10:30:34pm, Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Antique pullers
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Curious
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Looking at pictures from the Princeton qualifying round for NATPA a couple antique tractors have a bicycle or similar wheel under the tractor riding on the ground… what’s the reason? |
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JaKe566
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Speed monitoring. Antique classes are regulated by mph. |
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Registered: 08/27/2019 Posts: 212 |
Are GPS speedometers just as accurate ? |
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Registered: 12/01/2018 Posts: 108 |
Yes but don’t work indoors |
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Moderator Registered: 01/11/2009 Posts: 1,579 |
the wheel is a pretty good setup helpful when there isn't a speedboard in use to keep speed in check. Some use a radar and a Calc an acre monitor. There wasn't a speedboard at Princeton so it was an important tool for not getting a speed dq. GPS outdoors works of course but latency can be an issue. Bryan Lively - |
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Registered: 01/23/2011 Posts: 241 |
The only two times I have been DQ'd it was for speed with my newly installed wheel driven speedometer, so I took it off. I am sure I could have gotten used to it, but I found myself watching the readout when I should have been watching the track. Lots of people use them, but I have not used one since then. |
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