I think one of the things that is missing from this pulloff vs no pulloff discussion is not so much a pulloff now and then but the length of the season and the real life wear and tear on parts. Years ago when beyond 300' was a pulloff I found myself in pulloffs at about every third event, when you attend a lot of events these extra passes add up to real wear and cost in regard replacing rods
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The other thing that make these comparisons difficult is tires. If today's super farm tractors were running old style pulling tires they wouldn't hook nearly as hard and therefore spin the tires harder plus they would have to run a different gear because of the way the old sleds worked. Because of those two factors the modern SF might be closer to the old PS that we migh
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Because its the degradation of our society one little step at a time. Nikita Khrushchev the former premier of the Soviet Union predicted the the US would become communist not today,not tomorrow but after a long period of tiny little steps. Well those tiny little steps are happening. When I was in school socialism and communism were hateful things. Today 50 years later these things are being embra
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I just had a very long Facebook post about this very thing. In short I feel like AB is forgetting who their core customers are. The same influencer is now hired by Nike to model sports bras, if that isn't a slap in the face of women I don't know what is. Where are the women who fought so hard for their rights when I was young...they should be outraged! Unfortunately I think most of th
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I don't know much about turbo sizes but I do remember a little bit about when the class got started. Someone with more knowledge feel free to correct me. There was a father and son team in Ohio that ran two SS 806 Farmall's named Dale and ???? Kohl, they wanted the NTPA to have a class that was more affordable and pushed for a single charger class. The PS class was created as well as
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Seeing as how my wife use to work at P&G we had stock and she could vote for board members to the extent she owned stock or she could send in a proxy and let so eone else vote her shares. When the original shares in NTPA were offered each buyer was limited to I think one or two shares. The way David P. got control of NTPA was by gaining proxy voting rights for many share holders. Perfectly le
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FansOnly, I'm not sure what you read but on the NTPA tech page it clearly says CM tires only.
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Our involvement with Tom started during our second year of pulling our economy hot rod tractors. This would have been about 1991, he approached me in the pits at a pull in Georgetown, KY and asked if I would interested in running a points series the next summer. There was a meeting at some point that fall to set rules for the classes. This was the first time I can remember any type of organizat
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We've had axles made at Modern Machine and SCS. I know Brad, Brent and Craig will work together if need be to get you what you need.
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The answers to your questions depend on a lot of variables. Some blown V-8 engines make 1200 HP and some make 3000 HP. The weight you run at will make a difference as well as tire size. If I recall correctly some SS pullers had to go to a different rear-end as they were breaking the 4600 style rears. I don't know what HP they started to fail, maybe someone can post those numbers.
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I agree,they will find any insignificant little thing to harp on...they have to justify their existence!
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I ran a 4600 rear and transmission in an econo-mod at about 750 HP, eventually the transmission broke. I then went direct to the rear and it held up I even ran a blower engine in it a few times. To answer your other question it should be the same or very similar to the later 4000s. Mine has pretty good brakes, I didn't do anything different as far as brakes.
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Haha,
So Haha this conversation started over TWD tires...do you build your own? Your own blowers,turbos, blocks,heads ,rims? Not trying to belittle you in any way, just pointing out that most pullers buy most of their parts. Some fabricate more than others, some put more of their stuff together than others but we ALL rely on others to get on the track. Some of the very best on the track do a l
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I guess I would remind people that the trucks we are looking at here are absolute top notch trucks. Russ came very close a couple of years ago to winning the points in both organizations before he had his own tires. Brent and Kristi have been at the top of the truck classes the last few years not to mention having just won the NTPA GN points title. Renee has been a constant top 5 NTPA GN truck
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I felt like the weight change was easiest and the first time out it was pretty close. My suggestion was to have a sticker on the back of the tractor, this was done with OSTPA and stated what the blower OD, hitch height and weight should be for the tractor. Those things are a moot point since the Lt Mod class was brought about to replace the Lt Unlimited.
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To kind of elaborate on your last statement, Gregg Randall has pushed hard to have three mod classes because he has promoters that want a mod class and either don't want the expense of the top two mod classes or their dates won't allow it because they are already scheduled somewhere else. I think that is the only reason that the Lt Unlimited lasted as long as it did. Now they have ste
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Worse than that I never thought I would see socialism and communism so openly embraced by such a large portion of our population...those were words that were viewed with disdaine in my youth. That is what happens when distorted history is taught in our universities and historical statues are hidden away. People forget the atrocities of these societies especially when they aren't learning it
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Yeah I had to give him a play by play...I think next year I'll buy it for him! LOL
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My livestream worked great for the entire show, I was very impressed.
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I would agree with Lisa, I think all three are top notch announcers. We have been watching the livestream and its been great to this point. With the replays on each vehicle there is very little dead air time other than between classes. Dan and Miles are like on the spot historians of pulling and Leslie is also very knowledgeable about the pulling sport. I have really enjoyed it so far.
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Really,
I had a post on the other thread about a similar thing. It would more likley be a fan that would try it influence the outcome of a class than a puller. Someone places a large bet on a lesser tractor in the class then walks the pits waits for an opening when no one is around loosens a fuel line and walks away 30 seconds later.
Do I think this will happen, no could this happen, yes.
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Carlsson,
In the NTPA RN level the Allison rules were opened up several years ago to allow larger supercharger wheels. After the change we ran our two twin Hemi tractors against the Top Gun tractor with two Allison's. My tractor just missed the pulloff my wife's tractor and Craig driving Top Gun got into the pulloff. Craig ran neck and neck with us that night in Wauseon. I think if
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It's odd but the first thing that crossed my mind as a puller is some devious gamber sabotaging tractors in the pits. Betting on a less competitive tractor then causing issues with the more competitive tractors. Yeah I know it's an unlikely scenario but not out of the realm of possibility. We as pullers don't really worry about leaving our stuff unattended in the pits. There ar
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Supertiquer,
Basically everyone, Mike told me that the ring that failed was on the chassis when they bought it and that they never really looked at it thinking it was what it needed to be. The tractor has been all over the country going through tech with lots of tech people. Honestly it's just one of those things that slips through the cracks.
My tractors have the correct rings but
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Brad Penn was changed to Penn Grade 1 a few years ago. Seems to be the same to me but some say it's different. We've been using it for many many years in our blown Hemi's with good luck. We also sell to several diesel customers.
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JEide,
This subject was discussed about the NFMS pull several times. The general idea is that during the spooling up of the engine they put out a lot of raw alcohol and the fear is that something could ignite that unburnt fuel causing an explosion in the exhaust tube.
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I think you are correct about that it seems I remember it having outboard planetary's.
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Patches,
I heard a lot about them putting the IH head on because it flowed better but never heard anyone say that it was an overhead cam. But then I was just a kid spectator in those days.
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HP,
Don Dean ran a set of 2255 Oliver planetary's for years and to my knowledge never broke any. He did change them last year because they were heavy and he wanted more front weight. I think the 2-180 planetary's were pretty much the same except they were inboard.
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EFV,
I used to be a spectator back in the days of the Deere Harvester. If I remember correctly it didn't have an over head cam but it did have an IH head on a Deere block, hence the name Deere Harvester.
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