Yeah my buddy pulled with the DHRA last year so those rules aren't hard to follow. I am curious to see what they change though with the new people.

 

So how many HP do you have to have to tear something up? I need to stay just below the tear something up HP. I got to have this truck every day to work with. No down time allowed. I want to pull just not tear it up.

 

You can break something stock if you try hard enough.

 

x2........

 

So if I can pull loads in and out of pastures and barn yards that weigh 34k and not tear anything up, what kind of HP does it take to kill a SB COFE or a drive line? I figure the motor should be ok just the parts around it could be problematic.

 

(34K) is that gross or just what is on the trailer?

 

Average gross 34k. 39k several times and 42k heaviest. Got in and out of some vary easy to tear something up situations.

 

42K is a helluva load. Hauling logs or what? I don't think I would reccomend that every day. Do you have a scale ticket for that? That would be one to frame.

 

I might be able to find the ticket. Nope didn't do it every day that's was the exception. Normall load 34k. Truck and trailer about 15k load 20k. Stock tran and clutch for about 100k no problem with clutch 5th gear not would come off and had to put them back on. Trying to get in and out of barn yards was the fun part. Slideing backward down a icy driveway was fun didn't jacknife it. Put it in reverse and went about 50yds to the bottom and just grazed the fence on one side, only 26k gross though. Lots of other fun stuff too.

 

How many bales you talking? I had 390 on a 32' earlier this year. It was straw though. They averaged around 45 lb. apiece though. Wire tied, tight bales. I had roughly 17,550 on the trailer.

 

Only about 260 bales at about 75 lbs each. 300mi loaded from Eastern KS to Northern AR through the Branson hills. Pulled those hill at 45mph. 97 with 3.55 gear little extra fuel and 16cm no wastegate exhaust on turbo straight piped. Made a little noise, but it sure pulled good. Never had a pyro on it so who knows how hot it was getting. I was pulling 4 loads a week for about 2 mo's a year. Did that for about 3yrs with 2 different 97's.

 

So what HP could I pull with and not break the drive train? Drive shaft would be my biggest concern. Anyone got a set of 3/4 ton stock tires and rims I could use to pull with. Can't tear up my dually tires.

 

so 19,500 worth of hay. Not bad! How does that come up to 42K? I must have mis read some earlier posts.

 

I was talking to a guy in town today and he said that several of the missouri pulling associations voted in to have diesel classes, is this correct? He mentioned Mid-Missouri and Southern Missouri anyone know if this is right?

 

From what I understand, yes. I hear most are going to work in conjuction with the Show Me Smokers Series, though details are still being worked out at this time but these assoc will be working with/running with the smokers plus the smokers having their own pulls. Alot is going on with the smokers, I think things are only going to get better in the state of MO thanks to them.