One of our local tractor club members has an older, smaller sled but no scale. He just divides the tractors into 2 bottom, 3 bottom, or 4 bottom and over classes. For the most part these are just stock tractors, not regular pullers. Most of these tractors have no fluid in the rear tires to save the rims but might have a weight or two so they can attend plow days.
For $20 you can hook all you want (we only have about a dozen that usually compete). No trophies, no cash payout, just bragging rights. No rules, nobody gets mad, we just have a good time.
The track is used for the county fair in August (big show, they work and water the track) and nothing is done to it till we pull in October. It's usually hard packed from rain and sun, we use it like it is.
 
Actually there are some pulls like this in Illinois. But like 2 plow class is 4500 lb. And 3 plow is 5500 and so on. But half to pull off origonal drawbar. 16" and 24" from center of axle.
 
"Factory hitch and safe stationary drawbar ", then goes on to give rules for "built up" must be braced forward ? I would think all "factory" hitches would fall in the safe zone and not require wheelie bars so how is a "factory hitch" getting to 20"? I like the idea but rules seem contradictory.
 
Southern Illinois still have 4 or 5 a year. I Can give you the Deere classes. B Light 2 plow, GP Heavy 2 plow, A 3 plow, G 4 plow, IH W40 5 Plow.
 
When antique tractor pulling started it was all plow pulling. No scales so it went by tractor size. Then as most pulling goes. The cheating started. Lead in radiators, Concrete in wheels. Cast front wheel options that were never really options. So we changed to weight pulling to make it more fair. Yea I'm an old guy and still love plow pulling,
cheaper to find ways to add weight than soup up engines.
 
Buy your rules I could only pull in about 2 classes. But by pulling weight classes(farm stock)I can pull in 4 or 5 classes.
 

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