All the mishaps of the 2017 tractor truck pulling season that were filmed by WWPTV. #tractor #tractorpull #tractorpulling #tractorpullfails #tractorpullmishaps #tractorpullcarnage
I see a lot of Ford vs. Chevy arguments, but here's the thing. 99% off these trucks are so built up that the owner might as well rebrand it with their own name. The only fails I see that have anything to do with the original manufacturer are the GM tie rods and a 30+ year old Ford frame bending. The broken axles and smoked transmissions are all a result of pushing 3x the intended power through stock components. It's a sport, so let's enjoy it for what it is, not get caught up in brand arguments.
It's a motorsport where you have to love working on the vehicle. Got one that doesn't blow up? Keep turning it up until it does. You blow it up? Good excuse to upgrade whatever you blew up
i still love watching these videos after all this time. I was born and raised in Southern California but moved to Georgia when i was 11, i thought this was the coolest shit ever.
That's a Fucking hideous truck lol. Literally every Ford ever and most dodges look better. Edit* I drive a rusty dented peeled 2002 7.3 that looks so much better.
@@linux_doggo I made 2 fail videos with music. I never heard the end of it. I had a video for a client that wanted music in it for a banquet. Adobe wouldn't let me open that older project and so I just stuck music over it. I owned up to it and re-made each video and extended it as well. Maybe just too long 30 minutes per season is A LOT!
That white Ford mud truck had so much power it broke free from the sled and when those diesels blow they blow up hard it definitely makes you say outch
College overrated with guaranteed debt and employment opportunities are not guaranteed. THIS IS PURE FUN and it doesn't cost as much as you might think. When a Cal Berkley professor say to their class, "Who wants to be the next Gates, Jobs, Ellison?" and then tells those 4 students who raised their hands to, "Get the hell out of my classroom!" you know it is not a requirement for success. To compete, build engines, balance vehicles, and do it week in and week out, you have to be smart, well funded, and passionate about it. In all fairness, my college cost $12,000.00 and I worked with scholars from the biggest names including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, you name it. I also worked my butt off at most holding down 4 part-time jobs to get out debt free. You can accomplish everything without anything from anybody. Do I recommend college? Yes for someone who needs a degree to perform the desired job or is unsure what they want to do or how to do it. I also recommend pulling of course.
@@WWPTV : how do you figure this doesn't cost that much? do you know what some of those engines are worth? Even if you have the knowledge and ability to build your own good parts cost money.
@@dominicoconner1973 Cost is relative to your earning potential. Of all things in life it is the one thing you can get more of. Time, not so much. All good things in life cost time, money, blood, sweat, and tears. But the enjoyment, some things you cannot put a cost on. And whatever it took out of your wallet was nothing compared to doing something and being a part of something like this or any other motorsport. I am an encyclopedia of costs of parts, pullers, chassis, haulers, dualies, trailers, engines, transfer boxes, electrical boxes, sleds, tracks, events, and venues. I work with all fronts of this sport. I tell people all the time, this sport like any other hobby, "the cost hasn't changed in 100 years, it takes everything you got."
This class is more about show and less about go. They want wheelies, but they will take both distance and wheelies. If you were to rate, staying in bounds, furthest distance, and good wheelies, what would you score each, all 1 point, 1 points for furthest distance, 1 point for best wheelies/best show, 1 point for staying in bounds? Keep in mind these bad boys hook two times a night.
Gotcha, truck is badass dude. So was that white an orange 1. That other truck that came loose an took off in a wheelie was sick too. I wish I could build a truck like that.
So the orange/white's an owner of a diesel shop. The truck is not a diesel. Just a nice square body with skulls on it. It is sick too. There are about 7 of these in various towns. Usually 2 or 3 regulars come out and 1 local guy meets up and throw down!
@WWPTV I get that these trucks are going more for show, but if they are hooking to the sled two times a night, one they aught to watch the track like the other pullers do to see where the ruts are , two they should be figuring out how to get further down the track in-bounds to make their show better. Maybe install some form of individual brake operation so they can slow one wheel down letting the other catch up to “steer” the truck during a wheelie!
Track had so many fails, definitely was to sticky and caused a lot of damage. He was able to get them spinning good and took it to far. Indoor tracks are a joke
The fails can be a sled pushing as is the case with Overruled. Another knocked down a sign which the fail there was the placement. The winning hook that got kicked and pulled up in the air by the sled was a front end giving out and weight box not having rollers. Some were simple parts falling off or expected runs that just came up short. I mark all original projects with a red label when we do a slow motion replay for reference later. Good call T C.
