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Super Semi Full Class Video MAC Trailer Winter Nationals 2023
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Registered: 08/18/2022 Posts: 97 |
Super Semi Full Class video MAC Trailer Winter Nationals 2023 |
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Where have they all gone?
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Just Sayin’
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Just wondering where have all the pulling semi’s gone? Bonner and Lindsey come to mind - and I think they had 2 trucks each. |
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Bonner's trucks have been out a few times the last couple years. Brent Yaron Hooked Up Pulling Productions hookeduppullingproductions@gmail.com |
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Registered: 01/03/2019 Posts: 280 |
There are at least 6-7 in MN alone but this was an invitational in April. I don't think it's indicative of the class numbers. |
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Just Sayin’
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I know MN has good numbers and I think Gene Dunn has half of OH, lol. Just thought with it being a “truck show”, there would have been better numbers or invites. Semi numbers just appear down across the board and maybe this is just where the class is these days. |
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Dedicated
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The Issues regarding the semi class in the gopher state revolve around the need to win. Many quit showing up to pulls on the national stage because they simply couldn't handle losing. Jack progressed the sport leaps and bounds with the true pulling semi and others were caught in the past. Dean and Jack are gone along with many others and the new generation of Semi pullers are coming around. Semi pullers are there own worst ememies and the lack of dedication to supporting events will soon bring the demise of the class altogether. |
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You missed a couple
Red Hot & Rollin- Dana Lindsey Built for Business- Tom Lindsey Greg Hibbits- Prohibbited Gary Rareigh- Prohibbited II Al Hopkins- Prohibbited Blue Ox Ruhl’s Royce- Kenny Wuertz Deviant Dogg- ??? Plum Crazy Binder- W.T. Miller Lee Edington- American Xpress |
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Under_Pressure
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To me it seems like the semi class has just never been able to find itself. There hasnt been that critical mass of competitors who really got a combination figured out and were out there pull after pull, year after year putting down consistent passes and building up a real following for the class. It seemed like we were about there in the later 90s, but then a lot of guys disappeared from the national circuit. There also seemed to be some uncertainty in the early 00s about exactly where the class was headed. Most trucks in the class hadn't been all that far removed from street trucks with major engine and drivetrain modifications. But then some started to get built that were more in the vein of true competition vehicles as seen in other pulling classes like Greg Hibbitts flip top body truck. Hibbitts was a younger guy who seemed pretty dedicated to the sport and would help move the class forward, but he might have been a little too dedicated as I think he got into some financial trouble.
For the most part trucking guys who get into pulling just seem to gravitate towards better established classes. Roberts, Petro, Simons, Chizek, etc. |
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I compiled a list for TPC last year and tried to keep it updated throughout the year. I may have missed some and others may be parked or changed hands that I am unaware of, but it's to the best of my knowledge of what I could find.
85 Kenworth - Dale Francis 87 Mack Superliner - Chet Schug Armbender - Gen Dunn Armbender II - Gene Dunn Bad Addiction - W.T. Miller Bad Attitude - William Miller Bad Dog - Chris Jeffres Bessie - Antrim Pulling Team Big Mack Attack - Shane Canterbury Black Sheep - Lee Phillips Cat Scratch Fever - Justin Fredo Class Act - Chris Wood Clessie - Scott Cornelius Deviant Dog - Jason Leach Diamond in the Rough - Jon Reese Dodge Fever - Brian Carey Double Down (Former) - Brian Smith Down-n-Out - Dale Mitchell Freight Shaker - Colton Sailor Full Spool - Vinnie Giulitto Full Tilt - Dan Prahl General Stupidity - Chris Jeffres Goin' Big Time - Levi Friedline Grape Ape - Bob Lautenan Hillbilly Deluxe - Spencer Rook Holy Smokes - Lonny Sailor II Timin' - John Knee Jerry Attrics - Gerald Hairhoger Just Passin' Thru in Class - Tom Eilen Keep on Truckin' - Pat Eilen Krazy KW - Chris Schroeder Lady Butterfly - Gene Dunn Let Er Rip Tater Chip - Ben Gordon Maximum Force - Antrim Pulling Team Maximus Prime - Dick Bonner Maximus Prime II - Dale Francis Moody Blue - Jeff Lautanen Mr. Nasty - Spencer Snyder Nikki's Nightmare - Brian Elithrope Penny Pincher - Darrin Dietzel Playin' with Fire - Ryan DeBroux Rat Race - TJ Lake Rooster - Luke Cornelius Rubber Duck - Mitch Cloudt Ruhl's Royce - Scott Ruhl Shameless - Gene Dunn Short Leashed - Myles Fehn Silver Bullet I - Richard Scott Silver Bullet II - Fred Sanders Sneeky Pete - Joe Giulitto Some Assembly Required - Dan Adams Squeekin' By - Tiffany Haselby Stacks - Sonny Graese Temperamental - Matt Catlin The Executioner - Craig Braun Tow Mater - Kurt Heyroth Twisted Kitty - Gene Dunn Unleashed - Kendra Dauer Unpredictable - Sondra Rodgers Up in Smoke - Kenven Hagen VEIT Venom - Luke Kedrowski Work N Progress - Nate August Brent Yaron Hooked Up Pulling Productions hookeduppullingproductions@gmail.com Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2023 04:24AM by Brent Yaron. |
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Registered: 05/22/2008 Posts: 225 |
Great List. Just a couple of corrections. (1) Grape Ape is now owned by Bob Lautenan ... same team as Moody Blue. (2) Rude Awakening Revisited became Full Spool for the Guilitto Team. Keep up the good work. |
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Registered: 02/23/2017 Posts: 137 |
Ancient technology by today's standards, but the V-12 Detroits with the Allison's shifting up at 50 feet & down at 250 feet was freakin awesome as a kid to watch & listen to! |
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Badger Fan
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I always liked the Super Semi class back in the day. You had a couple guys like Hibbitz and Reis who tried to build a custom built truck who were competitive but never blew the doors off everyone. I think when Jacked up and Mother Trucker came out it slowed down the guys with the true Semi's. Like any other class put up the money or get out. Semi's were always one of my favorite classes but since they have lost the look and sound of a true semi I have lost a bit of interest. Don't get me wrong they are still cool but the smaller custom built stuff doesn't feel or sound like a semi anymore. Single stack out of the hood they sound like a pro stock or super stock, they lost that rumble they used to have out of the 2 big stacks behind the cab and the womp womp sound.
I miss the days of JR Collins, Greg Hibbitz, Larry Carey, and Tiger Ries. Are the Ries trucks still out there or did they get mothballed somewhere. He used to have 3 or 4 if I remember (stage coach, bandit, long horn, and I think he had another show truck that showed up every once and a while the entire cab lifted up can't remember its name). He had the Stage Coach cab over out at Tomah quite a few years back but was way behind everyone. |
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Under_Pressure
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Collins, Mann, Metzger, Lindsey, Hibbitts, Bojec, Friedline, Flock, Ries, those were glory days for sure. When Ries showed up you had half a class right there, though as time went on his trucks weren't quite competitive. They were probably the closest to working trucks in the class though. |
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Walker?
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Walker´s had ¨down and out¨ (international) then they had the ¨double down¨ and ¨two of a kind¨ Peterbilts. What ever happened to the ¨two of a kind¨ truck? |
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Posts: 1,162 |
Two of a Kind is now Eilen's Just Passin' Thru in Class if I remember correctly. Brent Yaron Hooked Up Pulling Productions hookeduppullingproductions@gmail.com |
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back within i'd say the last 12 yrs middle of 2010 or later at bloomsburg fair under full pull prod. they had the cream of semi's i believe there were at least 17 semi's at that pull. every one from the lindley's (2) the late john mann, the flocks larry cary mr. nasty bessie and even j.r. collins who had a dislike for rick f. sandners and i believe hibbits were there. this was one of the best shows at that time with i believe were semi's from most east coast states. it was big to me being i'm from new york state. |
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Registered: 05/24/2021 Posts: 33 |
The Two of a Kind Truck is now owned by Brian Smith out of Maryland. He put a 4.1 charger on it last year and pull here and there on the East Coast with their class. Brian also owns a Mack with a 4.1 the he calls Snow Blind. |
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I believe you are thinking about double down. Two of a Kind is certainly Just Passin Thru |
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i believe
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I believe one of Jeremy Walkers trucks ended up here in Ohio with Dale Mitchell owning it. |
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