Big Money Pullers

I can't complain about it. You think 2.6 and 2.8 is bad you should really look how much people are putting into tractors. Your jaw would drop. Don't think about that it can't be done on a Budget House was up there plenty of times with his Powerstroke.

Has a lot to do with the setup with the right setup it's hard to beat. Just those guys who spent mod money on a 2.6 also have the right setup.

I think House will be up there now with the extra power he is going to get from the Cummins.

Really just a lot of test and tune. Plenty of Duramax guys out there doing well with not much money other than Studs Rods trubo and Trans. They are doing damn well.
 
we all know.... if we had endless funds we would do the same thing. this might sound retarded but its what came to mind. its like having cheat codes on a video game and beating it on the easy level, then the normal level, advanced level, and so on... just because some people were gifted with deep pockets and they wanna spend a lot of money on a 2.6 truck, who cares. its their money, let them spend some money and have fun. im sure if they were to get bored in 2.6 they will step up a class. ive never seen or heard the amount of complaining about how much money a person should spend on a pullin truck. and for the record, im sure once this big money 2.6 puller comes back from schied it will be track ready. i personally cant wait to see it in action. hopefully this weekend lol. if i was him and saw all of this b****ing that would just make me that much more anxious to get out and whoop some ass!
 
Why don't we just drop the "street class" idea of 2.6 and just call it 2.6 class.
Now they are all just classes. Pick one, run your truck, and instead of worrying about your competitors go out and work on your truck (or tell your shop to get to work on your truck.... )

If it is a competitive sport/hobby someone WILL spend more money than you. Just because the guy in the boat next to you spent more money than you on his Nitro boat and tackle, doesn't mean he will catch more fish.
 
Got this via PM... 2.6 can almost ruin your life.... I mean, it screwed this guy up so bad, his wife had to stand up for him on the MySpace LOL

Ok how to start this. Some of you know by now that we are retiring from truck pulls. Now the rest of you know. I have to give my husband alot of credit. For being younger than me I would never expect him nor ask him to give things up. He made this decision on his own. He grew up He realized that there is more to life than investing all of your hard earned money into a sport that doesnt pay jack ****. I know alot of you are going to be upset about it, and alot of other will be happy cause it will atleast give you a chance to win. Not to be snooty. But we all know its the truth. We had a great winning year last year, so we are heading out while we are on top. We all know that it is the best street legal driven on the road everyday not trailered truck. I am proud of my hubby for his accomplishments. Plus its good to know that we are going to get away from all the petty bull****. Its almost worse than highschool. Honestly its f**ken pathetic. Some people just ned to grow up and realize that there is more to life than truck pulls. Its fun and all dont get me wrong, its actually refreshing to have people come up to you to tell you that they wish they had your truck, or tell you that they came just to see you pull. Its not about money or bragging rights or any of that, its the compliments and stuff from people that make it worth it. But when **** gets so pathetic its takes all the fun out of it. You can only dump so much money into something before it gets old. We lost once dq'd once, broke once. And we only lost 1st place took 2nd. If it was worse then we would have probably dumped more money in to the truck like everyone else has done already for next year, just to try to be on top. Its really not worth it anymore. In this economy even though it is fun to do, there are alot more important things in life. Like building one. A future, a home, a life of no worries. And to dump money that could help our future into a truck just isnt worth it anymore. It was and it was worth it cause we came out on top, but its not a career or a life. Its a sport, that doesnt really do anything for someones life. But we do want to thank everyone for their help and support in it all. Time to move on to bigger and better things in life, a family maybe, a future definitely. Working hard on the important things is the priority now. Thanks everyone!!! It was fun while it lasted. Who knows might even sell it to someone still in the circuit and be there cheering it on still. Never know = ) Anything is possible. Good luck to everyone this year. You know I thought this would be longer than it is because I had alot to say but I just dont even want to waste one more minute of my life on this subject, writing this to get it over with and be done with it all. So we can put an end to the bull**** the talking behind backs and the rumors about why we are stopping. So to those who are in it for the fun and excitement, good luck, to those who are in it for the wrong reasons, keep spending the money, when you look back later in life and wonder where it all is.... kick yourself in the ass really hard, for not realizing it earlier
 
Here is my take on it, If you have the money to stick 100,000 in a truck move up to mod and help get some more big trucks in the sport to promote it. I would love to be able to watch 20 -25 mod trucks at an event.
 
How the hell does one spend 20-60K on a 2.6 or 2.8 motor?

I have been in motorsports a very long time, and the base parts to build a class legal race motor, no matter how one-off the parts are, only cost so much.

I guess maybe alleged highclass labour, a shop name, and sayin its a diesel makes that kind of gouging ok??????

Starting from scratch and all new parts, With current diesel technology in a 2.6 or 2.8 class,meaning no custom heads, blocks, cranks, intake/exhaust manifolds etc , and with everyday coatings, state of the art pistons and cam, I cant get the cost over $20,000 for a budget figure, including the pump and turbo

standard machine work, ie decking, boring, line hone, crank grinding, knife edging, balance etc - $1400-$1600
porting - good valves, machine work etc 3-$4000
coated, cut mahle pistons $1400, custom arias pistons (or similar)$3000
pump, lines, and injectors - $6000
decent custom turbo - $3000 give or take
incidentals like a new front cover, balancer, gaskets etc, $1200
assembly $400

and if your capable of the head work, assembly etc - a lot less


Just curious? - what did I miss here that could equal another 40k for these classes????
 
