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Originally Posted by fhhhstix
I was wandering if anybody would be interested in building pulling trucks to have truck pulls at the shows. Here is what I am thinking.
: Stock Tamiya truck axles, trans, suspension
: Tires of tires and rims but must be same size as stock, ex. RC4WD roadys or the fulda cross-force.
: Motors no bigger than 540 size can. Brushed or brush-less
: Gear reduction is builders choice
: Frame rails no longer than the longest stock rails in a kit which I think are either the Knight hauler or Aeromax. Frame rails can be aftermarket just have to meet the length limits.
: The sled and hitch will be provided and all competitors will use the same hitch.
All ideas and comments are welcome.
Travis
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Originally Posted by roadranger
This sounds interesting...
But a couple of questions;
How would you get consistent weight for traction on every participants truck?
A box holding a predetermined weight that hooks into the truck's 5th wheel?
And what about a consistent height pulling hitch for every participant?
Something that clips onto the rear of the frame, or rear Xmember?
Not everyone showing up at a show will have their truck set up for pulling...
Having a truck weight box and pulling hitch assembly along with the sled will allow anyone to participate.
Just my thoughts.
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Thanks for the input and you are right Jim and that is what we have been considering building a hitch that is also a weight box and all 0f the trucks will pull from their fifth wheel. Basically a weight box and hitch all in one with a padded u shaped bracket to keep the hitch square with the frame and the padding so guys with deck plates wont have them marked up and all can play.
Travis