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I did not. Sorry.
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Trying M813s and M939s at Tractor pulls
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They do have truck and tractor pulls over there by you Ke5eua. I believe they are in Clinton. I went to them once a few years back.
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I'll look into that.
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I looked into it, lol
Kentwood Raceway does tractor pulls
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Have tow bar, when travel.
Actually the crew fixing the truck if I broke it were all with me. You know....
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If the wrecker/wreckers were just dead weight, not pulling against the other truck, I do not see anymore damage or broken parts then pulling against a slesd
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Problem with just rolling weight is it is very easy to pull. I pulled my 818 with my 4 wheeler couple weeks ago when my batteries died.
You would have to have resistive pulling to get the results you are looking for.
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Get someone out there with a 1070 as dead rolling weight and that would be fun to watch.
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NOT rolling but A DEAD NOT MOVING WEIGHT, dragging the tires, anybody can move a rolling weight, even a rail car by hand on a flat track.
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Use Durhamtown's bulldozer......sideways.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
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Putting a lot of undo stress on the parking brake(s) imho.
I like the idea of a concrete block, just have to get it back to the starting point somehow.
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Now a bulldozer would be perfect, shut it down and let the tracks lock and that is one heck of a dead weight, and it can be driven back.
Those hydraulic motors have good motor brakes in them.
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NOT the parking brake (lmao) but the service brakes and in gear
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Depending on the model of the wrecker is why I said brake(s), 939 series would have the spring parking brakes on the rear axles and the wee little axle brake. I never understood why they put a single drum brake and expect it to last in the hands of a private.
Ouch, makes me cringe thinking about it, lol. Just hate to see a truck get damaged for a little fun if you know what I mean.
I like the dozer idea though.
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It would be easier to pull a static dozer from the side than from the front. Think of the cleats on the dozer tracks. From the side, they are facing the direction you would be pulling, thus there would be less resistance. from front or rear, the cleats are perpendicular to the direction of travel. Far more gripping power. Dozers and track loaders/hoes fall are far more likely to slide on the trailer from side to side than front to rear.
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And what would you use to drag a tank backwards???? A Case quad trax tractor is just the thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjaaSGqTX0#t=93
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjaaSGqTX0#t=93
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That's impressive, just need one of those for the ga rally and wouldn't have any issues with anything, lol