Here is something from Haisley's Website(re-arranged formatting so it would work on this forum).... I found it to be interesting....

A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA


FANS OFTEN ASK US IF WE MAKE A LOT OF MONEY TRUCK PULLING. WE JUST SMILE AND TELL THEM WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE IT! VAN PUT SOME FIGURES TOGETHER THE OTHER NIGHT. WE THOUGHT WE'D SHARE THEM.

FULL PULL ONE MILE 17.6 FULL PULLS OIL CHANGE
300 FEET 5280 FEET PER MILE EVERY 600 FEET

IN 300 FEET, THE TRUCK USES:
3 GAL DIESEL FUEL
5 QT INJECTED WATER

THE OIL IS CHANGED EVERY 600 FEET FOR A MILE TOTAL OF
35.2 GAL OIL



COST PER MILE
OIL AND FILTERS 328.86 CHANGES PER MILE
FUEL 369.60 52.8 GALLONS
WATER 22.00 22 GALLONS



$720.46 PER MILE

OMG!

that is alota cash!!.:eek: I had no idea truck pullin could be that expensive..


Tx

And that's not including all the other costs just to get to each pull throughout the season!

3 GALLONS of Diesel fuel in 300 feet? [eyecrazy]

Anyone figure what it costs the Haisley Machine team to drag their 2 pulling trucks to all of these events? Theres something to be said for that as well..... The haul those trucks up to several hundred miles to pulls many weeks during the summer..... and those cost figures were only for one truck.... they operate two trucks......

Here is what 3 gallons of Diesel looks like in 300'


http://www.atsdiesel.com/Video/Muncie04/Haisley_Pulls_A1_20040608_1.MOV

Thats "ROCK HARD RAM"!

LOL, it burns more water than diesel!!! :o Anybody that has sledpulled and has too much money would do the same thing...this stuff is addictive.

if only i had money like some people have money...... :rolleyes:

Originally posted by WhiteSport600
LOL, it burns more water than diesel!!! :o Anybody that has sledpulled and has too much money would do the same thing...this stuff is addictive.


Ummmm, Last I checked 3 gallons was a little more than 5 quarts....

IN 300 FEET, THE TRUCK USES:
3 GAL DIESEL FUEL
5 QT INJECTED WATER

[laugh] Whoops, I thought it said 5 gallons....my bad...

If I ever win the lottery!

Josh

Originally posted by JoshPeters
If I ever win the lottery!


Thats what my girlfriend always says..

I told her shes gotta buy tickets to win[eyecrazy]

Maybe I can get Van Haisley to adopt me..... [guitar]

Then I could have a sweet truck like that too...... ;)

Those guys are nutz. I have seen the Schied truck run a few years back, and can not even think what it is like now days. [eyecrazy] :o

anyone do the math on this on , when did diesel start costing over $6 a gallon. it wont hit that for a couple more months

FUEL 369.60 52.8 GALLONS

52.8 gallons X $2.50 = $132

Originally posted by halerazor
anyone do the math on this on , when did diesel start costing over $6 a gallon. it wont hit that for a couple more months

FUEL 369.60 52.8 GALLONS

52.8 gallons X $2.50 = $132

I'm sure it's not simply stright diesel from the pump. ;)

Pure purple is expensive stuff!

Eitherways u look at it

Like any other hobby, THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE one! :eek:

Originally posted by smokindog
And that's not including all the other costs just to get to each pull throughout the season!

And that also probably assumes they didn't break anything.

what is pure purple?

Competition Diesel fuel.

pure purple is somewhere around $12 a gallon i believe.... unless they can get a better deal, which is possible...

I'm sure it's cheaper when you buy it by the truckload, just like anything else.

this is true..... now to go pump some out of the tank on their trailer.....[whistle]