Well guys, just like the title states, this afternoon i hooked chains with a buddy of mine in his back yard. He has a late 70s F250 ford with a pretty modded up 460 BBF. He has aftermarket cam, heads, intake, carb, ignition etc. I personally have NO idea how to pull with my 6 spd against anyone and he had a HUGE advantage over me being a built auto so he got me on almost every start, if anyone has suggestions on how i can better my pulling with other trucks let me know as i felt like i could have done MUCH better. Anyway, i have about 4 videos, the first one was in normal video mode and after that my buddy accidentally switched it to compact video mode so the last 3 videos will be fairly grainy but youll get the idea.

Heres the videos, in order

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-UMS5LqCFE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2c8gLWNbj0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLZVF-Uz2AY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jty4uUkk614

Let me know what you think and PLEASE give me input on how i can better myself next time i hook up to anyone!!!

 

I think you need to be pulling with both wheels on the rear. Looks like a rebuild is in your future. Glad to see you whip the Drof anyway.

 

shwo up ready to pull, tires aired down, and full tank of fuel, nothin like 34 gallons of weight to help,. pick you self up a special date too, two ton tesse outa help !

 

well this was a spur of the moment thing, i went to look at his truck and next thing ya know.....away we go, also, my diff is open....would 4L lock both rears?

 

That has to be the stupidest thing I have ever seen... JMO

 

As soon as you start spinning tires...You are done!

Do what ever you gotta do to stop it...and you will win.

 

Why would you say that? Now Hookin on concrete and breakin stuff, thats stupid!!!! I dont hook cause I dont have the money to fix broken parts. But IF I did, it would be on grass.

 

in the last video, whats that squeaking (for lack of a better word) sound? is that your rig making the noise or his?

 

my tire squeakin on the hard hot grass plus the tire smoke lol i heard it in the cab too haha

 

There are too many variables to even consider this a contest, from tires to weight, surface condition etc etc , looks to me like the ford might have even had a small downhill advantage.

As you can see in the video , neither truck walked away with the other, the dodge is obviously heavier, the ford was digging holes in the ground, the dodge was sitting on top of the grass spinning. It doesn't even matter when one guy lets off, the trucks stay in the same position...

 

actually i dug about a foot deep holes in the ground with my truck haha

 

Try playing lawn darts next time, that would be fun to watch

 

As soon as you start spinnin, you have lost. He had bigger tires than you... is his truck higher? That's a lot of advantage, too.

Hold the brakes till he spins, then ease out on the clutch... I would not do that too many times on a stock clutch...

 

not sure about tire size or truck/suspension height. i do not plan on doing it again at all until i have a better clutch and make sure my driveline is tight/new front to rear.

 

Hooking your end of the chain as high as possible will give you more weight transfer to the rear ...... will even unload his some if he's hooked lower than you are.