Rant-Junk Sleds

The one that broke with the smoker tractor was the old house sled they had.
 
WOW, TJ. That looked horrible. I can see your point that it was a huge waste of time and that the operators of the event obviously don't relize the potential of putting on a good show.....more pullers, more spectators, more things sold=more money for their fireman. In these terms, it would be ALOT MORE respectfull to the fireman to put on a good show.

On the flip side of this I can tell you that in my area we have a local sled that breaks down often. Last year, while I was working at Floor It Diesel, we called the operater after a close pull and had him bring the sled by the shop.
After I spent 2 hours power washing the grease and dirt off, we then spent 2 full days adjusting gears and pulleys, changing all the fluids and putting a few new switches and gauges in, all at our own cost. We then spent one afternoon tuning the sled in out back in the pasture. Now the sled is operates flawlessly and pulls are much more entertaining.

Just call the operater and offer up some help. You don't have to put in 3 full days or anything, but supporting the sport comes in many forms.

Mama always said, ''There are those who just complain and those who go out and change things for themselves".

Of course the guy may tell you to piss off, too.

Truck looks and sounds great, though. Good luck this year.

J.D.
 
i agree, the only good sleds are the flat track sleds, like the newer decision makers (bower built) or like what was at keystone (hager built). however, it is to the knowledge of the puller, not the promoter whether you should hook or not, personally i would have let them know that i appriciated the opportunity but that was no condition to put a truck on, and i was going home.


the rebel should be inspected and then it will be made illegal and no insurance company will want to insure a pull with it there!!! PROBLEM SOLVED!!! maybe gene knows who to get a hold of, i know larry richwine with NTPA used to inspect them, maybe he will come declare it junk.:hehe:
 
1500 bucks is what it costs most of the time to rent a sled........I know that is what Swan charged for the Southern Impact when i helped schedule it for, i believe a NADM pull/drag race in florida (the race Gary/Wrongway rolled his truck at)........Iron Sides and Palestine Dyno charges about the same i believe........well worth the money spent to put on a 1st class show........


Sleddy back when you was pulling, the trucks still had wood wheels........


speaking of sleds anyone know a club or association that has one forsale????
 
I know pretty much everyone I spoke with Saturday said they would rather pay $30+ a hook to pull a real sled that gave everyone fair chance at 300ft then that piece of crap Rebel sled. I honestly havent been to one pull where it hasent broke down and caused a holdup. And I feel sorry for everyone that hooked Saturday cause they could not gauge anything on their truck or setup the way those trucks had to pull.
 
I got my money back, 40 bucks and did not pull.

I want to thank Cecilton Fire co, they did a good job doing what they could to make things work but as TJ said... every time that rebel sled comes out... it breaks down.

I hope they get another sled, I like pulling there since it's so close to home and a nice field.
 
Maintain said:
I hope they didn't pay that much for the Rebel Sled...
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Its close and the decision maker sleds are rite there around $2200, but back to the rebel sled i agree its not the best and needs to be fixed but id rather pull it then the purple and orange one, but if everyone doesnt mind paying $40 a hook im sure cvfd would switch to them, im pretty sure they are switching to tuckahoe's sled as soon as they get there scales down.
 
ppl will pay $30-$40 bucks a hook, and be glad for it.


the buck does it all summer long...
 
I made my mind up saturday that i will never pull the rebel sled again or go watch an event that it is at. I hope that every sled pullin event holder was there saturday and sees how awful that sled is. Enough is enough every sled pull its at it breaks. The CVFC had nothin to do with how bad the pull was. It was not there fault. Like TJ said i have pulled on worst tracks and pulled farther than 117ft. I will be back next year as long as that is not the sled that we will be pullin.
 
Even though I wanted too, as a volunteer firefighter myself I didn't feel right asking for my money back being it really wasn't their fault.

But, as far as the sled I have always said that the rebel sled is a hunk of junk and needs to be repaired or retired!

I would love to show up at a pull and actually hook to a decent sled.

Thanks Will...

Oh yeah P.S. Travis did you happen to get a video of my pull?
 
when they have another pull, if they get a different sled ill gladly give them the extra $20 i got back on top of my hook fee. maybe then i wont be considered a firefighter hater that some people seem to think i am bashing on the guys at CVFD and keep getting butthurt over it.

the thread is named junk sleds because its about the sled, not the FD that put it on.
 
scott 06 said:
Its close and the decision maker sleds are rite there around $2200, but back to the rebel sled i agree its not the best and needs to be fixed but id rather pull it then the purple and orange one, but if everyone doesnt mind paying $40 a hook im sure cvfd would switch to them, im pretty sure they are switching to tuckahoe's sled as soon as they get there scales down.
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So you're talking a ~700 dollar difference. I'm sure several hundred dollars was refunded throughout the day. I know of at least 5 people that showed up to pull, saw it was the rebel sled and didn't pay.

That's between 150-200 bucks right there since I know they were going to pull both mod and open.

I'm not telling anyone how to run a sled pull because I never have, but I think there would not have been lost money if a better sled was paid for ahead of time. Hell, multiple hooks could be allowed in the open class and I'm sure you'd see more $$$ that way too.

Oh well, I'll be back and hope to pull again... on a different sled.
 
willyb said:
Oh yeah P.S. Travis did you happen to get a video of my pull?
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Sorry Will I did not get any street trucks, only the Mod class. Next time you see me just ask and I will make sure to get the video of that pull.
 
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