What was your favorite "original" tractor class?
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Registered: 07/06/2008 Posts: 1,349 |
I know the weights incrementally changed over the years, but generally speaking, of the original 8 tractor classes, which was your favorite?
(Original 8 = 5SS, 7SS, 9SS, 12SS, 5 MOD, 7 MOD, 9 MOD, 12 OPEN) Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2020 01:25AM by The Original Michael. |
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Anderson Farms & Trucking
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55 light super then 75 and 95 hundred. |
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Registered: 02/21/2012 Posts: 797 |
5,500 Light Super Stock. John Murray Two-time Pedal Pull World Champion Let's Go Pulling, covering the sport of pulling in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Watch LGP on YouTube Like LGP on Facebook |
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LSS Puller
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I personally wish the LSS would go back to 5500 or prolly 5700 (make up for roll cages) |
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Anderson Farms & Trucking
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Agree !!! |
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Registered: 04/09/2016 Posts: 9 |
The 5500 SS was my favorite, 12000 Open was also cool |
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Registered: 02/19/2010 Posts: 660 |
I agree with the 5SS & the 12 Open. |
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Registered: 04/04/2008 Posts: 1,523 |
55 super and 55 mod..what other classes had that kind d of variety ??? |
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Wheeler
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5500SS.... I really miss this class, LLSS is the closest thing to it now, i would love to see LLSS at bigger events to bring back the 5500 super stock class that everyone loved! |
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7500 SS. But back in the early 90s when 1066s didn't have enough moveable weight and could get beat by a good running 5500 tractor! |
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Registered: 10/21/2008 Posts: 756 |
I loved watching Henery Pieper pull his 5500# SS Binder |
Heavy hot farms today.
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Heavy weight puller
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I vote for the 12 open. Just something about a heavy weight tractor pulling over 25 mph is impressive! I guess this class still exists today at many brush pulls and county fair pulls around the country. They have many titles today, some call them hot farm, altered stock, farm stock, 3000 rpm farm stock, many names, same tractors, only I'm guessing that the ones today are quite advanced in the way of pump and turbo technology. |
LIGHTER THE BETTER
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LIGHTER THE BETTER
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I loved the lighter classes. My dad ran 5500 mod class in Minnesota with a single 426 hemi and a 6-71 blower. He would weight her up for the 7 and did very well. A few times he would add all we had on the trailer for the 9 but would @#$%& the rear end out in the old girl. This is when tractor pulling was fun. PULLING not racing down the track and going 350 feet. It's called pulling not racing. When we would leave Friday late morning to go to a show on Friday night spend the night. Get up go to a show Saturday night spend the night n come home Sunday was great. Back then it was crazy good times late 70s early to mid 80's. We stayed in Minnesota most of the time but good lord was there IRON in those days. |
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5500 Super Stock and the 5500 modified classes. |
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Registered: 03/26/2008 Posts: 214 |
7 ss |
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puller 1
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The 5 mod an LSS need to bring them back at state level. |
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Registered: 09/24/2008 Posts: 176 |
You want throw back , go back to actual tractor motors no truck 360 or 466 put the engine that belongs in it period . Man can here the IH guys already , lol . That’s what ruined the 5500 period . Far as going back to 5500 lbs lol tractors would fall apart with today’s horsepower and the sleds are way different also ! It’s just a different time . This why the classes with limited in there name are growing ! Just a opinion ! |
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And no profab !!!! |
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Face in crowd
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Probably not my favorite, but I think the heavy farm stock class was/is always entertaining. Why isn't this class more prominent in pulling today? I'm just a fan so what do I know, but it would certainly be noticeably different! I'm not saying all farm stock, but just one specific heavy weight farm stock class in a regional organization. |
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Registered: 08/27/2019 Posts: 212 |
Yes heavy farm stock "pulls".
Back in the 80's there was some really heavy classes........16, 18, up to maybe 24,000lb IIRC, that I went to. Man those tractors were being pushed to their limits. Think some of those classes had HP limits so they weren't turned up much. 4840's, 7080's 1570's 4850's, 5488's and tractors like that. Man those were the muscle back then.. True pulling not racing, just lugging and lugging and lugging Maybe the younger generation seems to need 4,5,6000hp, singled and multi engine stuff....."so called" tractors that race down the track, because speed and momentum is what wins in the style of "pulling" today. Guess I'm just old school. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/2020 03:51PM by JDpowershift. |
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Registered: 08/06/2014 Posts: 8 |
5500 and 7500 In Iowa the Brabecs and Jack Simon and others that I can't put a name to. |
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1234
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Ya, the good old step on sleds, "BACK IN THE DAY". And people cheated with exchanging places in line with heavier guys when certain pullers hooked, imagine that. |
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LEWIS
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What about befor the driver was weighed with the tractor |
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13000farm stock 10mph |
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