Going to hook this weekend...advise

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I did this once before with Silver's predecessor, now the Truck & Tractor pull is in town again this weekend and I'm planning to enter Silver II in it.

She's got 100HP more and traction bars, otherwise, same deal.

I remember to strap it down
Air down the front tires
4x low and M4 gear

What else?

Thanks in advance.
 

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I never strapped mine. Low pressure in front tires, air the bags up, 4 low, brake boost. I’ve started off in 3rd and 4th before but I always done better starting off in 1st and shifting up myself.
 

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Tomorrow is the day.

What air pressure should I run?

What gear to start? Get going hard? Start in 4low,3rd n shift to 4th?

Airbags at Max? Shocks full stiff? Strap the front end.

What else?
 

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Tomorrow is the day.



What air pressure should I run?



What gear to start? Get going hard? Start in 4low,3rd n shift to 4th?



Airbags at Max? Shocks full stiff? Strap the front end.



What else?
Most of this stuff depends on the track. Soft track I would air up, hard track I would air down.

I leave in 4-low, 3rd and don't touch it. When I was ******d with a race tune I didn't have the power to keep the rpms up high enough in 4th. I know I would now.

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Here you go
https://youtu.be/NVB8_LvqgyI

We were at a baby shower and I was trying to talk everyone into going. Then it rained like crazy. But talked 7 peeps into joining us.

Got there a little late as the open class was lining up. My friend, who's in that class, said sign up. So I did and a good thing too, because just as workstock was ready to line up the sky opened up and dumped on us. Would have been a bummer if we'd waited all night only to be rained out.

We scrambled to let the air out and strap the front end down, but was ready when my turn came up.

So I got one pull with some heavily modified trucks. Needless to say I didn't win, but my friend did! I raced to 3rd, but they bumped me to 4th because I was 375lbs overweight.

It only had 1/4 tank of fuel and we emptied everything but the baby gifts on the ground.

Silver did what she does best, got down and ate. I started off in 4low 3rd gear, mashed the brake to the floor and fed it throttle until it overcame the brakes. Pretty quickly had to shift to 4th and the rest is history. Silver was still diggin hard when the red flag went up, but that sled was really digging too.

It is such a rush!!! I was literally shaking when it was over.

Maybe I'll have new tires for the next one, these are in the last 1/3rd of their life. Guys there said that didn't hurt me, but I'm not buying it.
And I forgot to air up the bags, by the time I remembered I was lining up and that tiny compressor didn't have time. Oops. Was all set for workstock, but got rained out.

What are y'all doing about weight in these pigs? Empty and nearly out of fuel and it still too heavy. I find it hard to believe the cap weighs 400lbs.
 

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What did they say the weight limit was? Our work stock class is 8500lb max.

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It sure is a blast! Nice run!

Truck sounded pretty quiet... Did you get a chance see where your RPM was???


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I pulled in outlaw a few months ago.

I didn't do ****, turned the tune down a click, 4hi, 2nd gear.
 

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I pulled in outlaw a few months ago.

I didn't do ****, turned the tune down a click, 4hi, 2nd gear.
 

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