I also like the idea of mini's, however the logistics of having two sleds at the show would be daunting.
There is no place inside Freedom Hall to store a mini sled and moving one big sled out and bringing in the mini sled would be to time consuming.
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l had the chance to watch the interview and it was very interesting, the "Special" in its many forms has always been a real strong runner in the DSS class. Hans senior and junior have had great success in the class. one of the things about the Boxler family is the diversity of their family operations. As most people know they run a 3000+ dairy operation and have a first rate animal adventure park
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I believe that pulloffs have always been 2 attempts to the best if my knowledge. However in a pulloff situation you seldom see a puller use 2 attempts
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Thanks for the question. I do not want to take my son to a pull that is not family friendly. Granted he's 50 but you can never be to careful. Seriously the sport will not grow or even stay at its current level without the next generation being involved. There are to many things that are major problems for the sport, the rural community is shrinking not growing, there are to many other opt
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Todd. Thanks for response, I appreciate the effort that you and others in class are helping to grow the numbers.
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Would the NTPA benefit if they raised the weight of the Lt. Mod class to 6500 pounds, would that draw more state/regional pullers to the class?
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The sport claims to be a family sport and then you hear some idiot get one the mic and use totally inappropriate language. A good announcer knows enough to never give up control of the mic. We take the kids through the pits and they have to dodge the mountain of beer cans that are everywhere
I realize that I sound like a prude, but we can't have it both ways. Either we want to mud bug
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It doesn't have to be a rollover. A sled malfunction, the vehicle gets sideways against a wall. There are plenty of potential hazards that are possible. A why not a roll cage? One accident and the next week everyone will be scrambling to meet the new safety mandate.
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I don't believe anyone said put PS first, rather the the goal is to run some high HP classes Before the wee hours if the night.
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I have often wondered why they run the big HP classes so late in the evening. If you watching much pulling online you will notice that when those classes finally run the stands have lost half the crowd. The philosophy that we finish with those classes actually runs against what the fans with a family should be able to see.
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Seems like a reasonable idea to me. Not really sure why they don't. Maybe pulling should be proactive not reactivate.
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There are 2 very different types of pulling events. The ones that start on time, have good announcing, run the vehicles in a timely manner and finish at a reasonable hour. However we need to talk about the other side of pulling. The ones that are killing the potential growth of the sport. How can we bring in new fans when the show starts late, and it takes 2 hours plus to run 8 vehicles down
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I just read that the NTPA office's are moving, seems like a logical decision. I also saw that to finance the building and renovation they are selling more WPI shares. This got to thinking about the process of selling the shares. Please correct me on anything the I will probably get wrong. 1. I always understood that no shareholder could own more than 2 shares. 2, the original share price
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Does anyone know the number of Lt. PS'S that are competing now in the country?
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It sure seems that the classes that have tighter limits are the classes in pulling that are growing the fastest. Nothing wrong with the higher HP, higher dollar classes, its just that growth is slower or nonexistent.
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Will the NTPA stay with 3 separate mod classes or will they go down to two? I can see Lt. Mod and Unlt. Mod being the two classes if they decide to eliminate one of the Mod classes.
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Just sayin. Interesting take.
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I don't think it's wrong to point out legitimate issues that are holding the sport back. We can not just sweep issues under the rug and pretend that everything is great. Growth happens when pulling strives for " constant improvement ". Coming on the page because you have a personal complaint is not helpful either. I know nothing about the issue ( if there was one) at the Kentucky Inv
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I guess that you can't make everyone happy. Some people complain that it's just the same pullers over and over and some people complain that they are bringing in new pullers. Oh well at least 50% should be pleased with the entries!
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Who are the 3 national champions that did not get invited? Did they compete last year? If so how did they finish?
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The interesting thing about the NFMS is you do not always know who applied.
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Yes, alot of events will run a mixture of Regional/State classes, however only BG runs all NTPA GN classes.
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I totally disagree with you. No promoter would schedule 4 hooded classes at the same show. In fact there is only 1 NTPA event ( BG) that has all NTPA GN classes. I believe the Klint and Company have shown that there is definitely a place for a show that features mostly hooded classes. In fact organizations need multiple classes to fill several shows on the same dates. I'm not advocating the
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I guess the first question is do either Lt.PS or 4.1 want to be a national class. And will the organizations drop a class off their national classification list to add either one of them?
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RCP. I agree that the organizations should make that information available. Not ever builder want to stop work and answer questions. And some are way to busy to stop work to answer questions.
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Jake and I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. And to reflect on the real reason for the season. The birth of our Lord, Jesus.
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Or is just one more of the NTPA writing a rule then in a couple months withdrawing it or putting it on hold till next year? In fact I'm pretty confident in predicting that any rules that were written in 2023 will be resended before the 2024 season.
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While I fully support personal freedoms, the one thing that most likely the driver behind this and most rules is the agency/company that is insuranceing the NTPA and any other organization. The last thing they want is having to payout a huge insurance claim. Unfortunately that the real world that we live in.
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Thanks for link.
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Maybe a couple new PS, maybe a couple LSS but the biggest newbie will be 4.1 and Lt PS is my guess. I would think same Open SS/DSS. A couple different TWD and SF. But 90% will returnees.
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