Ford Raptor Sled Pull WTF?

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Badrap

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Oh nevermind. I was listening to it on my phone and all i really heard was noise. I can hear it now on a computer!

Me too! Didn't get to hear the sound good until I got home.
Love the sound of these trucks powering through the dirt.
 

CineSLR

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trying to get as close to the fail point of materials as possible.

Isn't that what the whole point of motor sport and and how it started? In road racing the weakest link is now-a-days is tires. Here i'd say its drivetrain. The work that goes into designing transmissions that can handle such abuse could be easily applied to other situations/uses. I'm not really defending tractor pulls, but different strokes for different folks. :crazy:
 

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I'm not really defending tractor pulls, but different strokes for different folks. :crazy:

Exactly.......don't knock it till you try it. Something about pulling that heavy sum bitch 300ft when others can't that makes you think that King Kong ain't got shit on you :)
 

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Guessing that should have been manually shifted.
I'll never quite understand pulls and tug-of-war competitions..seems like the opposite of proper motorsport, i.e., trying to get as close to the fail point of materials as possible.

Im going to guess then that you have never driven a tractor, or done a lot of trailer towing. The amount of work that a tractor can do done in a day is directly related to how much you can pull. For instance if your tractor has enough HP to pull a 12 row planter, but your neighbors tractor can pull a 24 row planter hes going to get a lot more work done. I dont really get the point of the tug or wars either because thats just a completion of whoever weighs the most. And one other thing just about anyone can can make a pulling tractor but not just anyone can make it at professional motorsports. Go one that much black smoke always makes for a good time.
 
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