I'm glad we don't have $80,000.00 in our 2.6 truck. Luckily we have had most of the parts laying around from when we upgraded our MOD truck. Now we have aquired almost enough stuff for me to build my Pro street or unlimited single truck, And it will still be nowhere near $80,000.00. Maybe added up, but the stuff laying here was/is worth more to us than selling it and having to re-buy it again. The block in the 2.6 was the one from 06 in the Mod truck, but had a cracked liner and way too much money in the block to scrap, but it was perfect to sleeve and leave as a 2.6 truck. It's just stupid for someone to complain about the $cost$ of the sport, because its just that, a sport that takes money. Most people can see that before they begin, initial cost of the truck, tow rig, and trailer can be enough of a budget killer. Just my $.02 from starting at the bottom class and building upto the Mod class.

Jeremy
 
Now get axles lockers gears upgrade tranny with shafts pulling clutch ladder bars wheels and tires the list can go on and on if it is built by some who really knows how to set it up and not break things. Now you have to figure the whole truck being set up by someone else and your just flipping the bill, how many hours do you have in your truck? There are endless possibilities I know of a 3.0 truck here in Wisconsin that is suppose to have over 125,000 and it is not a dodge
 
I agree. Look at the guys out there building extremely expensive tube frame mod trucks that have over $150k in them. A lot of those guys aren't just rich kids who had their parents buy them a rig. They had t get there somewhere. And a lot of it isn't just "buying" their truck. Most of them know a lot about them and have just had a ton of help from professional companies. Lets face it, you can't be the best frame builder, the best engine builder, and the best transmission builder all at once. ".


I truly have to agree that in a good 90% of the Diesel mod class this is the case but if you look into the other "top" truck classes (twd,6200 SMF 4x4) you will find that alot of the guys are doing most of the work them selves. It was stated above that the tractor guys are 10 years ahead of us...I personally think we are 10 years behind even the other truck classes..not just the tractors.

NOW....for those that want to do everything them selves and you are capable of doing an A1 job at everything there is deffinatly money to be saved.

Our current truck is purpose built to run with the 6200lbs super mod alky 4x4's but everything is comparable to the current full blown diesel mods other than the engine (single charger/large p-series pump instead of twins or tripples and the sigma). We are doing all the work our selves on this build other than engine machine work and assembly and pump work of course. By building our own tube frame (yes it is comparable to all the current mod trucks and not a hack job) sourcing axles and drive train, doing our own body work and finish work, buying used where we can (tires and rims) we are saving ALOT!!!!!!!

The final #'s arn't fully in yet for the build but it won't even be close to any of the figures others have mentioned for the price of a mod truck

Do it your self, including all the leg work and I think you will have way more appreciation for it in the long run know that you build it how you wanted it and in turn saved your self thousands!!!!

Ryan
 
This is what makes this sport. If you have 125k to spend doing something you like doing...by all means do. If you dont...spend time talking to people in the sport and spend money where it matters. It dont take 50k to be competitive in 2.6 or 2.8 but if joe blow wants to take his new truck and strip it to make a puller then best of luck to him, just because its what he wants to do dosen't make him an idiot. He just took a different route than jim blow....we are both trying to hit 300ft at the end of the night.
 
Do it your self, including all the leg work and I think you will have way more appreciation for it in the long run know that you build it how you wanted it and in turn saved your self thousands!!!!

Ryan

Couldn't agree more:clap:
 
I would have to agree Ryan, I take a lot of pride in something that I did myself even if it doesn't always work
 
we all know.... if we had endless funds we would do the same thing. this might sound retarded but its what came to mind. its like having cheat codes on a video game and beating it on the easy level, then the normal level, advanced level, and so on... just because some people were gifted with deep pockets and they wanna spend a lot of money on a 2.6 truck, who cares. its their money, let them spend some money and have fun. im sure if they were to get bored in 2.6 they will step up a class. ive never seen or heard the amount of complaining about how much money a person should spend on a pullin truck. and for the record, im sure once this big money 2.6 puller comes back from schied it will be track ready. i personally cant wait to see it in action. hopefully this weekend lol. if i was him and saw all of this b****ing that would just make me that much more anxious to get out and whoop some ass!

This thread wasn't started about Tyler Dillard and his puller. I will be glad to see Mr. Dillard out this season, I mean I look at it this way. Somebody has to compete with Eller and Furlong. If Dillard doen't make it out, it will be Eller and Furlong back and forth all year.

This thread was started about pullers in general, who have the funds to go to a bigger class, but won't for unknown reasons.
 
What about if we do a Claimer Class. That way, either do it simple and on a budjet, or someone can fork over a few grand and buy the engine. Works in stock car racing. lol


(I know...stupid Idea)
 
What about if we do a Claimer Class. That way, either do it simple and on a budjet, or someone can fork over a few grand and buy the engine. Works in stock car racing. lol


(I know...stupid Idea)


Maybe you could try Garden Tractor pulling since money seems to be an issue.
 
For a 3.0 class truck why don't people just buy something like this,

84 Chevy 6200 Super Stock 4x4 Puller For Sale

There was a complete Shieds motor for sale a while back asking $35,000. Throw a different set of rims and tires for like $2000 and then a clutch, can reverser for like $5,000.

You would have a top 3.0 pulling truck for under $50,000.
 
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