My Question--What vehicle is the most recognized name in the sport today
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Moderator Registered: 03/25/2008 Posts: 1,449 |
I was wondering what is the most recognized tractor/truck name in the sport today? I have some in mind and I’m wondering who you would put on a list of 5 trucks or tractors that if you mentioned the name of the vehicle everyone would know whom you are talking about. Dick Morgan www.PULLOFF.com Independent Pulling News Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/2009 05:03AM by Dick Morgan. |
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The Bomb |
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potential puller
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easy, Red Line Fever |
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Registered: 03/26/2008 Posts: 496 |
First off, not really a tractor name, but, Banter would easily be on the list. Others would be:
4 Play--Holman's Wild Child--Bob Jostock Rooster--Danny Dean Mission Impossible--Tim Engler Red Line Fever--Esdon Lehn There are more that should evoke the sport of truck and tractor pulling, but you said five. JW |
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No name
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#1 The Silver Bullet, then maybe Footloose and then Shotgun Red or maybe Rooster |
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Fuelish Pleasure, T-Bone, New Generation Plus....are all tractors that everybody knows, from the older generations to the younger generations.....you know these tractors when the driver/owner or the names are mentioned. |
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The Boyds with the Greenstreak tractors
Homan Bros with 4 Play Don Slama with Fast and Furious Hans Boxler with the Special Bill Vories with American Thunder |
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Registered: 08/21/2008 Posts: 590 |
Stray Horse |
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here is my list of 5 most notable red line fever 4 play green monster iron dragon slow ride |
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Registered: 06/30/2008 Posts: 186 |
This is a good topic but I think everyone's answers will depend on whether they have only been exposed to only local & state competition, regional, or grand national level competitors. For myself, up until early 2000, I had never been to anything beyond a county and the IL state fair. With that being said, the names that stuck out to me were "Black Savage" from the D&R stable in Hoyleton and then also "Gang Green" from Tantrum Enterprises out of Tuscola. I remember as a kid being in the pits of the IL State Fair (early/mid 80s) and the guys would pull and as soon as they could leave they would. They always talked about going to Bowling Green and I had no idea whatsoever they were talking about. Once exposed to it, wholely mackrel, now I know many more. I made it to Henry for the first time in 2001 and was opened to a whole new world of truck and tractor pulling. Since then, I have gotten a couple city slicker co-workers to go with me, got them hooked; now got my wife wanting to plan a family weekend at Henry. She thinks the Joker is a stud tractor and is in love with the new paint job.
I have enjoyed everyone's responses so far, but I really think it has a lot to do with what you are exposed to. |
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binder boy
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world famous johnny kutz with the diggin deere |
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Red Line Fever
Silver Bullet 4-Play Dirtslinger and of course American Thunder |
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Jay F
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How about Runnin' Bare |
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old timer
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the general , sassy massy, silver bullet, red line fever, 4play |
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bored
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bad medicine. revolutionized the alky burner. mission impossible. tinker toy. redline fever. work horse |
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We can't forget the ever populaur "Snaky Snake" |
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I'm surprised no one has said Carl Smith and Night Moves |
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Admin Registered: 03/25/2008 Posts: 2,526 |
If Carl was still pulling today Night Moves would have definitely made my list. Jake Morgan Owner, PULLOFF.COM Independent Pulling News This page is a free service. The cost is covered out of my pocket. It takes a great deal of time and a fair amount of money to keep this website going. Donations for: photos, classified ads, forum discussion, etc... are appreciated. Side Note: We are no longer accepting PayPal donations. They have changed their terms of service and stated they would fine PayPal users for spreading "misinformation" and "hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory". PayPal did not provide definitions for some of these vague terms. Woke corporate policies regarding "misinformation" could result in an automatic fine of $2,500 which would have been removed directly from the customer’s PayPal account. PayPal did backdown from some of their policies but quietly implemented portions of them in later terms of service. A financial institute has no right to monitor social media accounts or speech. This is unacceptable and I'll no longer do business with PayPal. |
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Admin Registered: 03/25/2008 Posts: 2,526 |
Those are all great names, but I think my father was asking (based on the title of his post) for the most recognized names of today. This means the names that people in any pulling state and any pulling club have heard of. There are some great historic names, but who pulling today is the most recognizable.
My Top 5: The rest of the top 5 in no particular order: I know some people have suggested other names, but these are my top five. You mention any of these names and you can picture the vehicle and the class. My honorable mention goes to American Thunder. It has dominated the mod class recently, but Bill V. is more of a legend than the tractor. More people probably know Bill’s name than his tractor’s name. The main reason more people know Bill’s name than his tractor’s name is the change from Orient Express to American Thunder. When I think of the SF, TWD, and Mini Mod classes there are a handful of names, but no clear winners that are the face of the class, or the face of the sport. Jake Morgan Owner, PULLOFF.COM Independent Pulling News This page is a free service. The cost is covered out of my pocket. It takes a great deal of time and a fair amount of money to keep this website going. Donations for: photos, classified ads, forum discussion, etc... are appreciated. Side Note: We are no longer accepting PayPal donations. They have changed their terms of service and stated they would fine PayPal users for spreading "misinformation" and "hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory". PayPal did not provide definitions for some of these vague terms. Woke corporate policies regarding "misinformation" could result in an automatic fine of $2,500 which would have been removed directly from the customer’s PayPal account. PayPal did backdown from some of their policies but quietly implemented portions of them in later terms of service. A financial institute has no right to monitor social media accounts or speech. This is unacceptable and I'll no longer do business with PayPal. |
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Moderator Registered: 04/02/2008 Posts: 478 |
Well of the 3 classes you mention Jake, Tony Sietsma's Wolverine Deere Super Farm, Ricky Long's Willie Makit 2WD and Denny Horst's Red Fox Mini are the ones that come to my mind immediately. Very well known names in their classes over the years. J R Eastern Extreme Pulling www.easternextremepulling.com EEPPULLINGVIDEOS Pro Pulling Magazine Hook Magazine |
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Ken veney hands down |
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super trucker
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young blood, upnatom, wampuscat, buckeye bulldog, prohibbed |
MY PICKS ALL 12 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DIVISIONS
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Mods- Ken Veney- Funny Farmall
Unlimited- Bill Voreis- American Thunder Semis- JR. Collins- Buckeye Bulldog Pro-Stocks- Larry Shope- Iron Dragon Mini- Koesters- Footloose and Double Play FWD- Scott Phillips- Yankee Blue TWD- Chuck Knapp- 80 Acres DSS- Brian Shramek- Young Blood Open SS- Jordan Lustik- Silver Bullet SF- Palmer's- Country Classic SMFWD- O'dell/Lucas- Fantasy LSS- Mark Peissig- The Bomb |
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Registered: 10/22/2008 Posts: 39 |
Linder Bros.
