2nd hook ... 2nd time she broke
 

Well here is the 2nd hook I had this year went the same distance this hook as I did the last ( bout 255'). Ended up breaking the front driveshaft on this one. Also was the first hook that I had an in cab cam:tu: Let me know what ya think ... it really was my best yet till she let go

looked stong until front end let go.:tu:

still a damn good hook man. sounds great

Thanks guys :tu: working on a good fix for that little problem

i had a points hook last night. i ended up third. wife forgot the camcorder:argh:

Damn, thats still sounds like it was a good hook tho. This was also a points hook for me :argh:

a customer called me today and said he had a video of me friday night. i will post when i get it. :tu:

Sweet look foward to seeing it:tu:

ur pillar gauges was a wire loose or did u rig it up to light up? it looked like as soon as the gauges lit up you took off

sweet hook man :tu:

I really wanna say I rigged it up that way but its just a loose wire.

looked good dave, besides the drive shaft breaking. the in cab was awsome :rocking:

Thanks Ed, I just want to see what it will do on a full pass for once

Guess I'm now 3 for 3 ... broke the shaft this time not the joint. still went 248' in 2wd

dang bud. your luck is goin change. you will go far pilgram if you can get the front hooked up:tu:

dave what gear are you pulling now?

4th low

Man that truck looks like it would be really strong if it stayed together, what joints are you running and is the shaft something aftermarket or not? I would make a new shaft for the front and put some bigger joints in. You can go to the local junk yard and find a old motorhome chassis they had dana 70s with bigger joints that fit on 60s and we make our own shafts up with them, we use the yokes from the 70s.

Thats the plan funds are a little tight at the moment tho. Making the shaft is the expensive part the joints and yoke are the cheep part.

I use the shafts that come on the motorhomes, I cut them to length put them on the truck with a couple tacks and spin them with a rod next to them to make sure they are straight, put a few more tacks on and spin it some more to check for straightness, once they are straight someone spins it while I weld it. Forgot to mention you have to cut just through the shaft on the end right where they are welded and the end will come off then shorten the shaft to the desired lenght the piece you first cut off should slip back into the shaft about 3/8 of an inch then you can put some small tacks on. If you lived closer I would help build them for you I weld stuff for pullers all the time and don't charge them anything, Garrett Shields is one of them.

Thank you for the offer, if it breaks this friday plan is 1410 front joint with a 1350 Cv.

248 in 2wd is still awesome Dave, good work, and dont let anyone tell you different.:tu::yeah::c:

Oh I'm proud of that do you worry :c:

Well she held together this time, this hook was in a 3.0 class with a pretty heavy sled. It ran ok for the first full pass this year, gonna tune it a little better for the next hook.

good hook dave. we have a pull next friday and saturday night.

Good luck man, throw up a video when you hook :tu:

will do:tu: