My first exposure to pulling was at a county fair,we were showing horses but there was a tractor pull going on across the fairgrounds. I spent a lot of time watching the pulling that day. I've always loved tractors as well as lots of noise and HP so it all just really interested me. The first class that I really wanted to pull in was the Lt. SS class but I knew early on that I would no
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I agree, it is more dependent on the percentage than the actual lbs Involved.
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I have seen some pullers over the years go to the extreme of trying to get within 5 lbs of the class weight and some that could care less if they were 100 lbs light of the class weight. My feeling has always been to loose enough weight to be able to run a faster gear would be a bad tradeoff. We once tried to run a RN Mod class about 1000 lbs light because we just didn't have enouh places t
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I was very impressed as the competitors excepted their awards as to how they acknowledged their fellow competitors and most were very gracious. But the one that stood out the most to me was Stan Shelton. Stan made a special effort to speak about the significance of the Lee Greenwood song as well as the national anthem and how much it meant to be a part of the proud traditions of our pulling h
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I think that they are getting better at the indoor shows,the first year was a bit of a cluster but much better now. I don't think they are going anywhere any time soon as they sell Saturday afternoon tickets to a crowd that likely doesn't care about most other classes. I can tell you this much, the young diesel jockeys woke me up in my hotel room Saturday morning. We could hear them
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I've had the best pulling situation possible with my wife for many many years (our first date was to watch a pull). I started pulling stock tractors soon there after and she has been by my side at almost every event I've been to since. Not only does she support me but has been a driver for 20 plus years all of the way up to the GN level. We have a good life travelling and competing
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Kip 1456,you might be thinking of Go Go the Gorilla. I think that was TNT. He had a little three wheeler that he rode. I don't recall for sure but that is what I seem to remember.
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We have been going to the pull that the Sullivan family puts on in the spring for many years. They have changed venues several time over the years trying to better their event. One move they made was to move Into the northern Ky area in Burlington,Ky. The venue was very nice and close to a lot of population being within 30 minutes of down town Cincinnati. A few years ago they moved back towar
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So sorry to hear this sad news. I always enjoyed talking with Tracy at events. Our thoughts and prayers are with friends and family.
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I feel sponsors will sponsor events that involve any kind of car as opposed to tractors,that is where the support comes from.
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Yea,I forgot the first L. Hopefully everyone will forgive my ignorance.
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HSTPA is using what is now called the National Rules at 6000 LBS. It is a probationary class this next summer so they won't be a part of the points system but will be a class that is offered by HSTPA. Feiss Motorsports has offered a $500 year end bonus for the top three tractors for next year. The class needs to have 10 pullers step up to buy memberships in HSTPA by January 1st for this t
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No one knows what they will do but I've not heard any discussions about C rotor vs D rotor. I'm not sure what the guys that are running the screw blowers have at this point. Last year we had proposals to run screw blowers in the mod class that didn't pass the full board. At that time no one talked about C rotors,D rotors nor was there any mention of overdrive speeds. These are
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I would have said the same thing at this time last year but in the mod meetings at the Enderle the committee recommend allowing screws in the mod clas. I was very surprised by that. The full board did not allow it to got through. I have heard that it may be approved this year.
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I looked into a 990 DB for an econo mod rearend once opon a time. I think I would stay away from that rear and go with the usual. The way that the 990 was the axle shaft that drives the bull gear is very small and it would likely get smoked pretty quickly. We had a case 1490 (I think thats what it was)at one time,it was a good farm tractor but it looked like the rear was very similar to the 99
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I'm not sure why you say the Cummins should be left out,it was offered in a lot of tractors.
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There are lots of places that run a single engined small tired tractor class but don't use the short frame. I'm not sure what you mean by relaxed rules.
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Either one should handle 800 HP. The cockshutt 40 will handle it better especially if you don't run the tractor trans,they will handle a lot more than that without the trans. We have run oliver 88,they will break at 800 HP but the 1650 will hold up pretty well. The last one we bilt was a ford 4000,again the tractor trans won't hold up very well but the reared will.
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If you think Larry is lazy that is your business but just remember Larry is the head of the NTPA tech officials so he doesn't have to do it he just has tell others to do it. Just sayin.
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Jason,
I appreciate your honesty and integrity in dealing with this. It is a pleasure watching you run your home grown parts with the best in the country and competing very well. It's cool to see a different tractor running at the top. Good luck and keep up the good work.
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Our son has made some of those for GMS so he may already have the pattern if they are the same diameter. His shop is Brain Bucket design and sign. 812-250-8231. Web site www.brainbkt.com .
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Larry Piekarski parted out his mod,the chassis ended up with the Barga family. Larry Roberts I'm pretty sure still has one OSS tractor as some of the mod chassis. We saw the Prohibited truck run last summer in Ionia,Mi. The Walkers sold the Semi's and Shawn Swearingen also sold his mod.
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Maibach tractor in Creston ,Oh ask for Brad. They know Oliver inside out.
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As well as anyone that has a 401k, that is not a bad thing for middle America.
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Any class that wants to become an HSTPA class has to have ten paid members to be brought on board. It has been this way forever,we did talk a little while about changing that number in light of the numbers in pulling in general. We talked about this in the Friday board meeting but I didn't make it to the full membership meeting on Saturday so I don't know if it was talked about then
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We run a TWD and it does get I little old watching 70 go down the track, but it gets old watching 70 of anything go down the track. If you think BG needs anything to make their event flourish you must have never been there, it is flourishing quite well. These large pulls like BG and Tomah have to have a large variety of classes to fill the seats. I know it's hard for some folks to beleave
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George,NTPA does get a sizable amount of money from Case/IH. We get a separate check each year at the banquet from them besides our points check. Not to mention that they provide a lot of equipment at GN events to work the tracks. It's not earth shattering put it helps so I suppose you can paint your IH tractors their original colors! ☺
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We are getting close to the deadline to submit proposals for new rules or rule changes with the NTPA. If anyone has a proposal you can send it to me at tfeiss@perfectnorth.com or get it to the NTPA office before the 29th. I'm sending in what I already have tomorrow. Tarry is als
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We saw the Prohibited truck go down the track at Ionia,MI a few weeks ago.
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We have two of the Tigertails,we got one from Mark H and one somewhere else that I can't remember. They are the best tow straps we have ever used.
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