Wordless Wednesday: A GMC Tank

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   Stock truck pulls. We have them every year at our home coming. They’re pretty bad ass, some of them pushing close to 900 hp (fly wheel).
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   By the way, that is not a big rig. It’s what you call a sled filled with weights. As the truck starts out the sled moves forward making it harder and harder and eventually impossible to pull the sled.
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      Kiel — yes, yes… I’m aware of sleds — having helped build a couple myself. The “big rig” reference was used loosely… so for factual correctness, it now reads “sled” 🙂
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   Okay, sorry. I was not trying to refer ignorance on your part. I apologize if I may have come off as such.
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      Oh not a problem at all. I’m glad you pointed it out, since it didn’t really make sense before. Good stuff!
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   Pulling a sled is a waste of gas and time. Show the truck pulling a tree stump, or pulling a foreign truck out of the mud!!
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      Luckily for you, this is America and you are welcome to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.
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   It’s pointless? It takes a lot of effort, talent, and knowledge to build a truck up to pull a sled fast and far enough. It’s a form of entertainment and competitiveness, it’s not pointless.
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   Raymond, its a form of competition. Pulling a tree is not only harmful to the environment, but it also is a variable (non measurable) form of pulling. The weight of a sled on the other hand is controlled.
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