12:05:23pm, Sunday, May 05, 2024
Melt Down has new home
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IH 5488
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Well it looks like the meltdown prostock has a new home and is moving to my neck of the woods in Indiana. Can’t wait to see what it does under Hartman farms ownership. |
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Pro stock
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Why did they sell it? |
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IH 5488
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My guess is the price was right glad it is staying 100 percent red. |
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Pro stock
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It is a great running tractor, just can’t beat a Deere based engine. Sorry red guys |
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Another Pro stock
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Ask around. There’s a Schnitker engine out there that makes more horsepower. It’s 1 against many. Take a statistics class and then report back to your fans. Lol. |
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Team one
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Ya’ll seem to forget when this tractor drove overtop of some heavy hitting green ones at the $10,000 to win prostock shoot out not all that long ago, oh and he built the engine himself and didn’t just buy a fancy winning tractor with daddy’s money. |
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Here's a video of Melt Down easily coasting past the current #2 and #3 points holders in the NTPA GN PS class in July of this year. They're Deere to the core and completely bought --not-- built with unlimited funds too. There really should be an minimum iq requirement to post on here. Nashville Illinois 2023 |
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Registered: 09/11/2023 Posts: 1 |
The thing is with that tractor, it has the capability to run well and compete. You put Hartman behind the wheel and the chances go up. I'm from their area and he has been one heck of a puller with the international addiction! Great video. |
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Registered: 06/15/2008 Posts: 49 |
I’d say the former driver drove it as hard as could be just saying |
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pulling fan
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Pro stock......How is this engine based off of a deere based engine? I don't think you have seen one then. |
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Pro stock
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Pulling fan, stay a fan lol |
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Johnny English
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I believe you miss read the post, so let me break it down and translate this for yeah…He never said that Melt down was a deere based…what I think he means by “Deere based” is Melt Down can’t compete with many John Deere skinned Pro Stocks (Take your pick, see a thread below that calls out all the PSs in the country). And all those “Deere Based” are just the block with most parts of engine are aftermarket. In a nut shell that most component tractors are not much of a stock tractor (Another subject with cross dressing).
I have seen a JD Farm Stock with IH parts on it. BTW, Melt Down runs very well. Hope the new owners continue the success. |
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Here’s the first run for them last night we were able to get with permission from the team!!! [fb.watch] |
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IH Pro Fan
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Seem Shramek’s took 2 3rds and Maize took a win on the second session at sandwich…too bad those red pro stocks can’t compete. |
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Registered: 04/06/2008 Posts: 974 |
It’s amazing how silent someone is now that they have had to eat their own words twice……. |
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Registered: 08/16/2021 Posts: 306 |
Even a blind mouse can find the cheese once in a while. It's been a long time since a red tractor has been consistently competitive in the pro stock class. |
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Calender fannatic
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2019 wasn't really a long time ago considering the year of 2020 there wasn't much of a schedule for anyone to run...... |
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Registered: 06/16/2017 Posts: 241 |
So you’re saying Maize isn’t competitive? That’s pretty bold and not very accurate. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/12/2023 08:50AM by MG1206. |
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Registered: 04/06/2008 Posts: 974 |
Yes that is what he is saying. It was said earlier in the thread that red can’t beat a deere based engine! Now that meltdown, sheltons and Stuart Maize have wins and I think elnino also has a win this year it seems like a pretty accurate statement |
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4510
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shrameks tractor has a lemke green motor i was told |
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IH Pro Fan
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I am not sure who told you that, and I mean this as nicely as possible, but, I have personally seen under the hood of Shramek’s tractor. Not up close, but close enough to tell that the injection pump was on the left side of the motor and it had a cross flow head. It’s a Schnitker motor. Which is a red motor. Again, not attacking anyone, just trying to be informative. |
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Pro stock
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Young blood for sure has a Schnickter engine, Wimer fuel and air |
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forty
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It is a Detroit 40 series Schnickter engine. Brian personally informed me of that in a pleasant visit just a year ago. |
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No such thing |
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wanna bet
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Technically, there is. Straight off their Facebook page: "As far as the motor, we sadly are no longer able to go with the AC 426, as it is no longer durable and reliable enough to support this continuous increase in horsepower. With that being said, we have went to D&R Pulling for their motor set up which is a re-casted block that has the same bore spacing, deck height, and crankshaft to camshaft center line as a 40 series Detroit engine that was used in Agco tractors." |
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Registered: 06/16/2017 Posts: 241 |
Which is the same as a DT, makes the AC guys feel good saying it’s a Detroit instead of an IH engine |
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Team one
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Those of us that have been around pulling a while don’t even have to see under the hood , you can hear the difference! |
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he right ya know
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Team one is spot on. there's a tone difference. even the famous hemis that are all the same even have a difference in tone. to the run of the mill person im sure they are all the same. But when it's what you eat, sleep, and breathe you can tell the difference. |
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4510
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when they made the finals at louisville last year the gentleman with the ford said there motor and shramks was from same bilder i said schnickters he said lemke that they swichted to a green motor just saying what i was told havent seen under hood this year. |
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Ford guy originally had a Schnitker engine and switched to Lemke. |
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4510
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no he said shramek switched to a lemke motor they were sitting side by side just what i wqs told
he also said there was 9 lemke motors at louisville in pro stock |
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Registered: 06/16/2017 Posts: 241 |
I think you misunderstood him or something, Schrameks still sounds like a Snitker engine. Elsing might have been confused or had too many Busch lites by then. Probably was 9 Lemke pros there but they weren’t one of them. No offense to Lemke but his stuff isn’t on par with Rodney’s stuff at the time |
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What's next
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What is Stuart building for Rodney next? A new White Trash? Maybe 1256? 7100 series Magnum? I think an 806 with Turbo sticker and old school M&W decals would be neat. |
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fly on the wall
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I hear he's jumping up to SSD. Going to be a new sheriff in town! |
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