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Sledjockey

04-01-2001 15:21:41




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I need a Fix. What kind of sleds are you people dragging. What do you like or not about them.




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Greg H.

04-03-2001 10:07:25




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 Re: Sled Fix in reply to Sledjockey, 04-01-2001 15:21:41  
Personally I feel that antique, and farm tractor pulls should use weight transfer sled, like we do in our area. The drop sleds are totally unneeded to stop these type of tractors within 300 ft. Even our turbo class, which is realy hot gets stopped by the weight transfer sled. I think dropp sleds are potentially dangerous, and I've seen tractors rare up at the drop, way more abruptly than they would with a weight transfer at the end of a pull. use them for superstockers, but let the farm boys grind it out, out past 250 with the weight transfer. Later on Greg H.

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Slo

04-01-2001 18:34:23




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 Re: Sled Fix in reply to Sledjockey, 04-01-2001 15:21:41  
Mostly mechanical drop pans, but a few air drop. I prefer the mechanical drop because it isn't a timed event, but the drop is generated by distance. That helps out us low budget, low and 2nd gear pullers compete with the big money.



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burns

04-01-2001 16:12:52




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 Re: Sled Fix in reply to Sledjockey, 04-01-2001 15:21:41  
We primarily pull transfer with an occasional derby style. The transfer sled are either designed for mini-mods, pro-stockers, and/or the home made style. I don't feel that antique tractors should be pulling a sled designed for farm stock or bigger tractors. I have seen a lot of guys on a good track get that brown stripe in their pants when their tractors go airborne when the pan drops quickly on the sled. One of the home made sleds uses a 1500 gallon water tank. If the tank isn't near full, the water gets to sloshing around.

I don't care what sled is used. I think a lot pullers and fans dislike the sled operators that adjust their sleds to stop all of the tractors around the 150-200 mark. People like the suspense of whether or not someone is going to take out of the gate. IHMO

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