Yellow Jacket
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Look at is as long pry bar vs. short pry bar. Or a see saw where the pivot isn't centered. You better put the fat kid on the short end or the long side will always win.
When I used to pull antique tractors we experimented with a long drawbar on some tracks that were bad and I couldn't get enough weight on the rear. It made a dramatic difference, especially when you started getting it several inches back. We had keep it a minimum of 18" from the center of the rear axle. If I moved it back to 24", it took quite a bit more weight on the nose.
Exactly, and with excess HP on the table and light sleds off the line, more frontend lift equals more weight on rear duals to get bite and ground speed faster, EVERY truck/chassis is different and track conditions matter too.