyDog event I will tell you I got beat by a ford flatbed, 100 gallon propane tanked, illegal hitch setup and some very funny scale work and full pull distance math---did this beat me --
NO(well the full pull math did)--my truck decided to run like bat gwano at the most inopportune time---either new injectors or my pre-fuel pump filter clogging sent me to the losers pen(probably the later the more I think of it)--the filter was totally clogged no more than 2 miles from Pocatello the next day after the event and the pump has been very noisy for a couple of weeks--I figured it was going to die after two years of no maintenance of anykind) yep no filter changes or anything --my test for my fuel system)---
anyway here's some oddities and things to consider--
1) ford truck is weighed at 9400lbs, but somehow it gets down to 9000lbs without leaving the scale--the owner told me so---I didn't care and still don't--but it's funny to look back--
I weighed in at 8550lbs--all time high
2) when sled pull guys ask if you want to have the sled set up a gear--do it--one run is always the best--I didn't and it cost me
3) make sure everyone is aware of the full pull distance--I thought it was 300' others thought it was 286'--track had 300' marker
4) make sure if you draw a # for pulling order you know where you stand against you competitors--I drew a larger # but went first--interesting--
ok so I hook up to the sled and make sure all the buttons are pushed right and double check--try and build my normal amount of boost off the line--but it ain't happening--I must of sat there for 15-20 seconds--well it was probably shorter but it was way longer than usual--any way no boost--so I go for it--and I pull it out the gate--YES--OUT THE GATE!!! 302'-- I even stopped as they didn't want you way out the gate cuz of gravel--anyway I knew I was in trouble as the truck wasn't running right--way to sluggish---
ford guy pulls and I figured he went out the gate--he didn't, but I didn't know that--he pulled 291' and is stopped by the sled--
so back in line I go, thinkin' I'm in a pull off--had I known I would have said something to get a clarification--but I didn't know I out pulled him---
again I hook up to the sled--unbeknownst to me the truck is smoking white--not good--injector not seating(can you say fuel filter)--can't build boost so again I go for it and the truck is gutless it doesn't kick until I'm at 100' and I know I'm dead--pull 236'--sled has been setup a notch---
ford guy pulls 258' I think and he is declared the winner
really it's my fault for not getting rulings on stuff--but from now on I think I'll have a two way radio in the truck to make sure about pulling distances---
the announcer never even announced a full pull by the ford guy on his first try--
Sleddy I will have you know that I'm world famous--- some Idaho radio station's announcer interviewed me on the radio and said so right before the interview--I should have punched him in the teeth--when he said that I knew I was jinxed --oh well it was a lot of fun--funny how you learn little things that seem so insignificant at the time---
I don't know how there got to be a 9000lb class--everything I saw prior was 8200lbs---
any way I got tater-totted--please be nice to me as I'm in a fragile state right now and could easily start tipping a few beers with the slightest push--not really I don't drink--chris
NO(well the full pull math did)--my truck decided to run like bat gwano at the most inopportune time---either new injectors or my pre-fuel pump filter clogging sent me to the losers pen(probably the later the more I think of it)--the filter was totally clogged no more than 2 miles from Pocatello the next day after the event and the pump has been very noisy for a couple of weeks--I figured it was going to die after two years of no maintenance of anykind) yep no filter changes or anything --my test for my fuel system)---
anyway here's some oddities and things to consider--
1) ford truck is weighed at 9400lbs, but somehow it gets down to 9000lbs without leaving the scale--the owner told me so---I didn't care and still don't--but it's funny to look back--
I weighed in at 8550lbs--all time high
2) when sled pull guys ask if you want to have the sled set up a gear--do it--one run is always the best--I didn't and it cost me
3) make sure everyone is aware of the full pull distance--I thought it was 300' others thought it was 286'--track had 300' marker
4) make sure if you draw a # for pulling order you know where you stand against you competitors--I drew a larger # but went first--interesting--
ok so I hook up to the sled and make sure all the buttons are pushed right and double check--try and build my normal amount of boost off the line--but it ain't happening--I must of sat there for 15-20 seconds--well it was probably shorter but it was way longer than usual--any way no boost--so I go for it--and I pull it out the gate--YES--OUT THE GATE!!! 302'-- I even stopped as they didn't want you way out the gate cuz of gravel--anyway I knew I was in trouble as the truck wasn't running right--way to sluggish---
ford guy pulls and I figured he went out the gate--he didn't, but I didn't know that--he pulled 291' and is stopped by the sled--
so back in line I go, thinkin' I'm in a pull off--had I known I would have said something to get a clarification--but I didn't know I out pulled him---
again I hook up to the sled--unbeknownst to me the truck is smoking white--not good--injector not seating(can you say fuel filter)--can't build boost so again I go for it and the truck is gutless it doesn't kick until I'm at 100' and I know I'm dead--pull 236'--sled has been setup a notch---
ford guy pulls 258' I think and he is declared the winner
really it's my fault for not getting rulings on stuff--but from now on I think I'll have a two way radio in the truck to make sure about pulling distances---
the announcer never even announced a full pull by the ford guy on his first try--
Sleddy I will have you know that I'm world famous--- some Idaho radio station's announcer interviewed me on the radio and said so right before the interview--I should have punched him in the teeth--when he said that I knew I was jinxed --oh well it was a lot of fun--funny how you learn little things that seem so insignificant at the time---
I don't know how there got to be a 9000lb class--everything I saw prior was 8200lbs---
any way I got tater-totted--please be nice to me as I'm in a fragile state right now and could easily start tipping a few beers with the slightest push--not really I don't drink--chris