Tim Engler/ mission impossible Esdon Lehn Lyle Hull Holman bros. |
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Here's my useless 2 cents for this topic, try to keep it to current pullers even though most of the truly well known have since retired.
1. Jordan Lustic---Silver Bullet 2. Dan Walsh---Irish Challenger 3. L.D. Nation----Double Down 4. Randy Petro---Kathy's Complaint, Multi Chaos 5. Joe Eder-----what ever he is driving now |
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Forgot Bruce Hutcherson Makin Bacon Special |
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4 Play-Holman's. Three Bears-Scott Smith, Mean Green-Glenn Davis, Oklahoman and Black Gold- Ken and Paula Guine for 4x4.
Midnight Express-Ken Lamont, The Driller-Leo Kay. Stiches-Jim Lyons, Florida Cracker-Chris Holdorff, Bad Dawg-Mike Stowe 2WD. Mission Impossable-Tim Engler, Mean Mistreater-Fred Freeman, The Banner Brothers, Makin' Bacon-Bruce Hutcherson, General-Gardner Stone mod tractor. Oklahoma Showdown 4x4 Tennesseean 4x4 Virginian 4x4 Misterbrau Blazin Bisson mod@ Golden Ox 4x4. Orange Blossom Special 2wd. Dirt Slinger mod Irish Challenger mod @ 2wd Inlaws @ Outlaws 2wd's Art Arfons Green monster. Gene Fannie, Gone AWOL and on and on and on.................................................................................................................................................................................... What great memories! |
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CPR
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Still active top 5 names for recognition in my opinion...
Silver Bullet Red Line Fever Irish Challenger Green Streak I & II American Thunder CPR |
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Yea I guess I didn't realy name alot of active names which is wat the question realy was. |
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Moderator Registered: 03/27/2008 Posts: 1,152 |
Going by what the people at the Pulls know over here:
The General - hands down - and then a BIG gap of nothing. Then the Silver Bullet and probably Red Line Fever The Name Green Monster would probably be mentioned all over the world - even though people would have different tractors in mind Floating Finish - the German Tractor Pulling Web Show and EU Live Streams: [www.youtube.com] |
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Moderator Registered: 04/06/2008 Posts: 387 |
I would have to say my most recognized list would be:
4WD- Who else but the 3 BEARS pulling team. No other 4WD has been around longer. Hailing from a hot bed of 4WD pulling, Winchester, VA which at one time had like half the class from there........Omps x 2, 3 Bears, Bob Minnick, Hylton Clark, Diehl Wilson, etc. 2WD- I would say the YELLOW MODEL T of Wayne Rausch. Now owned by Raplh Hunt from Ohio. Was the first bucket T and boy did that change the class forever. Before that the class had all kinds of variety.....funny cars, c cabs, mini vans, etc. Now they are all mostly buckets or pickups. MOD- No doubt would be the four star GENERAL. I remember seeing it for the first time at BG in 1989 and thinking when he gets it right it will be awesome. And he did, 5 NTPA Championships later, its kinda sad to see it retired. SS- Another no brainer, the SILVER BULLET. A class act everywhere team Lustik goes, either for competition or exhibition the Bullet always looks awesome. |
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What about Jammie Morrow's Yes Deere Super Farm |
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W Dave
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1- Big Toy
2- Larrys Toy 3- Ryans Toy 4- Intimate Toy 5- Double Toy |
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I thought about them, but the trouble is that there are so many "Toys" now, it's not possible to say "Ultimate Toy" and have everyone in the room instantly know which one you mean.
CPR |
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Kevin Lynn's 504 Rocket |
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sspt
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Steve Burge-Lock n Load
Bill Miller-Crusin Mule Jerry VanDorpe-Sceamin Deamin Dennis&Brent Payne-Coulor of Money Mike Chizek-Armed n Dangerous Can't forget Max Simpson & The Mean Ol Allis |
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sure
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yeah, what about Rex Kuhn Git-R-Don / Larry Phillips Insanity / Danny Dean Rooster / Longs Willy Makit / Terry Blackburn Slow-Ride |
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Most of the responses to this thread aren't really answering the original question: What vehicle is the most recognized name in the sport today?
The following are my opinions on the tractor divisions (sorry I'm not much of a truck guy) Light Super Stock - the most dominant tractor since the divisions resurection: the Bomb Prostock - probably the cleanest overall operation in the division, the Green Streak Diesel Superstock - the most legendary tractor in its division: Red Line Fever Modifieds - again the most dominant tractor in its division: American Thunder Alcohol Superstock - the most well known tractor on the planet: the Silver Bullet |
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