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The fact that you, Destin, are able to be social with ANYONE, is a testament to your character. Anyone from Navy Seals, to Politicians, to Southern Tractor Sledders. Crazy....
Destin makes it look easy, and that's probably a combination of upbringing and practice.
Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers Neighborhood) was another person able to be sociable with everyone.
It's one of my skills as well, but it comes with great difficulty to me in part from a lack of practice, in part because I'm neurodivergent.
The real trick is to approach each conversation honestly and openly, to be respectful, and to acknowledged your own ignorance.
As Mister Rogers said, "Treat every conversation like it is the most important thing in your life at that moment, because it should be."
@@iwontliveinfear My problem is that sometimes I feel like I code-switch too much or I over-share certain things I dont want to (not necessarily too much, just irrelevant). Practice definitely makes perfect.
I feel like that is a pretty common American thing. We only hate people we don't meet in person.
The trick is getting out of your own world and into the world of others, genuine deep interest in other people will make them light up and be excited to talk to you because most people aren't like this, most are in their own head and bring insecurities that can be felt through your body language and energy and this can make others feel insecure. Making people feel comfortable is key, bringing a playful fun attitude is a good approach. Pretty much everyone has insecurities, including people that don't look like they have insecurities (bosses, leaders etc). That last part is something I never realized until recently and it's life changing to know it.
@@hadeees Sometimes we start to hate people once we've met them 😅🤣😂
THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to educate me on such an interesting sport! This is fascinating!
Hey Destin, did you know that you're awesome? Because you are, your vids are great 😃
You are coding hard. Your southern is coming out hard. No shame, but the first two sounded like family, and you sound more ... draw..ey.... twang...ey than usually.?.?.
Man, you should make a video on how to interact with people like this, read their ques and stuff. Love it!!
Thank you Destin on taking time to educate me on such an interesting sport!
Sorry to to repeat your words, but I couldn't have said it better.
This is fascinating! Cheers
I think your confusion on the rear wheel weight comes from a false statement somebody made about the sled weight.
Static sled weight is always fully supported by the sled and sled wheels regardless of weight box position.
The hitch does not directly transfer any static vertical component from the sled to the tractor.
Though there may be some slight indirect weight transfer due to the pulling force vector, but this is only a function of dynamic pulling force.
I don't think I've ever heard more 'yes sir' out side of the military. These people are so dam polite and respectful it's amazing.
welcome to the south
Yeah if you look past the prejudices some may have they really are wonderful people a lot of them, and id say people in cities have a lot to learn from them
They were all very humble. I grew up on a small dairy farm in the Midwest. Anyone with 2000+ acres is doing something right. I’m willing to bet most of these guys are multi millionaires, but you’d never know it.
@@UdderDelight nearly every one of the vehicle owners are at least millionaires. A competitive Light Limited Super Stock will cost around $100k, a Limited Pro Stock around $200k + $5k-80k maintenance and improvements each year. That's for a hobby.
@@Impetuss "...if you look past the prejudices some may have...."
Don't we all have prejudices?
There's an entire socioeconomic culture built around guys building big tractors to pull a sled that uses physics to create a fair competition that will draw crowd.
The money from the event is then used to help the local community.
If that Community is successfully restored to a working state, they can pick up the track and move it to a new community that needs help and competitors will just drive to a different location for a few years to help that community.
And then this tradition is passed down through generations.
What a great place of the world to live in where a structure designed to help people who are struggling is actually fun and enjoyable.
These are the people I want to meet in heaven.
Ben, don't wait until you're in Heaven to meet the truck and tractor pulling family. The pulling family has a huge collective heart.
Heck yeah brother ! i love ya comment ,i hope Heaven ,naa im sure heaven is full of people just like this ,i couldn't imagine it been any other way!
Jeff Foxworthy got it right--"y'all gonna be mighty surprised when we get to the Pearly Gates and St. Peter says, 'y'all hop on in the back of the truck and we'll go on up to the big house!'"
Been around pulling my entire life and I have no idea what you’re talking about….
Destin is such a role model with his social skills!
I like how he developed a southern accent, he is politician ready lol
@@95TurboSol its real not fake
@@ThePenn7 his accent changed significantly from how he normally pronounces things (in the main video on his other channel its clearer). It's done to make people feel you're more like them and fit in, humans can do this intentionally or learn it passively and it's sort of unconscious, Destin is probably the latter, or maybe both but he does do it. That's not a bad thing btw, politicians do it to manipulate the public for personal gain (votes, power) and it's bad, Destin clearly does it to connect with people, learn, and get good interviews for his channel.
