Tractor Pulls

[bynummustang]

Any of yall go? I just came back from one, and I am back into that stage of wanting a Powerstroke. The Danger Ranger ran last night, 218 feet. Just a little ranger sitting on 31's and a huge smoke stack for a tail pipe.

Then my favorite was the 3 motored tractor. Each motor was a 600+ cube monster. Each motor was pushing somewhere near 800 horses, and one blew at half pull, but he shut that motor down, and finished up on 2/3 of his power!

 

[ryan218]

with my MTD all 14 HP of it i pulled a half ton load

 

[bynummustang]

HP isn't everything. Our Ford tractor can't have over 60 HP, but we can pull up to 8 tons of lead with it.

 

[68torinogt]

dude the tracter pulls are just a bunch of dang rednecks tearin chit up. i have been to several and that is what i see everytime.

 

[GSP393]

it's about traction and gearing more than horsepower

 

[bynummustang]

it's about traction and gearing more than horsepower

Indeed. That how a V6 ranger pulled 218.

I don't really care if it is rednecks, its fun to watch.

 

[spiff]

Yeah you want a powerstroke, until the warranty is up and it breaks down or needs injectors.

 

[GSP393]

rednecks make the world go round

 

[RsStanG1987]

with my MTD all 14 HP of it i pulled a half ton load

Doubt it highly. and if you did it wasnt very fast..

 

[dastang2]

cummins is the only way to go. extreme 4x4 showed a dodge dually with a zoomy out the hood, twin turbo and big ditch witch tires all the way around and it pulled 350 feet or somewhere around that. but it had 1300 hp and 1800 ft. lbs. tq.

 

[grey5.0beast]

neighbor has a lariat powerstroke 250, its a bad mutha and I plan on buying it from him eventually, low ass mileage too, like 33k and its a 2000

 

[795.0pacecar]

cummins is the only way to go.

Ford out tows the competition with less rated power in every test. Im not a big fan of the 6.0 but the 7.3 was a damn good engine, and I have heard rumors of a 6.6 twin turbo in the near future.

 

[68torinogt]

i really like the 6.0 it was one of the fastest trucks i have ever riden in.

i almost ordered one when i got back

 

[bynummustang]

I'm heading back today, might bring the camera with me.

My lawn mower can pull my fox all day long.

 

[dastang2]

i still would pick a cummins any day over a POS stroker with there failure prone injectors and pumps

 

[R2D2]

Funny, my 7.3 powerstroke had 598k miles on it and still sold it for 7k. Also whats funny is ford owns cummins

 

[68torinogt]

what about the cummins that the blocks were cracking on when pulling a load????

 

[dastang2]

i drive a 95 dually with the 5.9 with 200,000 and have never had any cracking. i also hear that the ford owning cummins is a rumor but i don't know. i've got an 83 with a 6.9 and it is a piece of junk. i will never get a ford diesel again. i just like the cummins, that's all. they have been around a long time and that doesn't look like it is going to end anytime soon.

 

[795.0pacecar]

Also whats funny is ford owns cummins

No they dont.

 

[R2D2]

No they dont.

they owned 14% way back when they introduced the 7.3, and they were buying more through the years. Must have sold it off.