I got called out today by my friend to hook bumper to bumper with a 6.7 cummins with a h&s mini max, and is sitting on 35s. Every thing I've done to my truck is in my sig. Do I stand a chance?
Personally I wouldnt do it, there are other ways to prove you have the better truck, but if u have to do it make sure you lower your front end to stand a lesser chance of breaking something and traction has a lot to do with it too
Do you want to replace a transmission? I wouldn't do it, your just asking for something to break, there are so many videos of trucks breaking doing tug of wars.
With your buddy having 35's, his rear bumper will be taller than yours. It will lift the rear of your truck and put down pressure on his. I don't see a win for your truck.
PS: there is nothing good that is going to come out of this, just broken parts!
If your gonna do this be careful, stuff breaks and parts can add up quick$$$$$. Your best bet would be stock power....you want traction not torque. Even the stock setting has too much torque.
I personally would not hook bumpers for a tug - nor any other part of my truck. I dont think a 60K investment is worth proving who can cause the other to break traction first. That is all tugs are - traction control...
BUT - if you are going to hook up - everyone above has hit the nail on the head:
Deflate tires
stock tune
weight in bed
throttle control - if you see that he has broke traction - EASE into the throttle and tow his @$$ off to california while spectators are filming his reaction
Pretty much what everybody else said. Don't loose traction. Wait until he starts to spin then ease into it as you let off the brake. Try to get your diff to lock up prior to the start and keep it locked in. A little brake torque before slipping it in 4-wheel should do the trick I would think. Don't take it out of gear after you do this and it should stay locked in.
Most important thing is traction. It looks like he will be higher than you so that will be in his favor. If you have a fifth wheel dich the tailgate and hook to that.
lol just be prepared to possibly fix broken parts. just broke a front driveshaft and cracked my transfer case doing this last weekend against my buddy in a '11 dmax :rofl
I agree with everyone. Tug of war proves NOTHING. It's the stupid mans way of showing off. More weight and "less power" usually wins here, and its retarted because it always starts as a match of who has the "more powerful" truck. If He wants to compare power by pulling, sign up for the next truck pull competition.
These solve nothing haha. Like a lot of other have said, Run them down the track or hook it to a sled. That actually shows what truck is better on that day.
No my parents are dirt floor poor.And I work 80 plus hours a week in Prudhoe bay Alaksa....could I afford to pay for broken parts yes , but it would set me back just like any other normal person....
Anyways my buddy with the cummins didn't want to risk "blowing his trans "
Makes me happy" I asked him if he wanted to line up for 100$ and he backed out...
I don't see why you had to turn it into dissing the OP. He just wanted to know if his truck could win the contest. He wasn't being arrogant and saying he could pay for broken parts and it not be a big deal for him..
I think tug of wars are pretty stupid. If anything do it in the dirt so you don't completely toast your truck. I can tell you right now, if you take him on in a race, you'll definitely win.
Tug of war? Eh.. truck can really pull.
Ask buddy why? to prove who's tires have better traction? go hook up to 10k and do a 1/4 mile race see who is faster, that is a real show of ego in my eyes
What is this the diesel power challenge?
Just run em down the 1/4 or if you want to hook to something hook to a 30+k sled:grin2:
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