@@95TurboSol It unconsciously happens to me. I've lived in the South for 20 years now and my New England accent is largely absent day to day. But if I go to Maine to visit family, it'll creep back in pretty quickly and stick with me for a few weeks when I back home. ETA: The biggest change is how fast I'll start talking again, but I'll start dropping "R's" and changing vowel sounds and using "you guys" instead "y'all" too.
@@DefensorMilitas Yeah I've experienced the same thing.
Considering the confusion about diesels, maybe its time for Destin to visit with a diesel engine manufacturer? I suspect that there would be folks at Caterpillar here in Peoria who could take him on a tour of the engine test labs and out to the Proving Grounds to demonstrate how diesels work. Might be worth checking out what they are doing to prepare for the post-diesel world too.
I don't think he's very genuinely confused, I think he's just probing for an explanation
I’m sure somebody in marketing could set something up to get him some tours at Cat. Be great to see.
@@WillTheBassPlayer asking what carburetor someone is running on their diesel is a great way to get them to explain things to a low knowledge level audience.
@@droid683 Yep! I think he'd love to see some of the tech going on here, both in the engines and machines. I'd love to see his face if he got to operate a D11 at the proving grounds!
Dude's a mechanical engineer. A literal rocket scientist on top of that.
He wanted to appear dumb so these people's knowledge could shine through. Destin's actually as humble as he's smart. And it's a family thing. His dad worked on the JWST!
But I'd LOVE to see a tour of theose engine testing labs!
Friendly reminder to all who haven't been to a tractor pull, the "pits" where all the trucks and pulling tractors are parked waiting to pull is almost always open to spectators, free of charge or maybe a couple dollars extra. Don't be afraid to walk around, look and talk with the owners and drivers. Destin's interviews highlight this interaction but it really is open to all who attend
One thing I love about my job as an emt is events like this be able to get out and mingle with crews and drivers we have a dirt track a motor cross track a couple asphalt tracks in my county so there is always something
In my experience, the pits are not open to anyone not in a pit crew. It's that way for all of the local fair events around my area
@@Adam12128 the organization featured in this video ,Mid-South Pullers Association, almost always has open pits, but it is dependent on the promoter. If you come to the pits be careful because there's a lot of heavy equipment moving around and be respectful of people's property.
Most of the pulls in Illinois the pits are open! It is fun to see the different machines and catch up with friends! Look up "Let's grow pulling" .
@@Adam12128 The majority of the pulls we go to are all open pits. Ones may require a extra admission but they are still open.
I live 12.000 kms away from these folks in a 10 million people city, I speak another language, and somehow I feel them very close to me. They seem so honest and hardworking. Kudos for showing a side of the US we don't see much.
I would like to add that it isn't just the southern US people that are like this, it is rural people all over the US. I am in the North East and the tractor pulling community is the exact same way up here, just much less draw in the talk. Haha
Greetings Pablo. I've traveled to quite a few countries. The rural folk I've met have much in common all around the world. If you can, move out of the city and settle into a small town community. You will love it.
@@PatrickKQ4HBD Thank you Patrick. It is not that easy where I come from, but it is definitely what I plan to do in a few years.
Please revisit this and look at the jet turbine tractors and the 8 engine super charged big block tractors.
I second that!!
He's gonna have a blast looking at them and talking to everyone trying to explain how it all works
those arent allowed in the tractor pulling orgs these days. the biggest you could get just 20 years ago was 6 engines. max is 5 now.
@@RaidifyLifts Thanks for the info. I haven't been to an event for over 30 years.
@@RaidifyLifts There's at least one that's being built in Oklahoma that'll have seven engines on it when it's finished. It'll be tight on weight, but if they can make weight, he'll compete with it.
The way you can walk up to strangers and ask about their equipment is life changing for me bud. I have terrible anxiety but this is my world, together this shows that my world is a lot more open and friendly to questions and strangers than I thought. I have no reason to think otherwise, but you have inspired me to be a lot more friendly. I really appreciate your channel bud
Most of us are eager to show off what we've built if we have the time,no reason to be shy about it.
While I have anziety issues as well, a simple firm handshake breaks down those issues.
