cpr,
You reminded me of an experience at NFMS when Jerry Stuart ran we were sitting on metal folding chairs and you could quite literally FEEL the power that night! My wife and I had an interesting conversation after that run!!!
At the time Jerry was running two engines with big blowers and really had them tuned up so they were hammering hard...to the point that Jerry was changing some pisto
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
For me it was probably the Indiana State fair pulls in about the mid to late 60s...and I say probably because I'm THAT old!!! We were there every year showing horses but I would sneak off to watch the pulls when ever I could. I was amazed at the machines, the noise and which tractors did well because it wasn't always the pretty ones that ran the best. This was back in the days when the
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
My wife drives a twin Hemi tractor but she has always been an Allison fan. Early in our NTPA careers we ran against Ron's Allison's when he got them back for the second time. We became close friends with the Barga family...you will not find a better family.
Thanks to Ron for all of his efforts to make pulling better in both the NTPA and OSTPA. A very appropriate recognition of
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
Glad to hear it will back soon Dan, I miss being able to check it out.
S'no Farmer
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
Interestingly my wife Tarry's cousin ran an off road series for Lucas Oil that would have been very similar to a state or regional circuit in our pulling world. His roll was very similar to what Jon and Kristy do for PPL. That circuit was closed down about three years ago, it didn't go away but it did become smaller in both the number of events and payout I believe. Tarry's cou
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
division,
I think you are correct that the visor being down is not mandated. The catch can is much the same, it was going to be mandated but then never got put into effect because with all of the alcohol fumes in the catch can it could explode if an engine were to come apart and throw parts though the can.
We have solved the visor fogging issue with ventilated helmets and a remote fan. We loo
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
Just a little glimpse into the brainwashed minds of the youngest generations. I saw an on the street interview with a twenty something male, his take on the environment...we need to do away with farming because they are the biggest polluters of the environment. This is what these kids are are learning in our educational system.
How can anyone live to be 20 and not know where their food come
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
I had that same thought but I'm not sure they have enough pit parking for more classes.
S'no
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
As puller we always want more money because it's expensive at this level. On the other hand I think I saw where the overall purse for this event was over $106,000. That's not exactly pocket change. When you look at the number of classes then the number of pullers in the classes remember that everyone entered got a check, there was no entry fee and most if not all of the checks were b
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
I have to wonder if they're losing more votes than they are gaining...and they called Trump a Dictator!!!
S'no Farmer
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
Supertiquer,
The feeling is that the Lt. Unlimited class will be gone at BG, these discussions are about a class to replace it.
S'no Farmer
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
As a mod competitor in the region class I lean towards a floating finish as long as it is reasonable. We hook many many times during a summer on back to back nights if not three in a row mostly in the middle of the week. As an example two weeks ago we had 5 hooks in 7 days not to mention driving from Indian to Michigan to NY then back to Michigan. This schedule doesn't leave much time for m
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
JSchmitz,
Team Feiss was glad to have the the opportunity to hook at the famous Langford pull. The stifling heat aside we had a great time. Great track, great crowd, great chicken. We are glad we took the opportunity to make the trip. It is unfortunate that the numbers were down but it has been a difficult year with fuel cost as well parts being an issue for some (We are still waiting on rods
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
One reason it looks that way is because there are a lot of good tractors in that configuration. I still think a tractor like Scott Tedders would be dominant if it ran the whole circuit. We chose to run two because of the ease of changing classes and yet it is very competitive. When I first saw a tractor with two engines side by side up front I thought it would never work...I was wrong it works
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
The rules are that with three Hemi's you can run up to 8-71 blowers with 37% overdrive. With two Hemi's you can run 14-71 blowers at any overdrive (We run ours just under 70%). If you run three Chevy style engines you can run 8-71 blowers up to 70% overdrive if they are big chief style heads the overdrive is limited to 50%. We feel that the three engine Hemi setup is the combination wi
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
I just read a story today about a family that bought their daughter a 2014 Ford Focus EV it had 60K miles after about 6 months it started acting up. They took it in for service, they were told that it needed a new battery at $14,000 but the kicker was that the battery was obsolete and they can't replace it. So they have an 8 year old car they paid $11,000 for that can't be fixed...it&#
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
I just saw a map with areas that are going to experience black outs...mountain states were the worst followed closely by most of the west. Keep buying electric cars they said it will be fun they said! Keep shutting down power plants they said it will be fun they said. Cut off domestic oil they said it will be fun they said! Common sense is not so common these days.
