That's actually pretty simple
There are "national" association:
Nederlandse Truck en Tractor Pulling Organisatie - NTTO
Deutsche Trecker Treck Organisation - DTTO
British Tractor Pulling Organisation - BTPA
.. and another dozen
And they together form the "European Tractor Pulling Committee" - ETPC
The ETPC is basically a meeting of the member associations - with a board, safe
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Good News!
The Anholt promoters have found sponsors so that you can watch the event on www.wwptv.plus for free tomorrow!
It starts with local hot farms by the time you guys are all still in bed and there will be a break after them, but the evening session will begin at 11 am CET your time.
The class order for the evening session is:
Qualification Limited Super Stocks
Modifieds
Mini Unlim
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What you saw there was a pull for the German Championships + 2 classes of Euro Cup (+ one more on the Saturday before).
German Championship:
Less than 10 tractors in the class: 2 attempts - anybody over 100 m into Pull Off. That way, with test hook, you can end up doing 4 attempts. Nobody is forced to take the second attempt - and if you have you act together, you usually don't need it
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As promised - I have unlocked it. A complete European pull "as it happened"
- 3.6t Supersport (7700 lbs / rpm limited / 360 cui )
- Limited Modified
- Eurocup Heavy Modified
- Eurocup Superstock
- Modified
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Sascha, to start. Thanks for all of the content you share and showing us what pulling is like over there. Thank you. I do want to know. How many events are there of this size and caliber each year? It's crazy to me the crowds you get and the size of the events is massive. Are these 2 day events or 1 day? What can you tell us about these events that works so well?
This was
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Just as reminder!
We've loaded up an will head over to Füchtorf and set up the live stream set up for the weekend now!
Weather forecast is ok - it's going to be a hell of a show - no matter what you are used to in Pulling!
Check the line up!
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That is Fuechtorf / Germany.
The '23 edition will be this weekend and live streamed on www.wwptv.plus
List of competitors this weekend:
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"Over there I don’t believe they have as many motorsport options let alone entertainment options like MLB, NFL, NBA, NCAA sports, PBR, PRCA, Monster Truck Jam etc."
.. now how to explain that without stepping on some folks toes and opening a big can of worms...
Tractor Pulling Europe happens in, compared to the US, VERY densely populated and quite wealthy areas. It is a rather small area of
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Euro pulling's flagship event seats how many?
You count
Hint - there are grandstand in the tents, too!
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Just 9 days to go!
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First, it is recommended that you check your engine owner's manual for the manufacturer's recommendations regarding the ignition timing setting. This is usually stated in degrees to top dead center (BVM). Second, optimal ignition timing can depend on many factors, such as type of fuel, degree of load, altitude, and others. Because of this, I would recommend contact
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All true
One thing that we as Pullers need to learn though is:
"Sponsorship is not about the sticker on your tractor generating sales for your sponsor."
I have worked for over a decade in a pulling team that is running as a business. 3 Mods and an event.
There is sponsorship money coming in.
A good friend of mine built his first v12 mod when he was in his mid-20s and then kept that operatio
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These are the conditions they usually run in...
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The sled can actually handle them. But its new owners decided grouser bars are "new tech" and make for "racing instead of pulling" and cut them off.
I guess they'll be back under it for the next event.
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Well - this is a "local" brush pull in the state of Holstein.
It's in a little village on Easter Saturday, locals have free admission, and all others pay like 5 or 6 bucks. Competitors pay 20 to hook and everybody has fun.
It's one of the better tracks they are on. Usually, they pull on much worse tracks - and that's where they then play with front-wheel assist - and in that case
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The Holstein Farmers opened their oudoor season!
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We got the address for the stream, so you guys in the US can watch the opening of the Euro Cup season!
Full field of light and unlimited mods, unl. SS, lots of hot farms, regular modifieds, garden pullers & mini rods - we're looking at about 16 hours of pulling!
Saturday:
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The "younger brother" (5500 lbs mod) got on the dyno, too:
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This was probably 15 years ago, with a 9.6 blower.
However, by now that single Allison has a hmd supercharger and would be too much for the Outlaw's light unlimited:
4th tractor ... This was the last time we ran it in the European competition in 2016, before concentrating on the twin in Light Mod.
With the second engine mounted, that tractor is still the incumbent European Champio
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Having run a light mod (single Allison) against a TWD - the TWD put 30 ft on the Allison.
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Since pullers have started to sand the surface of the rubber for more traction, having that roughed-up surface filled with dirt on your way to the track is not what you want.
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We got our 2nd episode out!
I know it's in German, but I also know, there are many people from central and northern Europe as well as some US folks, who can understand it, and who read this forum. And the YT translation is getting better, too...
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Believe me - The Pullerrs HATE that thing here, too and in the beginning, when we introduced it, I was actually threatened if Id show up at events.
This has changed and many, who run in classes without the restrictor and have been outspend, told me now, that actually we did the right thing.
Still every other year we get a proposal from teams who have been running for a few years, to make it b
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This is the restrictor we've made them put in front of the turbo - air coming in from the left, causing turbulences on the edge. A smooth line into any turbo doesn't really do anything in terms of restriction.
Sizes are in mm - but that thing works and can be scaled to whatever you want to.
38mm (1.5 inch) is about 400 hp
68mm (2.66 inch) is about 1050 hp
The "cheap" part abou
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They work pretty well - but I am not sure they are legal in a lot of US classes...
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After selling out the building, the promoters of Putten are going to put their indoor pull on a free live stream on Saturday.
Farm Stock , Super Sport, Light Mods, Semis, TWDs and Lim Super Stock
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We have some more measures in place, that address some of the points here.
But knowing the dyno numbers here, I keep wondering where you guys get your hp numbers from.
We run 427 cubes at 2700 rpm combined with 360cui / 3200 rpm with a 2.66 restrictor, 3000 Bosch pumps, small HX60s or big HX 55s and they all are around the 1000 hp mark.
None of them has billet rods or custom-made pistons.
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