You need to visit the south man, for the most part people are kind here. I once broke down in Lewisburg, Tennessee. I had flown from Nashville to New Orleans and bought a truck and trailer, but when I got to Lewisburg the lift pump went out and this guy at the parts store, once he heard my situation without hesitation he gave me a ride back to Nashville airport, but before he took me we went by his house and he showed me his shop and a bunch of his hot rods and motorcycles. Super nice and cool guy, still friends
It was interesting to learn more about the sled. Never realized there were grousers on it.
Or that the pan dropped in stages. Always thought it was just weight and speed of the box.
Cool to learn about something I've watched for 40 years.
same here, I thought it was just weight moving up a sled
Depends on the Sled also, most are similar
It wasn't Dustin but about two weeks ago I watched a video about 30 minutes and it was all about the sled they showed everything how lights were the gearing all that it was good too
Depends on the sled, our sled (meaning the tractor clubs) is simple, the sled goes down, and the weight box goes up at a certain speed to adjust for the pullers weight
If you want to do a part 2 tractor pull video, find an antique/classic tractor pull. There are classes that limit speed to 2.5-3mph. the emphasis is much more on balance and less dependant on HP. Also you might be able to find a pull with a simple weight transfer sled. Drop pan sleds are boring, it's mostly a contest to see who can be going the fastest at the point cylinders or air bags at the back of the pan are triggered. Find a pull where the tractors can be put to work when they get home.
CZcams algo fed me a video of a steam powered Case 110 that looked like it was making it snow in August (ash) and rain embers like confetti. Pull took a lot longer but it was slow and steady traction to the end.
Destin, I never expected to see tractor pulling on your channel. Don't take that the wrong way though, just figured the sport doesn't have far reaching fingers.
I am a competitor up in Ohio and if you ever want to get into the nuts and bolts of tractor pulling, shoot me a message. Be glad to help understand whatever I can.
Along with a previous comment, we have multi gas turbine engine tractors and multi blown alcohol engines running in Modified classes that might just blow your mind on an engineering level.
OSTPA is a world class act, 2nd to none in the world of truck and tractor pulling
Destin: take this commenter up on the offer. The multi-engine modified classes are next level. Even if you don't make another video, I guarantee it'll be worth your time.
Turbine engined tractors sound like an awesome idea.
Destin you're quite a good interviewer- always ready with the next question. Very impressive!
That's called editing. lol
These are some of the most humble multi-millionaires I’ve ever seen.
no need for the flash or who has the most $$$, most worry that their fellow man has enough to survive.
Man I love how people in the south introduce themselves with first and last names. I truly miss that sort of camaraderie between total strangers.
and a handshake, a firm proper handshake!
Destin slippin in to southern mode when he's talking to these folks is brilliant xD
He is absolutely flawless in linguistic code shifting, he even outed himself in a video years back. He really is brilliant and so incredibly personable ☺️
Wow. That silver one with the compound turbo setup. Fascinating. Destin, you should totally do an episode on turbocharging... Especially if you can include compound charging. Physics wise, it's mind boggling
100% respect for all of the American family racing teams out there.
I couldn't help it, I laughed a few times... My Grandpa, Lloyd Douglas, RIP Dallas City, Il.....Was a TRUE pioneer of the sport, he helped design and build the very first transfer sleds..With the Shaeffer and Luedke families.. one sled was The JUDGE, "Here comes da judge!!"He was also one of the first announcers, and probably had more time on a microphone than Howard Cossell... before that he made the very FIRST sled. He flattened out a big metal tank off an old oil truck, into the shape of a toboggan. Men would line both sides of the track, and jump on as it went by, holding on to each other tight I'm sure.. the farther down the track, more men, more weight, until they stopped the tractor, YEEHAA, I actually remember some like that!! He pulled the first gasoline burning, diesel tractor with 4 turbochargers, yep, 4, an old Cockshut Super 570 in the 5000 and 7000lb Super Stock Class. He was called.. "Super Cecil Diesel" and that tractor is still being drove in local parades by another relative. He pulled the ole Cockshut Super for 16 yrs, then became the lead announcer for The National Tractor Pullers Association and Agri-Shows, from Dairyland Grand Nationals to the Superdome, for another 11 years.. and also MANY Stock Car races and Air Shows (he was also a pilot). He was instrumental in promoting the first Truck Pulls, Organized the FIRST Farm Machinery Show in Kentucky and was involved in the build of the very first Bigfoot truck....and Clifford Smith's Monster 3-wheeler..... AND!!! I got to spend as much time on the road with him and Grandma as Mom would allow. The whole time I was growing up!!! I knew EVERY puller and EVERY tractor, and they ALL knew me, It really was like a traveling family reunion every summer... Imagine a 12000lb Super Modified Class tractor screaming past to the 300' mark, you would here something like.. He took it through the fence row folks!! Give im a big hand as he drives back by!! That ole boy shot down the track faster than a lightning powered Zizwheel!!! or quicker than a Reo Speedwagon!! . I miss those days and I really miss them both, but Lord thank you for blessing me with the time spent and memories I still cherish..... and all that was a small fraction of his accomplishments... MY GRANDPA, MY HERO. I know there are a lot of ANDs in here, but if I told more about the man, there would be hundreds more.... Like playing semi pro against The Harlem Globetrotters twice... and beating them twice.... Or being the Australian Wrestling Heavyweight Champion for four yrs. straight..... Thanks for reading, I love talking about him, you can probably understand why he will always be my HERO!!! And if your still pulling tractors today, he should be sort of an unsung Hero to you also...Find a copy of Pulling Power magazine from Dec. '86 for the best Pullers Profile they ever printed... Thanks again!!!
