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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That was not the tractor that they got 2nd with,it was Scott Tedders tractor from last year that Scott ran with PPL. That was Kevin's first time in the seat,not a bad pass for his fist time with that tractor.
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I was impressed that they didn't even put their product front and center in the add. I watched it for almost a minute before I even realized it was for Ram trucks,the focus was on the farmers.
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I think he was referring to Sven when he talked about stupid people. Although Sven isn't really a stupid person it is just someone that gets on these sites sometimes to have a little fun.
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The guys we deal with on our snowcats used to sell Tuckers back in those days. They may be able to help you out with some info on the difference in how the engines are set up. If you want their contact info drop me an e-mail at tfeiss@perfectnorth.com and I'll see what I can do.
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We will likely run the Light Unlimited again but not the heavy. We may run the GN mod class with three engines next season but time will tell.
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So in your world how does this work, if I win a lot am I suppose to detune my tractor or should I stay home from a few events or just sell out so that someone else can win?
What about the years that I was getting beat by the same tractor night after night,do I get catch up credits for those years?
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I don't think I'm smart enough to give a good answer to this question. There are lots of ways to figure this,if you want to include the cost of your puller,hauler and all of the consumable parts I'm not sure I even want to know that number. I think I would quit pulling if I knew that number. I do know that every year when we do our taxes I am stunned at how much we spend.
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Been staying close to the house the last few days as we've been pretty sick. Trying to rest up for the busy week starting tomorrow. Get a little bored then my fingers get me into trouble :-) . Should just shut up and leave things go on without my input.
As for snow,I just hope we get some this year :-) .
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I never even hinted that the world revolves around me. This is called a feedback forum so that is what I did,gave my feedback. My wife doesn't even have the same opinion about this as I do. She says that most of the time everyone should be stopped before 300' and the pulloff should be the exception not the rule. Someone made a point that I have made for many years: if we are wanted
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I tend to get caught up in the pulloff frenzy when ever I get there but then after we are done I reflect on how much money it cost me over the course of the year and I'm not so thrilled. We don't like bumping the sled especially when there are a lot of fans in the stands. In Ionia this year I was the only one coming back in the pull off and I made a full pass anyway as the stands were
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I can't speak for the Jeep but we have a 98 Durango that we have had great service out of. I was my wife's,then ,then my sons and now is used at the ski area. When we used it as our personal daily driver all we ever did to it was general service, no break downs ever. We had a one year old Chevy that we traded on the Durango because it was in the shop all the time. The fuel mileage w
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Ted,
As pullers that run on certain circuits we tend to see the same announcers over and over. We had one years ago that my wife got very tired of listening to as we heard the same jokes and comments over and over. But as I pointed out to her, the fans are hearing it for the first time and most announcers only have so much stuff in their arsenal of things to talk about.
I tend to give an an
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Straight weight oils tend to be more durable under high load situations. In a pulling tractor cold starting and cold weather running are not an issue. I have always understood that to be the reason for multi-grade oils. We use 70w oil in our blower engines but we always start them and let them warm up before putting them under load. This gets the oil warm and flowing better, that is what the m
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We sell oil to a GN level Pro Stock, he uses 40w. We also sell to some others in the LtPro class that use 50w. All of the alky powered tractors that we sell to use 50w. There are a few customers in these class's that use 20w50 but most use straight weight oils.
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Bill has had the tractor for sale for quite some time on Fonda's site. He has sold his hauler already. We bought his old frame and he said he is getting out but I could tell it's still in his blood so who knows what may happen down the road a year or two.
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Interesting that all of the grader tractors were White American 60's & 80's.
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We were at Anthony and Jill Schmeising's wedding two years ago and we sat with Milts son. He said that the twin Allison tractor was still in the shed and that he always says that he is going to get it back out on the track but never seems to have the time. Milt was at the wedding also and looked great. BTW there was an Allison block in a pickup truck in the parking lot of the church :-) .
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I think one of the reasons this class came about is to add some excitement as the weight to power ratio will be quite high. I must say that I was disappointed when I heard about the class the day after the meetings and the mod committee was not asked for input but I'm still glad to see the class.
You say if you want a real mod class you will go to PPL? Have you looked at their mod cla
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