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Gerald R.

09-02-2003 08:18:16




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I recently joined a local pulling club. It is a small club and usually not very many pullers in any particular weight class. So far everything is completely stock. There has been some talk about pulling by a percentage of the tractors weight rather than have individual weight classes. Has anyone had any experience with this system? What are the pros and cons?
Will apperciate any info.
Gerald R.
Utah

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09-02-2003 12:46:10




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 Re: pulling by percentage in reply to Gerald R., 09-02-2003 08:18:16  
Percentage looks great at first. It creates several problems. If the tractor weight is not checked again just before pulling the tractors can GAIN weight. Also you need a perfect math person to figure all the percentages. Since the tractor weight is in the denominator of the equation everybody will weight there tractor to the lightest part of the the class. The biggest Irony is with all the tractor at the same light weight you might as well have a distance pull.

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phil

09-02-2003 12:06:12




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 Re: pulling by percentage in reply to Gerald R., 09-02-2003 08:18:16  
In a percentage pull, the tractors are weighed. The tractor weight is divided into the weight on the sled pan. The resulting answer (say 1.2) is expressed as a percentage (say 120%). So the puller pulled 120% of his weight. The sled weight is obtained from the lcation of the weight on the rails, either from a tape measure, or electronically. A variation on the percentage pull is to use a load cell in the pull chain. The chain tension is divided by the tractor weight.

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dctom

09-02-2003 11:47:30




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 Re: pulling by percentage in reply to Gerald R., 09-02-2003 08:18:16  
Greald: the club i pull with has been pulling percentage for years, i reall y like it cause you dont have to worry about being right on with your weights, another thing is all tractors dont stop about the same place and dig holes no one can get thru. will explain hjow we do it if you want DCtom



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