When's the last time any of y'all have went to a trailer tow obstacle coarse competition? Do they have a National Trailer Towing Obstacle Coarse Association? Will someone explain why there is an obstacle coarse?
IMO they should stick to the three common things guys with diesels compete in. 1/4 mile race, dyno, sled pull. The 1/8 trailer pull is cool. It actually proves power.
MPG? Who gives a ****? Nobody bought a 7500 pound truck and dumped thousands of dollars of performance parts into it to get good mileage.
Score everything evenly. 1st place is 1 point, 2nd is 2 points, etc. whoever has the least amount of points at the end wins.
And when have you seen guys (other than idiots) try to tow a heavy trailer, fast, around tight corners before throwing it in reverse, etc. etc. I saw the video and the trailer just about put Tim's truck sideways. Imagine if it jackknifed and wiped out the side of his bed? Edit: I'm not calling Tim and idiot, he was trying to hurry but much faster than would happen in real life. If anything (instead of the MPG test) this event should be the tie-breaker.
As for the MPG test. Only do it to break a tie at the END of the event. If no-one is tied, no need to have a tie breaker. It's a waste of competitors time and fuel, and some are injecting things (nitrous, propane, etc) at an amount they wouldn't normally do to try and increase MPG's. If nothing else add the cost of the injectables into the equation and do a $ per mile calculation (that's what it comes down to). If your vehicle gets 50 miles per gallon compared to another that gets 25 that is great, but if your gallon costs $11 and the other costs $5. You are still paying more per mile, so the guy who is getting 25 MPG is actually doing better economy. I think it may have been done to prove "streetability" but it's not like the old gasser days where 700RWHP was not very streetable or fuel "friendly". With electronics and injectables, you can have a 1200RWHP monster on one tune that drives and gets 25 MPG or better with injectables on the street. Not really a good test for the "new" diesels with technology.
I think the overall idea of the DPC is great. A few tweeks would make it much better and more "real world" as that is how they used to promote it.
Are all ford guys so uptight? Best of luck to whoever wins. Doesnt matter much to me, this is just a fun comp to watch :woott:
