I think most of us know we are pushing the envelope but I also think there needs to be a middle ground between what we do and what truckers do. I put on 10 to 12 thousand miles a year they do that in two weeks. I often wonder about Gospel groups that make money and travel the same as we do,in an RV...are they going to get the same treatment?
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That is the lamest thing I have heard in a long time,I'm a pretty good tractor puller but I don't know the first thing about running a machine shop. I can do a lot of other things pretty well but none of them have to do with building tractor parts. I suppose you are going to tell us next that you can build your own SFI approved clutch!
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There was a thread on this not long ago. If you go up in the top right corner of the page and click on site search put in hydraulic steering you should see some ideas.
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We also have a system one on our TWD and have no issues with leaks. They are a little messier than the Oberg type filter and the Oberg is much quicker to check.
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The advantage is that you can pull it apart quickly to see if you have any problems with bearings or other engine issues. You can do this between passes.
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I remember the person next to me said he does that all the time and kinda rolled his eyes. Another tractor that I remember seeing in about 1977 was a tractor called Bull Shippers Express, it was a co-op with a V-8. He hauled it in a gooseneck cattle trailer. I allways thought that that was a clever name.
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That was around 1975 or 1976.
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One that I'm sure you have seen over the years Charlie is Frank Fryman's Hercules. Frank didn't run any national events but ran very strong. The tractor is an F-20 with a big block Chevy. I watched Frank run against some HSTPA tractors back in the mid seventy's, he ran 18.4 tire and they all had bigger tires. I was a little shocked when he was in the top two or three,he ma
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Well me and a lot of my friends will stay and watch them. I'm not sure why everyone is so sure that no-one wants to watch these classes. I'm not a big fan of the SF class so does that mean that no-one likes them,no it doesn't and I'm not narrow minded enough to think that. I understand that it is the "FARM SHOW" and is attended by mostly farmers but some farmers like the no
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Ray,
Nobody wants to watch the 2wd,really? I for one want to watch them as well as a lot of my friends,so don't speak with such certainty about what other people want to watch. I don't pretend to know what you want to watch so don't pretend to know what I want to watch.
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Should be the Uncle Sam tractor.
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Jake, I must have missed something,I'm thinking about the first pass I must have missed the second. My bad on that sorry about the confusion.
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Randy,The sand pile at Gordyville is actually dirt from what I've heard. I agree that Seifert was flagged so he should have been in regardless of his distance.
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I have to disagree with youon one count Jake. After I watched David Seifert not make the pulloff the night before after being flagged,if you get the red flag and still have momentum you should be in no mater what your distance is. I suppose I can see a driver wanting to get a little deeper just to be sure. It does seem that that may not have been the reason for the DQ but who knows for sure.
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I think one that has stuck with me over the years was the first mod tractors with the small airplane front tires. I think the Banter brothers started it. Although it wasn't as much a style thing as it was a necessarie part of making the engines all fit. I have to admit that I didn't like it at all but now I have two tractors with them. :-)
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You might try changing your heading so people know what the thread is about. That way more people that are interested in 706 stuff will look and you may get some responces.
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I went online and found them several years ago,don't remember were I end up getting them. I can tell you that the ones I got didn't work on and alky engine,the alky that gets into the oil eats up the plastic that was in them.
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I seem to remember being at a pull just after the NTPA put the class in and they talked about the Kohl's as being one of the driving forces getting the class into NTPA. I think their names were Gary and Dale, I think they ran an 856 and a 1206. Can anyone confirm this, my memory is a little fuzzy on this.
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I think any Class in pulling will be looked at by some as being boring that is part of why it is important to have a variety of classes. Most any class you look at has a certain combination that works best for the rules. When you look at the pro stock class most tractors are Deere's,look at the heavy ss class and most of the class is IH. It seems to be that way in most any class,pullers s
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WI,my Hemi's weigh about 950 lbs with the clutch and can.
Dick, One of the things that works well with the rules the way they are now is that I can take the Feissty Farmer to the RN/State pulls and compete as well as adding an engine to run the GN Mod class. We can be competitive in all three classes,this makes the investment a lot more attractive for me and I'm sure some others see
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Not sure but think Allison's weigh about 1500 lbs.
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Dick, I'm not sure why you think it will but be worse than it was, I feel like we will be seeing a lot better participation in the class as well a far more competitive class. I get the people that are saying it will be a cooky cutter class but to me that is better than a class where one tractor wins by 50' every time out. As for the name I told them the first day I heard about the cla
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The pull in WV is on May 23 &24, the one in NC is on July 18 & 19. Both are new events.
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There are 11 hooks on the books at this time. 2 at Fairlea, WV,2 at Tomah,1 at Arcola, 1 at LaGrange,IN, 1 at Jerseyville,Il, 2 at Benson,NC, 2 at Ionia, MI.
All of this is subject to change before the schedule is final. We already heard last night of a few that could change but who knows it could be just talk.
As for the numbers of tractors,it is hard to say as Adam said that they likely
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We are going to run the Feissty Farmer in the Lt Unlimited,not sure what we will do about the Mod class as there will likely be some conflicts in the schedules. We would like to run the S'no Farmer in the Lt. Unlimited also but we have a hauler issue,we can't get them both in our trailer. We don't want to drive two haulers to the events. Some of the closer events we will for sur
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Thanks for the fact checking,I had some things mixed up,that's why I had that disclaimer in my post.
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My facts need to be checked but I remember a puller in the late 70s or early 80s that pulled a Massy 2805 I think. His name was Don Flowers (again I'm not sure),the tractor was called old number one as it was the first 2805 made. I think he won a points title with that tractor back in those days.
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The last one I did I set up a bench type cutoff saw (abrasive) on a temporary table under the axle. Had to turn the axle as The blade on the saw was not big enough to do it in one cut. A lot less heat and much neater than a torch. If I remember correctly (this was a long tome ago) it took two or three blades in the saw to get the job done.
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JMB,
I remember going to a brush puller many years ago as a pull but also as a fan. The guy that promoted the pull also pulled a 4x4 truck. When his truck quit at about 150' about 6 kids ran out and jumped into the back of the truck and the driver got on his cell phone. It took them about ten minutes to get him off of the track. As a puller who had to go to work the next day and as a fa
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I use a 1650 rear on an econo-mod. I went to a junk yard and bought a disc brake setup with rotors and calipers. I took the old disc from the original brakes and used the splines and welded them together. Made my own brackets for the calipers and used Wilwood master cylinders. The only thing that was a bit of a problem was that the brake housing had to be cut off to allow clearance. You have
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