Hummer Tug of War

[BIGFRY77]

There is a local truck and tractor pull this weekend and they are having a tug of war competition. They will have different classes based on truck size, gas/diesel. I was wondering if any of you have done tug of war with your H3/T's. And if so what was the outcome? I know there are many different factors like, pavement, dirt, tires and whatnot but was wondering what others experiences with this are. Let me know your thoughts, I was thinking about entering the H3t just for the fun of it. :huh:

 

[GreatDaneHummer]

I would be scared to break my truck lol. Those pulls or rough on your drive line.

Where at in Wisconsin are you?

 

[Schwarttzy]

If you do happen to do that, I recommend airing the tires down to 13 PSI and connecting the strap at the lowest point possible. Obviously using your lockers and 4lo.

 

[Schwarttzy]

Not sure on the rules, but a crossmeber towards the front would give you a mechanical advantage too. As long as it clear the drive line.

 

[BIGFRY77]

I have Goodyear duratrac's load range E. While logging in he winter time I would have them at around 30PSI driving logging roads to mark property lines. Not sure about going down to 13PSI as I wouldn't want to have tire come off the bead. Yea has to be hooked at rear of vehicle. And my thoughts where that if your hook position is above competitions then you would possible get some lift on their vehicle and take away traction from them. 4LO and rear and front locker I figure would be my biggest advantage.

And I know its rough on drivetrain, I have seen people twist driveshafts off before.

 

[4speedfunk]

I would never attempt this without a solid front axle. I can say with 100% confidence...my SAS H3 with 5.13s, lockers, and a 4:1 low range will sit, spin, and dig four holes to China at 4000+ rpms....without incident. I've done it several times.
However...during these times I was never tethered to another vehicle trying to drag me backwards. It's very bad idea.

 

[CaseyS]

Is there money involved in this?

If you win, you have a bunch of drunks cheer at you. If you lose and/or break stuff, you get to call a tow truck and get to go home and break out the credit card to order replacement parts. I don't see the upside of this endeavor.

 

[4speedfunk]

I can promise...there is money involved with this. (About $3000 to rebuild the driveline). -ha!

 

[BIGFRY77]

I would be scared to break my truck lol. Those pulls or rough on your drive line.

Where at in Wisconsin are you?

I'm located in the southwest/central area by richland center

 

[Schwarttzy]

You haven't been off-road like myself if you've never air down to pass 20 PSI. Besides you should have perfectly good spare on the rear door.

(This is why the Jeep crowd makes fun of us.)

 

[cgalpha08]

If its the "tug" version where there is slack and each contestant guns its to jerk the line, i wouldn't do that. The static version would be less painful, still wouldn't do it. Also i would connect it to your rear D shackle, best spot probably if you're going to do it.

 

[Mb30sdl]

I have done it in stock H3T(5cyl) with 35s against tundra with ~1000lbs in the bed. I wouldn't recommend it crunching noise coming from TC case was pretty bad.

Saying that I dragged that tundra (and Dodge Ram) with no problem with H2.

 

[Woodtick]

I would sit in the stands sucking back BL smoothies and just enjoy the billy fest myself.

 

[BIGFRY77]

You haven't been off-road like myself if you've never air down to pass 20 PSI. Besides you should have perfectly good spare on the rear door.

(This is why the Jeep crowd makes fun of us.)

You would be correct in saying I have never off roaded to the extreme that you have with my H3T. I would say what I have done is pretty mild compared to what I have seen some of you others do in pictures. Then again some people would say I'm crazy to do what I have done, its all a matter of opinion and experience.

 

[BIGFRY77]

any one who would be willing to do tug of war with a slack rope/chain is not very smart... Not that tug of war is in the first place...

 

[Happy Hummer]

I see these all the time on you tube and they look silly but hey could be fun. With baba rope or voodoo you could at least absorb some of the shock load. For anyone who lives in the North of this great country pulling stuck trucks in winter or plowing are everyday sh!t lol.

 

[GreatDaneHummer]

voodoo works great! well worth the money. After a few nasty attempts to pull out stuck trucks i knew I had to get some slack in the line.