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Old 11-25-2010, 02:43 PM
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Well I know I don't have the bigest or coolest but it's mine and paid for.
What do you pull with to the track.......
This is mine.
2009 LTZ, LMM, Ext.Cab, Edge Race CTS, 4" MBRP Exhaust-DPF delete, S&B Cold Air Intake, Cognito (stage 4) Platinum UCA Kit, Air Lift bags and Remote Wireless Compressor, Sulastic shackles, BMF M-80's with Hankook AT-m's, Line-X Bedliner, T-Rex Black Mesh Grille, HID 10,000K Headlight Kit, Access Tonneau Cover, Weather Tech Floor Liners.
Trailer is a 2010 Storm Custom 26' and is still work in progress with minor upgrades and some graphics.







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2007 GMC Crew Cab Dualie & 2007 Pace 40' gooseneck

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07.5 GMC Sierra, duramax and all the bells and whistles. 28" Pace Daytona.
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looks like white is a popular color
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Well the tow rig is my Dad's. It's an 36 foot 03 Freightliner with a 12.8L Caterpillar C12 motor making 430hp and 1650tq. It actually gets about 9.5mpg without or without the trailer...and hills don't really matter for it!

The trailer is co-owned by my Dad and I and is 30.5 feet and all aluminum.

The C4 and C5 pictured are both of my fun cars.

Combined it is about 67ft long and 34,XXX pounds.


^^Brainerd


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^^Mid America


^^Truckstop on the way to Autobahn with a buddy


^^Autobahn

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^^Towing my Uncle's 30ft travel trailer. Notice the rig's Angel Eye headlights to match both truck and trailer's LED lights




^^Towing our family's 14ft Sea Doo jet boat. Twin 85hp jet motors+ storms or house boat waves=

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Originally Posted by wallyman424
looks like white is a popular color






I'm 14 seconds faster with the box empty.



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I'm 14 seconds faster with the box empty.



Yeah; but you are hitting that apex too late.
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Originally Posted by Git Er Dun
Well the tow rig is my Dad's. It's an 36 foot 03 Freightliner with a 12.8L Caterpillar C12 motor making 430hp and 1650tq. It actually gets about 9.5mpg without or without the trailer...and hills don't really matter for it!

The trailer is co-owned by my Dad and I and is 30.5 feet and all aluminum.

The C4 and C5 pictured are both of my fun cars.

Combined it is about 67ft long and 34,XXX pounds.
Quite the tow rig!!!! Were you or your dad at Hallet last May? I saw a rig that looks a lot like your.... Very nice.

And yes it does look like white is the color of choice

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I love all these white rigs! This time I went black!

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2009 Expedition EL. Best I could get the wife to allow us to buy. It'll have to do for now.
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Originally Posted by Gman57
Quite the tow rig!!!! Were you or your dad at Hallet last May? I saw a rig that looks a lot like your.... Very nice.

And yes it does look like white is the color of choice
Thanks! Nope, sorry not us. We had an old motorhome before this one but with the current prices my Dad picked this one up to retire with in 1.5-2 years. The old one had an old 454 Chevy in it and struggled up the hills and would get blown all over the place when a Semi went by. I'm lucky that he lets me use this one to tow the car to the track with. It's awesome!

Here's a few other rigs at Autobahn with NASA last September that I thought were awesome:



^^Havok Motorsports tire changing setup...their canvas enclosure was AWESOME!! Especially at night with the mosquitoes when they could just seal it up and keep working with all the lights inside.


^^53' drop deck old Van trailer with three 4 point hoists inside...really nice budget setup. I want to build one like that someday.
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same setup as buckeye (dave) except with 02 duramax white dually and a 40ft enclosed gooseneck also (all white also )
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42' Fleetwood Revolution motorhome, 24' Pace trailer w/heat/ac, and Holiday canopy.





Doesn't suck..............<grin>

Our 'pull it around town' vehicle is a 2008 Chevy 3500 Duramax Diesel Quad Cab Dually with the Allison..........yep......she'll yank your house right off the foundation........!! Coulda used it when we got the motorhome stuck in the mud at Hallett a few years back..........

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I feel so inadequate!

I’ve got a 2010 Silverado 2500HD Crew Cab, 4WD, Duramax with an Allison transmission pulling a 20 foot steel deck trailer (10.5K) with a 4 foot dovetail.
The blue tape is masking tape when I was applying the bed liner coating.


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You feel inadequate. I been told that I have the small tow rig out there.



2006 Honda Ridgeline 3.5L V6
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05 Dodge Ram 1500 pulling an 18 foot steel deck trailer.



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Guess which one gets me to the track, barely.

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Originally Posted by Jason
Guess which one gets me to the track, barely.

Just tell everyone your going stealth.... If you dorve in that big rig you would be expected to be a top finisher. Now you can sneek out there and kick some *** Then they will wonder where it came from
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'08 Duramax, 24' Haulmark

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Well, since you gave me another chance to show off my new pickup I guess I better oblige:







And a few sitting next to my dad's new 1500 (5.3, Crew, Short Box, 4x4 also LTZ w/ Nav etc):







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