Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
local county fair had a diesel truck pull a couple of weeks ago ... 8000 lb open street diesel ...
a good friend was going to pull his third gen and my brother in law was going to pull his first gen ...
so i figured what the heck, i'll throw in a second gen just so the three of us will have something to argue about later:-laf
when i got there both my friend and brother in law called and told me they had problems and couldn't pull ...
i had a good freind and my eight year old with me and just smiled and figured that even though i wasn't gonna pull i'd at least have close parking ...
as we were pulling up we saw them pulling a powerstroke off a trailer ... large, well made crossbrace under the bumper to hang weights ...
i pulled up and parked as the officials told him "this is a street class, you can't hang weights on the front" ... after some arguing they did let him put them in the cab
so as we walk around the back of the truck to get our chairs out we hear one of the competitors bragging up his duramax, good looking truck with sooty stacks and brand new all terrains (i noticed those because all i have is a set of mastercraft highway tread and open front and rear ends), he was telling a few of the other competitors about his beefed up front end, 7k$ suncoast allison and how "stacking" was the way to make power ...
my buddy chuckles and says "don't worry about it let's go get some good seats ...
then i hear it ...
"yeah those cummins' make good work trucks but if you wanna make any REAL power everyone knows your only choice is a DURAMAX"
my friend (who owns a '07 F450 'stroke) and 8 year old both give me that
look ...
one hour later i had won by a good 10 or 15 feet ...
i was to excited to hear anything the announcer said ... just kept staring at the leaders cone ...
may have only been eight other trucks but it was in front of the hometown crowd Oo.
lowrange ... Drive ... 15 lbs of boost ...
Thanks DTT ... you've almost made me like automatics
a good friend was going to pull his third gen and my brother in law was going to pull his first gen ...
so i figured what the heck, i'll throw in a second gen just so the three of us will have something to argue about later:-laf
when i got there both my friend and brother in law called and told me they had problems and couldn't pull ...
i had a good freind and my eight year old with me and just smiled and figured that even though i wasn't gonna pull i'd at least have close parking ...
as we were pulling up we saw them pulling a powerstroke off a trailer ... large, well made crossbrace under the bumper to hang weights ...
i pulled up and parked as the officials told him "this is a street class, you can't hang weights on the front" ... after some arguing they did let him put them in the cab
so as we walk around the back of the truck to get our chairs out we hear one of the competitors bragging up his duramax, good looking truck with sooty stacks and brand new all terrains (i noticed those because all i have is a set of mastercraft highway tread and open front and rear ends), he was telling a few of the other competitors about his beefed up front end, 7k$ suncoast allison and how "stacking" was the way to make power ...
my buddy chuckles and says "don't worry about it let's go get some good seats ...
then i hear it ...
"yeah those cummins' make good work trucks but if you wanna make any REAL power everyone knows your only choice is a DURAMAX"
my friend (who owns a '07 F450 'stroke) and 8 year old both give me that
look ... one hour later i had won by a good 10 or 15 feet ...
i was to excited to hear anything the announcer said ... just kept staring at the leaders cone ...
may have only been eight other trucks but it was in front of the hometown crowd Oo.
lowrange ... Drive ... 15 lbs of boost ...
Thanks DTT ... you've almost made me like automatics
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