You mentioned us giving each other a hard time, I'll have to tell Jeff Dykes that he was edited out of the main video. Nolan Robinson is one of the most likable people you'll ever meet, I'm disappointed that he didn't want to be on camera. He recently won an event (he generally finishes midpack) and got a standing ovation from the pullers watching at the end of the track.
Eddie confirmed a theory that sprung to mind in your first video; That is, the faster you can get the sled moving at the start before most of that resistance and weight is introduced, the better you do. There was one standout run you shot and it was clearly a faster first half than any of the others. Eddie's strategy of more weight on the back offering more initial traction would allow you to really put those HP's into the mud to get that speed up.
What a sport. Thanks for shooting this!
i like your thinking, inertia and momentum is cenrtainly important,i would like to add to that,more (wheelspeed) = more centrifugal pull on stuck mudd between treads = more shedding on mud = more relative tread depth = more friction between ground and tire.since the shear friction increases over distance ,having a higher wheelspeed when pulling friction is the least = stored momentum+ centrifugal mud shedding speed in the beginning would also reserve friction and torqque when your more need it , Thinking about this makes me hypothesise that a more 3d,(counter) organic approach of the tire threads could improve friction (and suction!) even more.(if allowed)
also ,no one is mentioning bounching of the tractor, when bounching,the tractor manipulates the shear force of the trailer, gaining speed when the trailer is pushed up from the lowest hitch moment (when tractor is nose up to nose down) will also avoid friction when the sled is moving upwards from the lowest point, and whist doing so increases axle pressure for more friction to more easy accelerate speed = (+ a nose up is also stored energy to b used for slingshot gravity effect)
+ axel spring/torque load effect
+ flywheel inertia/momentum
Indeed a facinating battle of forces to balance out for a most efficient outcome.
This sport goes balsz deep.Way more than this aweseome video uncovers.
But i do honestly feel that (as always) the devil is in the details,and some of these details are not noticed.
Impressed by how polite and friendly everyone there is!
It's completely normal down here. When I go north, people look at me like I'm crazy because I say 'hello' to everyone. I don't understand why it's so different.
@@patrickspringer6534 Because proper use of manners is perceived as weakness. It’s BS. I want to visit the south again. My brother lived in Arkansas for 2 years.
@@patrickspringer6534 yes sir, yes ma'am, and hold the door when you can, "Thanks Sweetie!"
Glad to be up at 2 am, what a treat!!
I'm glad I'm not the only person up At 3 am watching smarter every day on a Saturday morning . 😂.
Watching Dustin learn about forced induction makes me smile. @smartereveryday please do a series on Drag cars. Go talk to Cleetus McFarland, Steve Morison or Tom Bailey. Learn about street drag cars
I was just thinking the same thing, how the traction control strategies, skills, physics, and luck in medium to high power drag racing go unappreciated by most people who aren't directly in the sport.
Would LOVE to see exactly this! Getting some slow-mo footage of the launch would be amazing as well.
I think Destin and Cleetus would get along real quick
@@gflinch add in a dose of Matt from Demoranch!
Agreed, but thinking more top fuel. Clay milligan, Antron Brown, John Force etc. Those things are engineering marvels
I'm so glad I came to the 2nd channel to hear everyone's full interviews. Thank you, Destin, for sharing so many interesting people, events, and things with all of us. Your ability to make others feel at ease and to explain and explore so many things, really makes your channels so great.
