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Looks like I bought the wrong tow vehicle!!

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Old 12-07-2006, 10:40 PM
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Looks like I bought the wrong tow vehicle!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWxMestl824

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Time to go sell my rig.
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You wouldnt have to add ballast to your dodge to do that!
Old 12-07-2006, 11:13 PM
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Hmm. Double the tire pressure and 4+ tons of of ballast?!?! Wonder how long it will last under those conditions?
Old 12-07-2006, 11:17 PM
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I'm impressed. 310hp and 550tq. Be a nice grocery getter.
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I could be wrong, but is this the same base engine that Audi souped up and threw in the R10 race car?
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Where's my chain? I'm gonna go find me a Touareg to hook up to.
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I don't care what did it I still think that's impressive. That's a lot of weight to get moving. I'd love to see how a stock dodge auto would hold up to that.
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Where's my chain? I'm gonna go find me a Touareg to hook up to.


Make sure to get a vid
Old 12-07-2006, 11:41 PM
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Lots of hype saying how big the 747 is. It would be interesting to pull it with a truck. BUT the little tugs that move them around at the airport aren't running a V10 diesel either. Just slap it into 4Low and GO!

Notice the lack of any incline?
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that plane was severely gutted... no engines, etc. there was an article about it recently
Old 12-08-2006, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Forrest Nearing
that plane was severely gutted... no engines, etc. there was an article about it recently
You can see the engines on it...
Severly gutted? What are they going to take out? It's a 747 and it weighs A LOT no matter what you have in it.

They probably didn't need as much weight as they put it in. They probably did that just to show how much weight it could handle. With the added bags, it weighed over 1.5 times as much as your truck.

I calculated that it had to be pulling with about 730 pounds of force in that video.
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I am more impressed by the guys on World Strongest Man that pull the dump trucks............with their bodies.
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Originally Posted by ramhuntr1
I am more impressed by the guys on World Strongest Man that pull the dump trucks............with their bodies.
Yep, What he said.....
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Someone get a video of a a Tourag getting tail whipped at the end of a tow strap by a dodge, adn then send that to him. See what he has to say about that...


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