Pulled but not so well

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   Local fair Antique pull, track was prepped and looked good but then it rained hard for 1/2 hour. Track was mush so they took a grader and dozer and took off about a foot. Left a dry slick track.
I pulled 6,000 and 5,000 classes with the 17 and didn't make a top five in either class. I had all my weight on the rear wheels but still spun out easily. I ran 8 lbs of air so maybe I needed to air them up.
They started heavy and went light (12,000 down) and it was interesting to see a M-TA pull from the top and he did pretty good. He dropped all the way down to 6,000 so that was a lot of weight slinging he had to do. A 88 diesel did the same but he didn't do as good.

Odd that I typically weigh in at 4990~8 most of the time, this one I came in a 4580 so the scales were off a wee bit. They said had 200lbs figured for wheelie bars when zeroed out. Not sure where the other 200 lbs came from. I ran out of weights at 5600lbs so the other pullers had more weight to move around. Live and learn! 

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Charlie175 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Shenandoah, VA Points: 6358	Post Options Post Reply Quote Charlie175 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Pulled but not so well Posted: 11 Aug 2013 at 6:40pm
	Local fair Antique pull, track was prepped and looked good but then it rained hard for 1/2 hour. Track was mush so they took a grader and dozer and took off about a foot. Left a dry slick track. I pulled 6,000 and 5,000 classes with the 17 and didn't make a top five in either class. I had all my weight on the rear wheels but still spun out easily. I ran 8 lbs of air so maybe I needed to air them up. They started heavy and went light (12,000 down) and it was interesting to see a M-TA pull from the top and he did pretty good. He dropped all the way down to 6,000 so that was a lot of weight slinging he had to do. A 88 diesel did the same but he didn't do as good. Odd that I typically weigh in at 4990~8 most of the time, this one I came in a 4580 so the scales were off a wee bit. They said had 200lbs figured for wheelie bars when zeroed out. Not sure where the other 200 lbs came from. I ran out of weights at 5600lbs so the other pullers had more weight to move around. Live and learn!
	Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD

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blue924.9 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 22 Mar 2013 Location: George Iowa Points: 1086	Post Options Post Reply Quote blue924.9 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Aug 2013 at 3:35pm
	i run 10 in my wd did good, than bumped it up to 12 after a couple pulls and did better, i have narrow tires though so i think i just dig down and bite vs floating on the top with wider tires