Lost a close family friend last year to COVID. Pete Porter would have been at this pull with his tractor if he were still here. He pulled for nearly 50 years around the Florence/Northern Alabama area. I'm sure all those guys knew Pete.
Hey Destin, if you like this, I think you'll like Doodlebug Pulls. They're like driving levers. You can adjust your hitch point and height as much as you want. The last pull I went to, the winner pulled 85,000lbs with a 10,500lb doodlebug.
Destin has never met a stranger… one of the best CZcams roll models kids and adults alike could find… Thanks Destin!!!
17:56 the fact that he comes back to the familiarities and associations just fills me with joy. The way he includes the father when talking to the daughter just hits me in all the right spots ❤
I got at least a week's worth of smarter out of these videos. Thanks, Destin!
Going to a tractor pull is now on my bucket list, thank you for share this incredible sport this stuff is awesome.
Just wait till you see the multi engine tractors, things get really nuts
make sure to check out the 18-wheeler tractor pulls. There's so much engine torque that it twists the frame and lifts the driver's side front tire off the ground.
hey ware no earplugs that who the real ones are.
kta1150 cummins piston and rod combo is around 50lbs. in race use rpm the inertia forces are insane
Love how Destin adds just the right amount of "Good Ol' Boy" to his speech to fit in with these guys and get them to open up to him. As a westerner, this culture is completely foreign to me.
The amount of science that goes into these machines is impressive. Some of the smartest people I have met have been involved in tractor pulling and building pulling vehicles. The pits are a good sample of the type of people that are at these events, been going to pulls for years, most guys are willing to answer questions and show there pulling vehicles. Thanks for the video and interest in the sport.
It's so fun to watch destin interact with people. Always with respect and a genuine interest to understand them, a true class act.
23:50 lmao.. friend walks up with the phone "hey that's the rocket guy from CZcams" "yeah I know" 🤣
"Friend" is Brandon Cromwell, a brilliant engineer. If he isn't at work or asleep, he's working on tractors.
@@edgarpryor3233 ban for doxxing
@@turbosix his first name is mentioned in the video . If he has a problem with my comment, he can text me, message me through Facebook or tell me when I see him Friday.
@@edgarpryor3233 that is a fascinating story. thank you for letting me know.
I hope you'll do an episode on drifting one day. It's sort of similar to tractor pulling in that there is a lot of physics going on that isn't readily apparent.
What an absolutely lovely and friendly bunch of people, So welcoming i love it
I went to a Tractor Pull when i was young and when i used to live in the Netherlands it's was a blast and now i know even more about the sience, physics and engineering behind it all.
Thank you Destin for making this lovely video.
I am from the Netherlands and have been to a few tractor pulls and this wants to make me go to them again.
Learned a lot from this video
The guy that builds the tractors and has the trucking company was the coolest guy you interviewed what a cool guy
you really wanna have your mind blown, find out how much boost they are running in the engines. The craziest I have seen was at a show they had a 300lbs boosted engine and when you run it the supercharger would frost over due to the methanol. the forces these engines have to handle is crazy.
I came here from the main channel video. The absolute best parts? Destin making sure the young man (okay, boy) understood how to properly shake hands and the fact that everyone said a prayer for safety, then sang the National Anthem.
Above all of the impressive physics that these so-called "rednecks" just understood like the sun comes up was awesome. Along with the people themselves, this video shows how society needs to be, to return to, in order to restore this great nation.
Thanks for doing this video, I can watch videos of the pulls anytime on CZcams, but interviews with the pullers is a different story. We've lost a few over the years and it would be nice to see them again talking about something they were so passionate about.
Now I want a whole series of Destin roaming various motorsports paddocks.
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
You help inspire all of us to be better humans, better members of our communities and more inclusive of all people .. and better respect all addition to the knowledge base of technical prowess all people contribute.
Bless you for this AMAZING value-addition to your lineup. You realise, dont you were going to expect more from you now hahahahaha
God bless.
This describes exactly how I feel, I had such a wonderful time watching the main channel video on this and the fact there was a whole 'nother video on the second channel of him continuing to interview these folks... my god what a treat.
Destin, if you liked the tractor pulls, you should check out a dirt Super Late Model race and look at one of those race cars up close. I think you would find the rear end suspension set up and geometry interesting. Thanks for another great video!
I would love it as well!
The amount of technical, real world, knowledge that is present at these events is insane.