People say it's not O
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
Cliff,
Just an FYI you likley think I'm an out of touch old curmudgeon (there could be some truth in that) but I also am conscious of the environment. We've been recycling for 40 years,my truck averages 27.5 MPG and my shop is covered with solar panels.
Do I believe there is Climate change? Yes. Do I believe it's as bad as some would lead us to believe? No. According to AL
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
Cliff,
You are 100% correct but I can tell with certainty that the "Climate" has been changing since the beginning of time and for the largest part of those millions of years man was not here to influence that change. If you believe that doing away with any fertilizer besides organic is a good idea good luck feeding your family in 10 years. When I was a kid corn was 75 to 100 bushel to the acre
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
P.S. they will kill far more humans through starvation than climate change will ever kill!
S'no Farmer
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
It really does appear that politicians are truly more interested in saving mother earth than the people living on mother earth. If the population starts dieing off due to starvation what good is saving mother earth? The earth will be here long after humans kill themselves off and it will still go through Climate change with us being long gone it always has!!!
S'no Farmer
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
Sasha,
My understanding is that most failures on the high powered tractors is the front pinion bearing not the ring and pinion. When I was running the GN Mod class I had one rear-end failure and it was the front pinion bearing. Before and after that I've run the RN class with hundreds of passes on two tractors with only one broken tooth on a ring gear. The higher power seems to really be
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
The Original Michael,
Regardless of the kinds of changes there will be opposition from pullers and/or fans. As an example if you were to reduce weight it would likley do away with 5 engine tractors, you as well as a LOT of fans would be unhappy not to mention some pullers. Lowering the hitch could accomplish the goal but likely would cause competitors to speed up tire speed then destroying tir
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
With the advancement of tires the pullers pay the price. Not only do they have to pay the price of the tires but the price of modification of their tractors. I'm mostly talking about the Mod tractors when I refer to having to make these changes. I remember when the Puller 2000s came to the pulling world and people had to redo their tractors in order to hold down the front. Moving engines
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
Brent,
There have been rule proposals to do just that in recent years but they didn't gain much traction with the powers that be. As a puller I find it embarrassing to bump the sled, in some cases you're just trying prove you're not broken as bad as the other puller because you could drive to the sled and they couldn't.
S'no Farmer
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
Something the came up at our last event in Fremont, Mi is that with a 340' pass the tractor and sled were well beyond the grandstands and most of the fans were looking at the back of the sled on the long passes. They had the mod class set heavy I was the first hook and only went 288' but even then I was past the end of the grandstands. I remember one year at the Enderle Pulloff America
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
BrandonA,
I've been to busy trying to get my tractors on the track and get my hay work done to look at this lately.
My only initial thought is that if they are going to ask pullers to make more pases there needs to be compensation for the pullers. We have one fellow mod puller that never comes back for a pulloff and said he won't until they pay extra for that pass.
S'no Fa
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
Straighten Up,
Take a trip to Lake Cumberland in southern KY, you can spend a whole day looking at houseboats that cost $400K +/- with $140K +/- ski/wakeboard boats tied to the back of them. These people will spend $500 +/- on gas at the lake on any given weekend and that's just for the boats not to mention the gas to get to the lake. They do this with NO chance of bringing in a dime. At le
by
S'no Farmer
-
Forum
I guess I have a few questions, first is it a myth that there aren't enough children up for adoption? If not why do people go to foreign countries to adopt? Aren't most foster children coming from dysfunctional families as opposed to unwanted infants? Why isn't there more emphasis put on the younger generation for birth control as opposed to looking at abortion as the solution?
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
I find it very ironic the the pro choice groups are planning protest at churches on MOTHERS day...mothers day really!!!
S'no Farmer
by
S'no Farmer
-
Off-Topic Forum
