Posted by Robert Major on March 24, 2013 at 17:16:27 from (216.81.8.69):
In Reply to: Tractor rpms and safty posted by Dave Thompson jr on March 24, 2013 at 16:42:44:
Hi you said it right there NATPA this is as far as I can tell, a well respected organisation with very good rules and hopefully liability insurance and stuff for members. What I and a few others are talking about is the small town stuff where there is not much or no safety, and guys are running what they brung unregulated/ un inspected. This is the stuff that gets everybody a bad name under the heading of "Tractor Pulling" when something goes south, in a big brown cloud of smelly stuff, when it hits the fan. Guys like NATPA will have a many page rule book or should have, explaining a lot and saying whats legal and not. If your unit fails any part of a tech or is found cheating you pretty well fix the problem or go home simple as that!. The group I was gonna run a day with until I saw what was going on and decided to stay home, had a 1/2 page of legal sized paper with the rules on!. At the bottom it said "ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK" so basically if you kill half the crowd you as the driver, are on the hook for this when your tractor goes bad, and any legal issues that result from said accident. In the short it means the millions of dollars compensation is coming from "YOUR" pocket not the organisation, if you have no public liability cover your self. This is what a lot of us are concerned about not the genuine proper run pulls and the guys that abide by safety and have good tractors. I will close by saying until I can afford to go through a tractor properly and it has all the safety stuff needed like clutch flywheel and blanket, I will not be pulling as I don"t want to be part of an avoidable Accident and the results. I hope that kinda clears up my and maybe a few other guys problems with what"s going on in our sport right now. Regards Robert
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