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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Something that you are overlooking is the fact that other people have made the list,not Miles. People were nominated for spots on the list.
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To Disagree,
I said in my first sentence that following the rules is important. My point was that whether you float the finish or have a pulloff should not be of a big concern of a sponsor. It may be more important for that sponsor if all of the competitors show up at the next event rather than being broken at home fixing there stuff.
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Following the rules is important for the pullers put I would say has little to do with sponsors. Sponsors are interested in how much coverage they will get for the dollars spent,most could care less about fair competition. If you ask any of NTPA sponsores about pulloffs they likely wouldn't know or care about them.
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My point about all of the different diesel tractors is that the fans in the stands can't tell the difference from one class to the other. When the sled is set properly they all go about the same distance and go fast. As for getting bored I would say this...I can watch The Color of Money go down the track in the Lt class the see it the next night in the heavy class at a RN event and not be
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Dennis, you mean like the way you can tell the difference between Lt. Pro,limited pro,pro,super farm? Not to mention all of the versions of hot farm and farm stock. If you can pull your SS tractor in the Lt class and the heavy class why should I not be able to hook in more than one class? Part of the problem with all of pulling is that people are not willing to spend what it takes for what the
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I like the idea of cutting it to two engines just from the standpoint of trying to get more tractors interested in running. As it is no one can or will spend the kind of money it takes to compete in the class. With the payout and number of hooks it is hard to justify. I don't have a proplem with other engine posiblitys,there was an Allison tractor that ran the first event last year at Tom
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No the Sullivan's didn't want to have the movable weight,that was in put in there by the powers that be as a safety factor. Then last year they said that they didn't think that it was necessary. The Sullivan's wanted to leave the weight the same and bring the class back to two engines. Did they pull the class...no and that was one of the reasons that they didn't,becaus
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Most of the potential pullers as well as pullers that have already run in the class that I have talked with would like to see the weight the same and go to two engines. There is also a proposal to leave the rules the same as they are and lock them in for the next 5 years. I have heard pros and cons on both sides of this issue and have heard that the board members are split on the issue. If you
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We stayed at their place a few weeks ago and they said that Brandon was to busy farming to make many hooks.
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I have had this discussion several times with different people. I have financed my haulers over the years but I only spend money that I have on the pullers. The haulers can always be insured then sold if I get in a bind. My pulling tractor can make one bad pass down the track and there may be nothing left to sell. When I switched over to Hemi engines from Chevy's I started with two Hemi&
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Wouldn't that just lead to people trying to get more and more RPMs out of their engines? That would be some high dollar engines to withstand high RPMs.
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Although I don't often go to pulls as strictly a fan I am still a fan of pulling. One thing I would add to that list is a good sled,a sled that can adjust to a poor track can make all the difference on how good the show is. Tarry always says that the announcer and the sled can make or break a pull.
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Our coverage was not cheap by any means but it covers a lot of stuff. We are covered in our shop,on the road and we are covered for hasmat spills if we wreck and spill fuel or any hazardous material on the roads. The guy that owns Gulfway is a racer so he knows all of the things that are special about what we do.
We pull mod tractors so not just anyone will cover us. I'm not convinced
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We use Golfway. www.racensur.com.
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I always thought that engine would be cool in a Rat Rod truck.
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Wasn't the V-12 two V-6 engines mated together? I had a coworker years ago that had driven a semi that he said was the V-12 but was made by joining two of the V-6 engines together. Is that fact of fiction?
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Maybe that was a 3160?
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The 1160 came in the early 2255 Olivers, we had one.
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Another thing to consider is that the Roberts Pulling Team for what ever reason has not been pulling much for the last few years. If they sell the tractors to a new owner that new owner is likely going to pull with one organization or the other putting the tractors back out on the track. As it is they are parked in a shop instead. I always enjoyed watching those tractors and thought that the R
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