Carnage From This Weekend

[bullfrogjohnson]

I learned a valuable lesson this weekend. If your gonna build something your self make sure you overbuild it. I built a new hitch for this season and on the first hook of the season it didnt make it 150ft. At least I didnt come loose from the sled but I did get to test my bumpstops


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEdDZSrlq0c

[YOUTUBE]vEdDZSrlq0c[/YOUTUBE]

 

[The Neens]

If I may quote Jackie Gleason........Oooooophhhhhhhhhhh!!!

 

[Jared Duramax]

dam didnt they teach you how to weld at cat?

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

dam didnt they teach you how to weld at cat?

The welds didnt break

 

[JoshH]

Good thing that guys head was in the way at the end. So what happened?

 

[Jared Duramax]

got any close up pics

i was going to be there to pull but work has to come first

 

[Kat]

By the looks of the truck it looked like the sled hit it

 

[sweetdiesel]

WTF?

man i love your truck Travis .....what happened?

 

[TwoTone]

atleast you learned something :thumb:

 

[05' Ditry Duramax]

You had that truck moving too. Im sure it would have been a good pull.

 

[wes06dmax]

By the looks of the truck it looked like the sled hit it

He has bump stops Kat lol they are hard to see but they are there

 

[05smoker]

Sorry about the luck travis. Sounds like she was running good when it happened though.:thumb:

 

[LBZ]

Looked like your go-kart was on it's way to a good pull Travis!

Damn, you NC boys were hard on stuff last weekend!

 

[dmaxfireman]

:nopic:

 

[SmokeShow]

Sounded good! That's why you font use the spare tire mount for bracing. It's a little short of "heavy duty". LOL

Later

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

Sounded good! That's why you font use the spare tire mount for bracing. It's a little short of "heavy duty". LOL

Later

The hitch wiped out the spare tire crossmember on its way out, Thats the only thing that kept me hooked to the sled. Took out the left rear shock also

What happened was I used a piece of 5" heavy duty C channel to make my mounting point in the frame rails. I figured the c channel would be stonger than flat steel plate. Well the force of the drawbar turned it into a pretzel and pulled it out of the bolts and then slid back into the spare tire crossmember doing a bunch of damage. Got alot of work to do now before smokin in the smokies.

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

Heres a pic of the disaster

 

[1lowdiesel]

ouch! AHH you don't need that spare tire x member anyway. Looked like a nice run too, live and learn right. A stout piece of 2x4 box steel welded in would be a bit better choice for next time, then run some tube gussets from it to the inside of the frame.

carange is never good but it does help us learn what NOT to do.

 

[CurtisEmery]

Is it a draw bar style hitch?

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

Is it a draw bar style hitch?

It was.