hey guys. i have a buddy with a mid 1990's yukon 6'' lift and 35''s. He wants me and him to enter our small town truck pull. see my sig. for my truck info. We know we won't win we are just entering to have some laughs a good time and see what our trucks can do. considering that both of us have never been in a truck pull and don't want to embarrass our selfs, we are in need of some good techniques to help us pull as far as we can. any help will be appreciated.
thanks for the future help guys.
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Posted 17 August 2011 - 09:26 PM
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Posted 17 August 2011 - 09:35 PM
Best thing I can recommend other than power adders of course is front end weight and lowering the front down a little bit where the cv axles are just about horizontal. Also avoids potential tie rod damage. In the rear, bags of sand in the bed and springs clamps work real well.
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Posted 19 August 2011 - 12:14 PM
Get some forward motion before really laying on the gas. You do not want to spin too much at takeoff. Let off as soon as you get wheel hop at the other end to keep from breaking anything.
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Posted 21 August 2011 - 06:46 PM
Dont forget to air the tires down some. As for your buddy with the lift and 35s chances are he wont get far due to him pulling up on the sled and unloading the frontend and losing traction. Try to get some weight in the front or have a fat buddy sit on the hood. 
If you notice the truck pullers even the 4x4 trucks all have the rear up so when they pull the sled will drop the rear and the truck will be level for the pull.
If you notice the truck pullers even the 4x4 trucks all have the rear up so when they pull the sled will drop the rear and the truck will be level for the pull.
Edited by Silverado4x4, 21 August 2011 - 06:48 PM.
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 09:03 PM
get that hitch as high as possible...the clubs around here run them at 26 inches from the ground. So try to meet that height or higher if they allow it. and deffinatly weight like the previous posts said. more on the drivers side if possible.
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 09:12 PM
Definitely get a video of it and post it up.
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 11:41 PM
Definitely get a video of it and post it up.
x2 please.
IMO it would definatley be a lot of fun, but your guys are gonna tear your trucks up especially your buddy with the GMT400 yukon
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Posted 26 September 2011 - 12:45 AM
so have you pulled yet? i want a vid, or atleast tell us how it went. if you haven't pulled, just put it in 4 lo and drop it into 1st. the last thing you want is for your truck to shift to second right before the weight hits the end of the sled 
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 05:25 PM
All the above tips are good... You're still taking hundreds of miles of life from your truck... but I understand 
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 09:33 AM
Truck pull techniques ............... = how to ruin your truck. Wish I had the money to take a truck and wreck it . I dont understand why people take their 40 thousand plus $ trucks and have a who has the biggest D=====ick match with them. Spend that amount of time with your penis out with other guys sooner or later your going to get broken/raped. lol. I would assume insurance does not cover things like that .
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 09:41 AM
I don't understand it either but they sure are fun to watch. So I'm glad other people don't mind pushing their vehicles to the limit. It's not really that much different than dropping a bunch of money into a car and taking it to the drag strip. So to the OP, post up a video already...
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 09:50 AM
I guess coming from western canada things like nass car and drag strips and truck pulling is not that common but I could be wrong I am never around in the summer always out on the sea.I don't understand it either but they sure are fun to watch. So I'm glad other people don't mind pushing their vehicles to the limit. It's not really that much different than dropping a bunch of money into a car and taking it to the drag strip. So to the OP, post up a video already...
I like watching off road vids on you tube sometimes but never cared for drag racing or truck pulling. This sounds gay but I rather watch the "strong men" the huge guys that like lift awkward heavy things in a competition that to me is much more amazing than someone throwing alot of money at a machine to just ruin it in a short period of time. I like things that take alot of skill. Maybe I dont understand nass car or drag racing or truck pulling but to me those dont look like it takes much training to be good at . To me its more about how much money you have to be good at those.
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 12:32 AM
I guess coming from western canada things like nass car and drag strips and truck pulling is not that common but I could be wrong I am never around in the summer always out on the sea.
I don't understand it either but they sure are fun to watch. So I'm glad other people don't mind pushing their vehicles to the limit. It's not really that much different than dropping a bunch of money into a car and taking it to the drag strip. So to the OP, post up a video already...
I like watching off road vids on you tube sometimes but never cared for drag racing or truck pulling. This sounds gay but I rather watch the "strong men" the huge guys that like lift awkward heavy things in a competition that to me is much more amazing than someone throwing alot of money at a machine to just ruin it in a short period of time. I like things that take alot of skill. Maybe I dont understand nass car or drag racing or truck pulling but to me those dont look like it takes much training to be good at . To me its more about how much money you have to be good at those.
Yep, pretty gay.
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Posted 08 September 2012 - 08:33 PM
when you live in the country and have nothing better to do truck pulls and racing kick ass, its why me and my friends do it.
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Posted 10 June 2013 - 03:09 AM
first advice for truck pulling techniques weigh is more than 155lbs.Bodyweight,powerful gravity,spilling the blood has great advantage for truck pulling,
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