1. A properly calibrated torque wrench helps when putting a motor together (i.e. heads on blocks)
2. When you "think" you heard something drop off of the cowl, it did, stop and look for it, you won't remember to later.
3. A drop in front tire pressure results in an increase in hitch height, keep this little nugget in mind when building a hitch.
4. Hanging weight in the front results in an increase in hitch height, keep this little nugget in mind when building a hitch.
5. Add 30 min to any trip to your next hook (especially if you haven't been there before), pulling tracks are like unicorns.
6. Exhaust manifolds and turbos get hot and take a while to cool, they will burn you, it will hurt... a lot.
7. Wastegates were created for a reason.
8. Diesel fuel is expensive.
9. Fellow truck pullers really never know where they are going until they are more than 1/2 way to any given hook.
10. A fire ringed head should at least be torqued to 125 ft/lbs (see #1).
11. Excessive drive pressure is detrimental to the life of your head gasket.
12. 4,500 rpm isn't enough, if you think it is, you're kidding yourself.
13. A marriage and sled pulling is a VERY volatile mix, much like nitro glycerin, push either too far and you end up broken.
14. Never say "I'll never need more than that.", trust me, you will.
15. Bouncing while going down the track is bad.
16. Everyone lies about what gear they pulled in, so don't bother asking.
17. Yes, if you think he's/she's running the bottle, they are.
18. Smoke that changes color does so for a reason.

 

I'll add a few:

I. Don't rely on "yeah, you can borrow my clevis" - far better to bring your own lunette (especially if you built it for the sled! )

II. Don't expect the Pit Crew to help prep the truck for the next round when the Pro-Mods are running.

III. Fortune might favor the bold, but don't be foolhardy when choosing a new gear for the next pull - there's a lot more difference between 3rdLO & 4thLO than you'd expect!

IV. The value of advice from fellow pullers is inversely proportional to their blood alchohol level.

V. You're not making enough torque to full-pull if there isn't any driveline carnage.

VI. The sled operator WILL get PO'd (and whiplashed!) if you keep shifting during the pull.

VII. Good luck fitting into a class w/o a purpose-built truck - unless you hooked the farm truck in Work Stock after unloading the cattle at auction on your way into town.
Strangely, suspicions abound when you say "I won't spray" or "the water/meth tank is empty"...

VIII. Corollary to #7 - it's easier to ask Forgiveness than Permission!

IX. It's huge fun to watch HillBillys tearing up their Trash...

X. ...but it's even better to be the HillBilly!

 

I had to laugh at 13, my WIFE said if I kept truck pulling and spending money on power goodies that she would leave me, Well I guess I'll miss her

 

I thik we all have that problem lol
Sat that was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

well ya gotta decide what's more important to ya. the wife or the truck. i look at it like this
the truck won't get mad if you gte in another truck,
the truck don't care to share a shop or garage with another truck,
the truck don't get mad if you drive it hard and put it up wet,
the truck don't get mad if you get under the hood of another truck,
the truck don't care if you get it dirty and don't clean it,
the truck don't get mad if you have a different girl in it every night of the week,
the truck don't care if youhave several girls in it,
the truck don't get mad if you forget to change it's oil,
the truck don't get mad if you mess up it's body a little,
the truck doesn't get mad if you get it dirty on the inside,
and last but definatly not least,
the truck don't nag you to death or complain and doesn't care how much your drink.
can you say these things about a woman??????
as you can tell i'm not married and for those of you that haven't noticed i've got a different girl at every pull.

 

You guys have problems I've only got a wife.....

 

Then were was she at Billings? Can you say not there?

 

Truck don't care if you git JUICE on the seat!!!!
Truck don't care if you fart in the seat!!!!
Truck don't care if the fart stinks yuk!!!!!!!

 

Actually she was there but she heard you were comming and decided to go home. She left just before you got there. Of course we could all meet here in Springfield some time.

 

Depending on the consumption of alcohol, imaginary girls, girls that happen to glance in Pack's direction, girls on the other side of the arena and/or domesticated animals count.

 

I don't think Pack is going to stick to those rules....

 

You're right, I forgot about that whole incident involving the possum and duct tape down in Harrison...

 

Just straight up wrong....

 

What's the story with the duct tape and possum?

 

my trip to a pull an hour from home last 8 hours saturday and i never made it there due to me and my buddy wrecking our trucks