The best thing about your channel is that I never know what the next video will be about but you always make it interesting. Thank you Destin. Keep up the great work.
These guys and gals doing this, just like farmers are extraordinarily smart!!!
Destin needs to go to the drag races. He will be amazed at what it takes to make a car go real fast
Thankyou for makin me a bit smarter,this is amazing !and these tractor folk are so dam smart ,this is a complicated science ,and like having a fella with a lazer to measure everything to a thousands of an inch and then all that stuff with the sled this is just blowing my mind i tell ya !! so thanks Destin ,i appreciate you brother ,God bless you and your family and thanks again for makin me smarter every day !
The thing about farmers is that they have a lot of space the kind of dumb stuff all of us can only dream of, and doing that teaches you a lot.
I picked up woodworking by just building dumb stuff at my parents farm. As teens we built a improvised trebuchet from a bunch of old junk, only to have it exclusively lob fist sized metal balls about 200 feet straight upwards. Learned a lot about physics and fear that day. Never met city folk that had the opportunity to do that kind of stuff.
That's quite a way to meld fear and physics together!
What are some other things you've built?
@@connorquerin When it comes to dumb ideas a DIY aluminum furnace is probably up there. Got splashed in the face with molten aluminum. Leidenfrost effect made it pearl off. Luckily it didn't hit mouth, nose, eyes etc. A pretty memorable real world example for me.
Other stuff probably isn't as wild. I've built half the furniture in my apartment by now. Wouldn't have been able to do that without access to a decent workshop, the skills I picked up as a country kid and having a bunch of wood lying around.
I am currently laying in a bed where I built the entire frame. It has a 2.1 sound system with 6 speakers in total integrated into the head rest. The bedside table contains the subwoofer.
Recently built a seating area and a foldable desk. Got a nice scar from that, poked a circular saw by accident. Luckily nothing important got permanently damaged. Other than that it has been mostly lamps recently. Mostly ~5 foot lamps made from fumed oak boards cut into a slim strip and an LED strip inlayed in the back for indirect lighting. Sold a few to friends and family over the course of the last 1-2 years.
I now plan building-systems for a living (think heating, sanitation, AC,...). Entirely different industry but just building things in general as a kid comes is useful there since it gives you a sense for how things will come together in the real world.
@@user-hv6wb5gk8p Wow!
I love that you've designed what sounds like the ideal evening music setup. I never would have thought to try that.
Do you post photos of your work online anywhere? I'd love to see some of your creations.
@@connorquerin Just been looking through old comments. Didn't have notifications on so I didn't find yours. I don't have a place I post in regularly but been thinking about starting to do so soon. If I do I'll gladly send you some kind of directions or link.
@@user-hv6wb5gk8p Thank you! It would be great to see what you've come up with. Cheers.
23.50 "Whoa dude, you know who this 'Destin' guy is?..."
Yeah... man's a LEGEND!... continues interview.
I love the manners of country folk and people of values.
Water injection is a big part of the reason for all the thick soot. Old jet engines up into the 1960s also used water injection for a takeoff, and its why they seemed to have dirty exhaust.(They clean up after the takeoff phase.) This allows more thrust while keeping the peak temperatures below the turbine inlet limit, and possibly the compressor temperature limits if operated at higher than standard rpm.
While the soot is increased by water injection the NOx emissions are greatly reduced. Soot only stays in the air for a short time and distance before settling out, NOx has a much longer half life and further reaching effects.
The info about water injection does explain a lot of the soot. As noted, the old B-52's and others really make some smoke at take off!! Of course, a lot of old jets made a lot of smoke anyways (such as the F-4 Phantoms with the earlier J79's). Before electronic engine controls on diesel engines, folks associated a lot of soot with producing a lot of power. When power is your only concern, emissions and fuel economy are irrelevant.
Kinda. The real truth is more fuel is being injected into the cylinder than can be burned by the amount of oxygen in the air in the cylinder.
The reality is a diesel engine continues to make more power by adding more fuel, even after soot begins to show in the exhaust. The consequence being extremely high cylinder and exhaust temperatures. However for such a short duration pull most of the components don't have enough time to heat soak, so component failure or meltdown is avoided, usually.
@@AW-nz5st You have about 3 direct contradictions in that post. And you should also know that most diesels have excess oxygen even when producing soot. Soot is incomplete combustion but not due to a lack of oxygen.