Just like usual, great footage 👍🏻 I have one more question though. If a Diesel engine is rolling coal so much does it actually translate into increased power output? Or these engines are tuned like that more for fun? I gotta admit, rolling coal fascinates me but I read that increasing fuel injection to that extent results only in increased soot, not the real torque. So, power-wise, does it make sense to smoke so heavily? Or is it laggy turbo? Don't get me wrong, I love watching this; I'd show your vids over and over again to these tree huggers.
Diesel engines are known for torque. And turbo chargers are a way to give them good low end torque as well. Several of these classes run water injection and intercoolers as well. Cooler engines means more power. So that is how you optimize the power to the wheels and save the engines. A lot of pullers will never pull without water injection/intercoolers. They will even trade weight to make it fair to other pullers. The Dyno is the only way to truly know what the power to the wheels is. In pulling a lot of pullers refer to the sled as the ultimate Dyno. You know exactly how dialed you are based on how far you pull and where you finish.
Question those rigs with multiple engines still seemed to pull roughly the same distance as the single engines. Is the counterweight on the trailed much heavier with the multi engine classes?
The rigs early on at 3:50 or the rigs toward the middle at 6:46? Keep one thing in mind even though they are modified multiple engines, all sled operators like to keep the action 330 or less. They do this by adding weight and how fast the box comes up. So no matter the horsepower, the battle is within individual classes versus the same amount of weight/speed of the weight box. Watch any other class video like this one and you will see what I mean: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QZvHGrCE7Hw.html
just wondering if you have filmed any pulls where there wasn't a break of some kind? as many classes and competitors as there are i'd guess it would be almost impossible to get a whole event without one
I personally film about 50 events a year. About 15 events that have nothing at all. The bigger indoor events will always have some Wild Rides, Wrecks, and Fires W,W,&F. The bigger NTPA events will always have some W,W,&F. Think about it 4800 hooks per year and this few W,W,&F, not bad! I get so many comments like, "Hey lots of I lost my drive shaft." To a puller on a budget that is a big deal.
@Jeff Mclearen I was like yup, that was a given!!! Saw that right side wheel pointing to the left as soon as he added power!!! It was only a matter of,.............. well, seconds in this case!!!! The sad part is, an actual A M General HUMMVEE probably could have done the same thing, without breaking!!! Nothing should bear the name of HUMMER but the A M General HUMMVEE!!! The GMC H2 missed one letter in it’s name and that was the O!!! GMC HUMMER H2O would, was, is the proper name for that vehicle!!! Since it a severely watered down version of a great vehicle!
@@AzzKicker-bz1cb let's not forget that the H2 was co-devloped with am general.. Of course a humvee won't break. The chassis on those things are nearly indestructible
I wish I was. I just started getting invited by pullers a 4 years back or so. They love running cameras for me. And giving interviews. I coach them on this a lot. So they are prepared when they win or move up to the bigger stages where it is more common.
I want roll cages, fire suits, the whole nine, but then this wouldn't be an Altered Farm class. It is an entry level class with a standard turbo/pump across all pullers.
Cover crops are pretty much the only government subsidy for grain farmers. Cover crops don't do anything but increase air quality or so they say. There is a program where you can get cover crops and actually harvest them as the government sees a shortage. The first crop covers seed, feed, etc. The second harvest should cover mortgages and equipment expenses. The third crop should be your pay. And it is not millions unless you have a corner on a market I do not know about. Where this comes from is a product of long days working thousands of acres to make it meet and hopefully exceed last years yield. You may do that and still be short because the prices are junk. I am a former government employee like many pullers that are the same, I put into my business and they put into their pulling vehicles everything we got to put on a good show. I hope that no puller lives in the poor house, but I do fear that may be the case for some. I love the quote that says, "In 100 years of pulling, the cost is the same. It will take everything you got!" Many guys come from the drag racing scene and they have told me there is nothing like this on the planet.
Political issue. Definitely not a scientific one. For this reading along and don't know: The leader of it is UN guy, Maurice Strong I think, who wants to reverse the Industrial Revolution something that happened 150 years ago all for 1 degree. I know plenty of people who wake and have to be in other peoples business. I do not see that changing. The western side of our mountains are all dying from chemical manufacturing in China. What kind of deal is going to be proposed that forces the biggest culprit in the world to comply with? Can I imagine competition with electrics? Yes, I can, but it will not be as loud, have as much vibration, and have as much smoke. I know guys that would buy a used Tesla truck to haul around their toys if it were $25,000 used. It will take a decade alone for that to happen. And for longer treks, are they willing to give up carrying capacity for extra batteries? Now, I do like the idea of having the top of your road tractor lined with solar panels charging while you drive. That is cool. Good comment.
