colonel1958
Member
last weekend I participated in a pull I was not familiar with. Had a nice time,but as the pull went on myself and a couple other pullers were commenting on the actual number of antique stock tractors there actually are.I have a fairly competitive tractor. AsI was pulling I got two good hooks,and was in first gear both times. Then other competitors pass?d me by pulling in second gear. Beat me by a mile.I can tell by the sound of the motor, bigger cubes, and very high rpm. Also tire size, cut tires way bigger tires than stock, the list gjust throwing this out there. Most clubs are 1959 and older, 20% over rpm, 4 mph. One club I used to belong too, moved to 1970 and older. It is getting harder to go too different pull's because people run way over stock, and it is getting discouraging to go too pulls. Competing against olivers with 310"s mm u's with 504's,jd" well over 600 cubes, farmall's with who know's what. What constitutes antique anymore? I asked to run radials and absolutely not.But yet were allowed cut tires? Radials were introduced in th us in 1973. Were in eroupe in the 1950's. I wish if we are allowed to run bigger motor's,biggger tires, cut tires, 20" drawbar, 20% over rpm's, every club would do the same, so when you go too different pull's, the same people don't win time and time again. Just food for thought.
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