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Thirty years ago the mod classes were made up of mostly tractors with the engines three in a row, can you say cookie cutter? These tractors fell out of favor for the current side by side engines up front with one behind. Those of us running the side by side setup are often accused of being cookie cutter but back in the day there were WAY more three in a row tractors. The first time I saw a tra
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No, this time last year I wanted to do that for last summer but then realized that I don't have the stamina to get that done. We are a small team and Mod tractors take a lot of work so we decided to be satisfied with our two engine setup.
I've had back issues most of my adult life and with age those things don't get better I can assure you. I just had a conversation with my w
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Saw on the Wicked Facebook that they chose too high of a gear...they haven't run with the 14-71 blowers much in the last few years, that might be part of it.
I myself haven't run with three engines for several years and it would likley take me a few passes to get things right.
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Part of the reason for more sponsorship is a guy named Dan Schroer, Dan has been working very hard on getting sponsors for NTPA.
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CPR,
I don't know about that...why were they spraying either into it if it's not the real intake? I'm pretty sure I saw them doing that after they were hooked to the sled. I don't really care either way...just an observation.
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I think the harsh winter weather that is affecting the Midwest combined with the heavy band of snow that hit the southern states has a lot to do with the turnout. Also the change to a PPL sanctioned event might have had some effect, although most of the pullers that typically come down for this event are affiliated with PPL. The Barga family likley would have come but they are waiting on parts.
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Not really my state but my neighboring state and the state I've pulled the most in for the last 15 years. Urbana,OH is one of the best tracks I've pulled on. It is unusual in that it is good for tractors and trucks and that is rare.
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When I was younger my family showed Quarter Horses, this took us to a lot of county fairs. Often times we would be in one area of a fairgrounds and on another part of the fairgrounds they would be having a tractor pull. I seemed to always migrate over to the pull between my show classes. We always went to the Indiana State Fair with our 4H Horses, so again I would migrate to the pulls. This was b
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One reason you won't likley see more weight in the Unlimited class is the sleds and tires. They already have a hard time stopping them within a reasonable distance. I don't know how it is since Bauer changed his sleds two years ago but I know in the past they would have to borrow weights from a second sled to stop them on certain tracks. If you watch the distances they are usually cl
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If I remember correctly they had two issues, they had trouble making weight and on a marginal track the front was too heavy. It seems that those were the things talked about, it was beast and fun to watch though.
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cpr,
I think you do great job, was just curious how this fit in with the current established announcers. Good luck hope to see you out there.
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CPR,
I'm confused, I thought the promoter hired the announcers for their events. What am I missing?
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I've been running V-8 engines since 1990 and they have all required side shields...even my single engine econo-mods.
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That is a loaded question, it really depends on breakage. Some years you can get by with very little breakage other years something breaks every pass (my year this year). A valve breaking seems minor but by the time you replace a piston or two maybe the rods then the big expense and time of getting the head repaired.
If you run pretty often figure on freshening the engines each off season, ro
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Stormy,
For a once or twice a year event sure, for a whole summer circuit, no way that will work. The lower two thirds of the classes will be gone after two events.
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Opportunity knocking,
First off none of my comments are a knock against the Simon's for trying this, I just don't see it as a model that will work long term as some seem to think it should.
Just using my tractor as an example, I just had what I hope is the worst year I will ever have. Lots of relatively small dumb breakage not to mention not being able to get out of my own way at
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Typically in every class at every level there are two or three competitors that are at the top more often than not. How long do you think the rest of the class will continue to donate? I know that I'm not a top tier tractor at the GN level, why would I do that? At the RN level I am a top tier tractor even then I'm thinking long and hard and likley wouldn't do it very often espec
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I don't know the other two but I do know PK. Phillip Kelley, he pulls a Super Farm called Red Blooded Binder from western PA. He is the NTPA Super Farm committee chairman, from what I've seen having been a committee chairman myself he does a very good and thorough job in that position. In his real job he is a camera operator for TV broadcast for the NFL as well as NASCAR so he has a
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A few thoughts on FullPull,
I think at times in this digital age we tend to expect miracles. I'm a pretty old guy and vividly remember as a kid having to wait months for the Puller magazine to come out to read the results of events as well as points standings. There came a guy about 20 years ago ( I'm totally guessing because I'm terrible with dates) called Pulltracker that wou
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Hp
Session 2 BG Les K 251.42 DQ, Bill V 219.52, RJ 290.90. These are guys that have been making killer passes. Bill wrecked his tractor in Rokwell in the Mod class, The Dirtslinger almost wrecked his tractor...have you EVER seen that happen? Esdon of all people wrecked his tractor in Rockwell, most of the DSS class looked like amateurs, even the winner looked like a hobby horse going down the
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Patches
Full hitch, since going to 6200 we've not lowered our hitch as a matter of fact my wife's tractor didn't have all of the weight on the front at BG and still didn't carry the front a lot. Keep in mind we don't make the power of some of the tractors in class do and we are still running Firestones.
Dick
The short answer is yes.
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Harold,
Have you noticed how many of the vehicles in the light classes have come within inches of wrecking the tractors? We're not talking about inexperienced pullers we are talking about pullers that have been at the top of their classes. I was leading the points last year until I couldn't make a decent pass at BG. Did I raise hell no but I did have a conversation with Big at BG th
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TWD puller,
So what you are saying is that in the example I gave above where the whole class had weighed and checked the hitches before the event even started that they are supposed to wreck their tractors rather than be able to make a sensible adjustment? I would guess that if you were in this situation you would want a way to save your truck from almost certain damage.
Let's change th
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First off I didn't know this rule existed.
We were at a Lt Unlimited hook in Hudsonville,Mi during the first year or two of the class. This was when the weight was 6000 lbs instead of the current 6200 lbs. Lowering the hitch was a big part of the game at the time. Tarry was first hook of the entire show so we had not seen any tractors on the track. We miss judged the track and she hi
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I've said for several years that at some point in the not too distant future the two or three premier high dollar classes will become exhibition only. I hope I'm wrong but doing the work and spending the cubic dollars it takes to keep these machines on the track is very difficult. The old guard that is willing to do this is getting gray and thin just like my hair!
I know I get tired
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The GN Lt Mods only have 4 events with 2 hooks each so there are long stretches of calendar open to run other places. We run RN2 events when we are not running GN, we just add weight and go pulling.
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I think I'd heard that Randy Davis had sold his mod and now has two Minis. He is very busy in his repair shop so traveling was always an issue for him. There is one tractor in Ohio besides the ones mentioned that told me he was running the GN Lt Mod but again he is a business owner who is very busy so time will tell. Chase told me this past weekend that they are waiting on engine parts and w
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Often times a puller will make, a monster pass at some point during a show occasionally it will the test hook. If I am the test hook and make a pass that I know is very strong I really hope for them to look, a one more tractor before making a change, then they will have a better idea if it was a "monster" pass or not. As a driver I can usually tell if it was a really good pass even if it's
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