Originally Posted By B5 Bee
Diablo,

How many years did it take to progress from near stock to all out puller?
What are the wheels for under the weight box? Nose dive protection?


Started pulling with the truck in the early 80's. For years there weren't many rules so we ran 440's with Nitros. Rules really didn't starting coming in until late 90's. In 2004 things started getting serious with engines and rules. It was a 500ci club back then. After about 850hp we could not get the truck frame to stop bouncing so we took about 6 months and built a chrome moly chassis in 2008. After we did that the rules changed to follow the NTPA rules of 650ci. Thats when we had about 5-6 years of playing with the 4.840 B1-TS engines. 2013 was the year we switched over the the 5" Goodwin Hemi's. Our last B1-TS engine is still running strong in a pulling truck from Mass.

We swtiched body styles just to give the truck a new look. The old body is still at our place for a keep sake. The wheels under the front are for exactly what you said. There was a big accident where the transfer skid malfunctioned and the skid hit the back of the truck, dug the front bumper into the ground and flipped and crushed it.