Pourin, I understand what you are saying to an extent. But I hung 800 one time last year in an 8500 class and the truck didnt seem to like it. I could be imagining it but it felt like there was a way rougher ride. I did have the blocks in but no traction bars. It usually feels really good at or around 300-400 to put me in at 8000. In fact, every time I pulled the 8500 open the rest of the year I tried to stay as close to 8000 as possible.

I have tried several things with moving the weight around. I took the spare tire off and transferred that weight to the front. I try to keep only 10-15 gallons of fuel in it and transfer that weight. I even try to compensate in the cab alittle with weight in the passenger floorboard to even out my weight of 240. but there is a friend of mine that says it dont matter where the weight is just make sure its tied down.

Ist pull tommorow night with new mods - hoping for the best - not first.... just dont break

 

i hang 1400 to make 8000 full on fuel.

 

I went to a few last year that were like 8200#. Would that be enough for everybody to be okay? I didn't get to hang at Bowling Green, all mine was held down in the cab and I was still 700-800#'s shy.

 

ALL the pulls around here are 8500#. Theres only one that i know of thats 8200#.

 

We stripped the '05 for the quarter this weekend and only got down to 8600#... got plenty of runs in though!

 

It's about time. With all the trucks getting bigger and heavier with each new generation, this was bound to happen sooner or later...
Now they need to come up with a 4500 or 5000 pound class for the little gasser trucks.
My first new truck was a 1977 Ford F-250 hi-boy with a gvwr of about 7600#, now many new trucks weigh that much with nothing in them. And back then 1/2 tons had GVWR's of about 4950# for the lightest duty, and upto about 6,000# for the heavy duty half tons.

 

I assume they have a scale there at the pulls to weigh your truck correct? There aren't alot of pulls down here and the ones we have had I couldn't get out of work I want to go SOO bad!

 

No tailgate 1/2 tank of fuel mine weighed 8680 yesterday.

Where I pull all diesels are now in a unlimited class, you win by pulling the highest percentage. You can add as much weight as you want but only in the bed of the truck no hanging weights.

For you guys that have a 7500 pound truck and can hang weights on the front to pull in a 8500 pound class I think you have a huge advantage vrs a 8500 pound dually with no front weights.(you can put the weight where you want it)

I can understand having different weight classes where you get a lot of trucks to show up.