After antique pulling all summer I finally got to hook my 1466 IH 10,500 Hot Stock puller at Harrisonville,MO on Saturday evening...There was over 2500 people and about 80 pullers there for the 3rd MSTPA pull of the year....It was at a mud run track that hadn't had a pull in 12 years.....I still have 4 MSTPA hooks left....I'm already out of the points race as I missed the first hook of the year at Clinton because my pump wasn't ready after being at 2 different shops for 8 months.
I was the first tractor down the track to start the show off..I pulled 282 ft plus but decided I could do better....So I came back last in a class of 6 tractors and ripped off a 274-11 which was 3rd place..If I had kept the first hook I would have been 2nd place getting beat by 5 ft......
My tractor is a bear to drive as the pump wants to run at 3000 rpms all the time..You barely move the throttle and it jumps from 2000 to 3000 rpms...I need to be at 2500-2600 rpms for the first 200-225 ft so I dont go over the speed limit...To finish the season I'll back the fuel down some and may set the rpms at 2600 so I won't be over the 12.5 mph limit..I'll be searching for another pump this winter.
Below are the rest of the tractors in the class.
There were a couple of nice tractors working the tractor at Harrisonville..
This nice 1100 MF made a pass down the track to honor some of the old pullers in the Harrisonville area that pulled back in the 1960's-1970's...The MF dealer was big in to pulling and 4-5 tractors ran out of it...I knew every name on the weight rack.