Okay I know this has been discussed before but I could come up with the answers I was looking for in searches. In the northeast there is not a structured rule set up like most of you guys in the mid-west etc. There also isnt that many trucks that pull either so a lot of the times you can bump up into the next class is still do fairly well.
With that being said, I pretty much have a stock dmax but would like to be able to pull with any club and slip into any class. My main question is what are you guys doing for kill switches. I have seen some people do an electric style(which is what Id like to do) but after reading some of the other semi local events, it reads you must have an air shut off(for the open/3.0 class). Has anyone with an electric shut off been told they cannot pull because its not an "air" shut off?
My main concern with an air shut off is it would have to be cable operatered. Ive seen like two that are electric but either they are way to much money or take too long to close. I daily drive my truck so the idea of have a cable with a ring mounted on the back of my truck that could kill it doesnt appeal to me. Or if when the chain broke it ripped the cable etc through to the rear or the truck.
I had thought of making a piece of sheet metal to go in place of the tail gate for when I was pulling and to house the kill switch and possibly a neutral light, and just have a plug in the bed to hook up the light and kill switch. Sorry to the long rant but just wanted to get what you other guys with daily driven, or semi daily driven pick-ups where doing for air shut offs or kill switches.
With that being said, I pretty much have a stock dmax but would like to be able to pull with any club and slip into any class. My main question is what are you guys doing for kill switches. I have seen some people do an electric style(which is what Id like to do) but after reading some of the other semi local events, it reads you must have an air shut off(for the open/3.0 class). Has anyone with an electric shut off been told they cannot pull because its not an "air" shut off?
My main concern with an air shut off is it would have to be cable operatered. Ive seen like two that are electric but either they are way to much money or take too long to close. I daily drive my truck so the idea of have a cable with a ring mounted on the back of my truck that could kill it doesnt appeal to me. Or if when the chain broke it ripped the cable etc through to the rear or the truck.
I had thought of making a piece of sheet metal to go in place of the tail gate for when I was pulling and to house the kill switch and possibly a neutral light, and just have a plug in the bed to hook up the light and kill switch. Sorry to the long rant but just wanted to get what you other guys with daily driven, or semi daily driven pick-ups where doing for air shut offs or kill switches.
