Off Season Sled Pulling Mods
- Thread starter Rhall
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This thread makes me wish I lived in the midwest and could justify a dedicated pulling truck.
I'm working on this, alot cheaper than a truck....1957 Farmall w450. Stock 4 cyl. gas engine is junk so I pulled it in favor of a DT414. Picked the engine up last weekend and have the adapter plate on the way. Just have to get the flywheel and clutch figured out, already have the parts to strech the frame and sheet metal, then need to find a nice turbo and do some pump work. Hope to be pulling by the time our new track is done in June.
I'm working on this, alot cheaper than a truck....1957 Farmall w450. Stock 4 cyl. gas engine is junk so I pulled it in favor of a DT414. Picked the engine up last weekend and have the adapter plate on the way. Just have to get the flywheel and clutch figured out, already have the parts to strech the frame and sheet metal, then need to find a nice turbo and do some pump work. Hope to be pulling by the time our new track is done in June.
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I don't think "justify" is the right word 4 it... I live in the Midwest, and I still wonder why I do it sometimes...
Yeah no kidding. Especially after last year and all the dam rain.
Man, crazy what just a few hours south will do. I was only rained out of 1 pull all summer, others got rained out, but i just had to go a little further south and i was good to go.
Man, crazy what just a few hours south will do. I was only rained out of 1 pull all summer, others got rained out, but i just had to go a little further south and i was good to go.
There was at least 6 pulls that we were either on our way to, or already there and they got rained out before we got to hook. We got to the point were we would wait to unload until right before the Diesel truck class.
Man, crazy what just a few hours south will do. I was only rained out of 1 pull all summer, others got rained out, but i just had to go a little further south and i was good to go.
We didn't know the word "rain" from July to September last year.
x2 if i even think about all the money I've spent on my truck, then it makes me want to slap some sense into myself. But then I think about all the fun I would miss out on.
same here..and i keep telling myself "oh just this and i'm done" yea right its a sickness that theres no cure for! haha
Bandit: For the good old American lifestyle: For the money, for the glory, and for the fun... mostly for the money.
except theres no money in it haha
except theres no money in it haha
"If I had all the money back that Ive spent on trucks, Id spent it all on trucks."
We may be making a late entry with the puller this year. Broke bank on the truck last year and had trans, injector and pump issues before we ever hit the track which broke the bank farther. Now our high $$$ turbo which was good to go last year is no longer legal most places and the $$$ just isn't there as my partner has been laid off, my wife and I had a baby and I bought another truck. LOL damn this sucks! Guess I'll have to sell some shit or pawn the baby for a new turbo
HAHA I dont mind some of the darker stuff but man i don't like feeling like i just drank my dinner. shit fills me up to fast and cost to damn much to drink.i wouldnt say bud is manly gotta have some bite to it to fall into that category