@@TheDuckofDoom. We're talking about highly modified race specific diesels, not "most diesel engines". Good luck finding more than a few tenths of a percentage of oxygen in that exhaust.
Classes that don't allow water injection also make lots of soot. Water is used so less fuel is needed to cool combustion.
On most diesels adding a little more fuel with cause combustion temperature to rise, but if you add a lot more fuel temperature will go down. These tractors would make more power if they reduced the amount of fuel they're injecting, at the risk of burning pistons. 1400° EGT is considered conservative.
Wow! Rocket engineers to manufacturers to farmers you make them communicate their crafts with seemingly ease you are an amazing communicator Dustin! (and I think Demo Matt is digging you stuff too) Thanks
This is an amazingly authentic interview. You do a great job of really communicating with people.
thanks for putting up the full interviews
Best weekend activity,
Thank You Destin 😊
These are some of the most down to earth wholesome people I've seen in a competitive sport. Love it.
as in drag racing and other motorsports, if you break, your competition will be the first to help you make the next round, because that is what racers do. It's not about the money, it is about the friends and comraderie.
Glad you asked and re-asked and re-asked about the weights - finally understood what the balancing act was all about by the time you got to Financial Mistake.
Awesome video mate, your enthusiasm is contagious...
The heart and soul of America. Wish we had more folks like these!
This is an absolutely fantastic video, Destin. Would love to see more content like this.
That southern draw stared coming out quick Destin lol, love it and thanks for what you do!
These were really fun videos, thanks for sharing Destin!
Man I've missed your videos and this one is one of the best one's I've seen!
When's the video of the comp coming out? And also, where's the explanation that you do when you're home? Great video Destin!
Love how friendly everyone is, basically taking an impromptu interview with a random dude lol
This was excellent. I’ve watched plenty of pulling on CZcams etc, and seen a demo run in the UK (it’s a very niche sport over here sadly) but never seen much of this sort of behind the scenes content. Absolutely fascinating! Love how the guys who build, own and run the machines are so happy to talk about them.
The unpainted one was cool with a little more in depth look at the engine. That is a compound turbo setup. The turbos are so big (100+ mm typically) that getting them to spool can take some time, so usually a faster spooling turbo feeds the slower one to get that up to 200+ psi. That engine was probably making 1800+ hp I would guess.
Definitely over 1800, closer to 3k. The Super Farm and Light Limited Super Stock are near 1800.
Destin, The sled does not put weight on the drawbar. The weight coming forward puts a downward vertical force on the ground which increases the horizontal sliding force which makes the sled harder to pull. Since the chain is at an angle, the tractor pulling forward induces a vertical force down on the wheels and the horizontal force to pull the sled. I think if you draw it out with all the horizontal and vertical forces you will figure it out. And then start moving the front tires off the ground and you can see that the drawbar gets lower which reduces pulling force. You can see how it works dynamically. You want the tractor to wheelie so ALL the tractor weight is on the back tires for traction. But a smaller wheelie is better to keep the drawbar height as high as possible.
Best explanation I've seen.
What i love is how you can get people to talk, so much information to process
God bless you Destin. What a joy and blessing you are in my life. I'm in first year Engineering up in Canada partly because of you.
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You're speaking my language, good sir.
Not sure if you got a diesel lesson in the other video, haven't watched yet. I'll explain some of the basics.
Diesels operate off of compression and high pressure fuel injection.
The compression ratio is usually 18:1 ish and squishes the air so fast that it gets hot enough to ignite the fuel which is injected directly into the cylinder at 1500-30,000psi in an atomized pattern.
Theres different kinds of injectors but the basic ones operate off of the fuel pressure supplied by the injection pump to overcome the pintle and spring inside and inject the fuel.
The injection pump is run off of the timing gears in the front of the engine and is timed to engine cam rotation.
Those inline pumps have small pistons that are run off of a cam inside the pump and pressurize/pump the fuel to the injectors.
Most diesels do not require a turbo but almost all modern diesels have one. This is used to force air into the cylinders at higher than atmospheric pressure to increase efficiency and power.
The turbo has an exhaust turbine to drive the compressor, and a compressor turbine to pump the air.
Water or methanol injection is used to further increase compression, cool the incoming air, and cool exhaust gas temperatures.
There is also no throttle plate on a diesel, the intake is completely open to atmosphere/turbo pressure. The engine rpm is controlled by the amount and timing of fuel injected by the injection pump/injectors.
the bigger the turbo, the bigger need for less compression!
