# Has There Ever Been Front End Loader Drag Races?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239 "2015-10-31T06:12:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239/1 "2015-10-31T06:12:33Z")

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I was just behind one; I wonder if anybody has ever raced them? They don’t move too fast, but they bouce around a lot. Could be interesting.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239/2 "2015-10-31T06:20:11Z")

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No.

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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239/3 "2015-10-31T12:59:15Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> I was just behind one; I wonder if anybody has ever raced them?

You could be the first!

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**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239/4 "2015-10-31T13:22:20Z")

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Yes.

Because if _anything_ can be even remotely defined as a vehicle, men have raced them.

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**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239/5 "2015-10-31T13:35:28Z")

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One search for front end loader race found [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3k0C8dzdSI)

If you can race it it’s probably been raced or soon will be.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239/6 "2015-10-31T13:53:09Z")

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> [@DinoR](#):
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> One search for front end loader race found [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3k0C8dzdSI)
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> If you can race it it’s probably been raced or soon will be.

Heh, “runs like a Deere”, indeed.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-front-end-loader-drag-races/736239/7 "2015-10-31T22:07:17Z")

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[QUOTE=PatriotGrrrl]  
Yes.

Because if _anything_ can be even remotely defined as a vehicle, men have raced them.  
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Especially if beer can be involved. 😃

NASA still has two of the immense crawler transporters that they used to move the Saturn V rockets and Space Shuttles out to the launch pad. Wouldn’t surprise me if someone tried to race them in their 50 year history. Unloaded speed is listed at two miles per hour.