What to change for a loose track?

Here is his pull from this weekend.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_8t8gEkmw[/MEDIA]

Last weekend with a sticky track.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Ihv4HMTns[/MEDIA]
 
Why is he hanging a different of number weights between the two pulls?
 
I have been running 30 psi in the rear in 20 psi in the front in im running Trexus M/T 33x12.50x17. That pretty much my tire pressure give or take a few pounds on the track
 
Loose track you need to pedal it some, can't just hold it to the floor because the tires will never hook to the track. Sounds really dumb but sometimes it works to actually slow the wheel speed down on loose tracks because then you won't just blow the tires off. That first vid it looked like you were on ice!
 
"sled pulls are won by the guy that drives the best in the first 60 feet" an old gas puller in our local club told me that one day after i lost to a ford with about 370 hp :bang
 
Ahem!! From the master of loose tracks- Lose those DAMN BFG A/Ts, Claws, Mud terrains and Truxus.

Dont argue, just do it.

You need to find a soft all terrain with plenty of SIPES. They dont need to be 15" wide if the materiel and tread is right.

Run them virtually flat.

Strap 200-400 pounds over the rear axle.( need the weight to launch back there.)

Go up a gear, or two.

BLOW the tires loose out of the hole, do not "pedal" ****,bif blow them loose, get upstairs quick, the tires will catch when the sled puts a little weight on you, and you will be gone.
Ideally, you will snuff it at the end.

Proven system boys, try it, or come back and post how bad you still suck next week, on loose tracks!!:soap:
 
Sledpuller said:
Ahem!! From the master of loose tracks- Lose those DAMN BFG A/Ts, Claws, Mud terrains and Truxus.

Dont argue, just do it.

You need to find a soft all terrain with plenty of SIPES. They dont need to be 15" wide if the materiel and tread is right.

Run them virtually flat.

Strap 200-400 pounds over the rear axle.( need the weight to launch back there.)

Go up a gear, or two.

BLOW the tires loose out of the hole, do not "pedal" ****,bif blow them loose, get upstairs quick, the tires will catch when the sled puts a little weight on you, and you will be gone.
Ideally, you will snuff it at the end.

Proven system boys, try it, or come back and post how bad you still suck next week, on loose tracks!!:soap:
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Loose tracks? Have you pulled in SW MO? I have to disagree on ditching the BFG AT comment.

Here is a video from a few years back. I put 20 feet on the field, folks had duallies, super singles, STS, and Mickey Thompson AT's.

These were BFG AT's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBtcjAjuajw
 
A horse track is some of the finest pea gravel you will ever find.
 
mech2161 said:
They still have dirt.
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Yea but dirt with no clay, and lots of rodeo arenas have some mealy stuff. I not questioning the looseness, just the dissing of the bfg AT.

We had one pull where they dropped the pan at the 25 foot mark and drug it another 275 feet. With proper air pressure the BFG's are fantastic.
 
Horse tracks suck to pull on thats what Sturgis ky outdoor track is. I hate it but pull there every time i get a chance beens it 20 mins from the house.
 
You guys should come out to california that's all we do is pull super heavy sleds with the pan always on the ground right from the hit on sandy tracks just like the video Dan showed. Every gas truck runs boggers.
 
Well, if you arent worried about the driveline, 6 STS's will do it on a loose track.

Here is a video from 2 weekends ago. Its not the worst track I have seen, but it is pretty loose. The truck that got 2nd place(David Dudgeon/Oversize Load) is running 6 STS's and Josh got 4th running STS's. 2 of the trucks that beat him were 2.8 trucks and the 2nd place truck was also a 2.6 truck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txaeksri2IY

Just to confuse things for you more TJ, the truck that won this pull was a 2.8 truck running 4 BFG's in the back and 2 STS's up frontLOL

Eric
 
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