Popular Post Bullheaded Posted February 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKOEf5mz1OM So what blows my mind is at 32:47 there is a new Mack CH that is smoking the drive tires???? LOL I'd sure like to know what was done to that. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/24/2023 at 11:59 PM, Bullheaded said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKOEf5mz1OM So what blows my mind is at 32:47 there is a new Mack CH that is smoking the drive tires???? LOL I'd sure like to know what was done to that. That CH has a Mp10 in it . I was there last year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 15 hours ago, 41180 said: That CH has a Mp10 in it . I was there last year. Oh ya? I'd like to see more of that. Wonder where he's from? Too bad Mack didn't do anything that smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 years back I went to the truck drag races in englishtown NJ. also to the poconos to watch the class 8 big rigs go on circular track. have to say these videos are truly insane to watch. would expect to see driveshafts laying on the ground with the torque put through them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I watch and wonder myself. I get some guys have them just for that, but some look as though they're working trucks. Hard to believe components can take it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark T said: Hard to believe components can take it. It sure is hard to believe These get more abuse in a few minutes than most trucks ever get When I first saw videos like this I thought to myself "you've gotta see this before you fall off the perch Pauly boy" Looks like a lotta fun just to go for a look Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 not like they are bob tail or empty trailers. there's some serious weight being pulled. even if they are Owner operators having respect to their vehicle ;; which i doubt . the bragging rights over rule care and caution by looks of the front ends off the ground. must be loud and FUN to attend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 25 minutes ago, mechohaulic said: even if they are Owner operators having respect to their vehicle ;; which i doubt . Whoever they are? they clearly have more Money than Sense..! IMHO But; to each their own..!! 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Seed, isn't sense and money the same thing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Paul, what's that Old saying...?? Penny wise & Pound Foolish...! Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Can’t watch it it’s as bad as demolition derby with cool cars haha to each his own… Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Tractor pulls I don’t have a problem with… Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 A while back, truck pulls were all the rage around here for a short time. Guy was going on and on telling me all about how far each guy went and what broke n all. I told him my one tractor drug 25 tons of coal all the way to Lake George, and then it drug another 25 tons of stone back here. His response ??? "you're an a$$ hole" 😂 I guess different guys use trucks for different reasons. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 for the most part vehicles used in truck pulls are made for pulling competition . that video looks to be daily runners just being abused. I'll stay on the spectator side of the fence ;; not the paying for broken parts side. Englishtown Dragway back in the '80's held the truck drags. one black pete conventional held everyone attention. driver took off the rear tires put mounted tire casing ,allowed for lest chance of drive line failure. chain binder on rears to stop hop; removed fan. air filters . 86 mph. for a daily driver back then it was impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Yeah, don’t get me wrong. It was interesting to watch those two flatbeds full of lumber and exciting. Well you get my point…. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 I know a bunch of these guys. Those trucks all go back to work Monday morning. And they all pull trains of lumber and or logs/chips at 140,000 pounds. Ya, sometimes something breaks down the road, but usually not. They tell me the clutch takes the most abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 I prefer the old days though when the E9 dominated. All it took was some wrenches and screw driver. Now it's all about who is the biggest computer wizard with the programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Gotcha still kind of tough to watch but yes it is their truck they can do what they want with it bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 And Mecho I watched a competition like that in Ontario years ago. It was just a bunch of regular guys with regular road trucks having a ball got to fly around the track without watching for cops ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 31 minutes ago, Bullheaded said: I know a bunch of these guys. Those trucks all go back to work Monday morning. And they all pull trains of lumber and or logs/chips at 140,000 pounds. Ya, sometimes something breaks down the road, but usually not. They tell me the clutch takes the most abuse. There's one where a guy goes for a ride along and videos it. That footage from inside the truck doesn't look anywhere near as abusive as from the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I guess it’s just the initial take off I cringe ha ha I would like to see that inside video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 It's in one of those after the end. You know how more are there if you click on it. It was really uneventful compared to the outside view. Not what you'd expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Oh gotcha I thought you were talking about the other way around I think the guy filming the inside of his D M 800 driving down the road might have been more exciting ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Its funny- after market mechinics can figure out how to put a big bore engine in a CH but Volvo/Mack can't ( more likely won't). Loosing out on heavy haul, lowboy and trailer dump markets. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navypoppop Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Volvo knows how but choose not to. They killed off their own large Volvo years ago but I don't remember the model name or number but it was a beast. They probably will destroy Mack rather than sell it to any company. Very sad way for the best truck of all time to die a slow death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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