Hey Destin of Smarter Every Day! Thanks for what you do. If you want to learn some in depth knowledge on high horsepower gasoline engines, watch a few videos from Steve Morris Engines. I'm mechanic and I love the learning process he provides, he has a lot of experience and enjoys sharing that knowledge with others.
Hey Destin - great work. I'm surprised you don't know much about diesel engines (asking about a carburetor was a giveaway). I think you should do a video on diesel engines - perhaps from a large truck or locomotive.
I think he was sandbagging for the audience. Fishing for simpler answers from an expert.
Thank you for your work Destin i love your videos, its like hanging out with a good friend. And youre such a wonderful person :)
My goodness, you lived a sheltered life if you never experienced a truck/tractor pull in your whole like. Where y'all been? I grew up in rural Missouri in the 70s, and pulling was more a part of the culture than baseball, and we went to one at least a couple times a month. My favorite memory was a couple of pulls we attended in the indoor arena called the Checkerdome, home of the St. Louis Blues. Not only did you hear the roar of the engines, you absolutely felt the vibrations in every part of your body! And of course, Big Foot was the star attraction!
Just one of those things you gotta be curious about to see first, I guess. I've never been to a tractor pull either, except for monster truck half-time shows at the RCA Dome. But, just never really found them interesting when I was a million-mph mind kid. Now that I'm older, the understanding of things makes things more interesting and curious.
Destin, these people sound like they could be instructors in a University setting. I believe most people just think they just drive, but these people are making the people they talk to "Smarter Every Day".
Gosh I love the SOUTH!!
I think the main thing Destin hadn’t worked out by the end of the video is that the transfer of weight in the sled is onto the skid pan, not onto the draw bar of the tractor. Thats why he couldn’t quite grasp why so much weight is better of the rear wheels of the tractor.
It’s the friction between the sled skid plate and the ground that stops the forward motion, not the extra weight on the tractor.
I love this.
You ask such excellent questions. 😍
I think it is awesome first of all that you represent Alabama on here. There are not a ton of popular Alabama youtubers. Next I think it is awesome that I saw people I know personally like Mr. McDaniel from Florence. I know him and a lot of his family as well as my wife's family is kin to them. I live right outside of Florence. It has been a few years but I used to go to pulls in Lexington, Alabama. They still have one every year, usually in August. Some friends of mine had a super modified 4wd truck. I used to help them with their pulls and truck. It was awesome. I even drove the truck at a non points pull. Most people think that Southerners are backward and lazy. The South actually is the core for hospitality, good morals, strong work ethics, common sense, self reliance, family, patriotism and humbleness. We just use our knowledge and wisdom and don't really advertise it. As you learned or already know we don't take ourselves too seriously and we love to pick at people. If people don't cut up with us then they are too serious and could care less about that kind of attitude. We don't get offended when someone picks at us we love it but be prepared to get back twice what you give. That goes for cutting up and hospitality. Keep up the great content.
Best channel on CZcams.
Thanks for the video.
Glad I watched this one first, hope to see some of these run in the main video.
awesome how friendly, down to earth, knowledgeable, and interesting all these people were... and rich!
I'd like to see you make this an annual thing, there's so much more to learn
Loved your videos
As a person that has a lifelong love for the study of human nature and psychology of humans, I always like these social interactions more than the engineering science.
Thanks Destin!
Just, two amazing videos! Like the usual.
I would love(kill) to see a little deeper into the mechanics of these monsters!
you should check out BAD gear youtube channel then! he shows the engines and them starting up! very cool I recommend his channel!
I also commend you for your ability to communicate, it's just sad that it's such a commodity and rare nowadays. Again, great video!
Thank you for your work, sir. Very interesting.
I just watched and found your channel and I absolutely love this video about you talking about all this, one I wish that was there are the Multi Engine tractors, I'd love eventually if you could possibly see or something a tractor with 2 or 5 engines! But love this video!! So entertaining
This is just incredible content. Very interesting!
Tractor Pull is amazing I remember years ago I was curious and learned about how it works
AAAAA, new vid lessgooooo, i always love watching your videos
15:42 Haha you managed to get a mic on this dude before you knew his name! 😂
Destin you are seriously good at getting people to talk about their passion. I would LOVE it if you found a way to cover this more often! Whether it be a new channel or here it would be amazing to have your coverage of Tractor pull events. You could be the Martin Brundle of the Tractor Pull world 😁
Thanks for the most enjoyable video I've seen this year 👍