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Is the sport growing

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wags

06-30-2004 10:40:20




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Looking for feedback, do you think the sport is
growing and why or why not? I have noticed more
pulls in the upper Midwest.




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Justin

07-02-2004 05:57:02




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 Re: Is the sport growing in reply to wags, 06-30-2004 10:40:20  
Some of it depends on your location. As others have said Tennessee's numbers are down. Right now the trucks, super farm tractors and hot rods are really big like they were in the late 70's/early 80's down here. So it could be part of a phase where they're big and the antiques fall off for a few years. A lot of people who used to put on antique pulls are now putting on pulls for them because they can make a lot more money doing it.
Our club lost some numbers this year partly because another club in TN has rescheduled their pulls to the same day as ours. We're averaging about 10 less per pull this year than last, and probably 30-35 less per pull than 5 or 6 years ago.
Insurance has also gotten to be a problem as we have lost some pulls because people said they couldn't afford the insurance.

Justin

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Ron

07-02-2004 04:50:41




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 Re: Is the sport growing in reply to wags, 06-30-2004 10:40:20  
I'm in the upper midwest and I see tractor pulling dying. Our county had demo derbys for many years and then tried pulling. The first event, put on by some redneck pulling club, resulted in a tractor going into the stands. Fortuneately only the driver was seriously hurt. So we are back to demo derbys put on by a nationwide company with professional full-time employees who actually know what they are doing.

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olivertractorgirl

07-01-2004 16:18:01




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 Re: Is the sport growing in reply to wags, 06-30-2004 10:40:20  
The sport will grow if we can have more clubs that will focus on having fun instead of complaining and whining. Not only lack of rule enforcement, but they usually are not enforced fairly among the pullers. Rules are voted in only to better yourself and hurt others in some clubs. Pick and choose rules like a buffet bar only to hurt some pullers, but help others is not what I call helping a club grow. the numbers and number of pulls have decreased, especially in middle TN!! If more people wouldn't be so self centered and start thinking of the club as a whole, instead of just themselves, then things can get back on track. But there are still some good clubs out there, farther away..but well worth the drive! I'd rather drive further and have fun, than go a little ways down the road and listen to complaining and whining any day!

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havvey

07-01-2004 03:05:04




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 Re: Is the sport growing in reply to wags, 06-30-2004 10:40:20  
in my area its stable as far as antique and fairs but same people same events.



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CASEPOWER

06-30-2004 19:41:23




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 Re: Is the sport growing in reply to wags, 06-30-2004 10:40:20  
Tractor pulling is growing here in North Carolina. There's new clubs and sleds, new tractors being built, and new young pullers. I do my very best to get all my friends into it. I suggest teaching kids to pull, including safety.



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Yeah, right

07-03-2004 18:32:12




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 Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to CASEPOWER, 06-30-2004 19:41:23  
Keep telling yourself that, you might even get someone to actually believe it----might sell a few more copies of your "magazine" that way..... ..... ..



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The Rodent

06-30-2004 13:51:53




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 Re: Is the sport growing in reply to wags, 06-30-2004 10:40:20  
I also think the sport is growing, your starting to see more tractor pullers, and more fans to watch. And you see tractor pulling on OLN (DirectTV Channel 608) but not very often. And they play tractor pulling on RFD (DirecTV Channel 379) Plus the old tactor pullers had kids and now there getting old enough to pull.



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[email protected]

06-30-2004 12:04:02




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 Re: Is the sport growing in reply to wags, 06-30-2004 10:40:20  
I THINK THE SPORT IS GROWING, OUR CLUB HAS ABOUT 22 PULS PER YEAR AND MORE EVERY YEAR, JUST SO WE KEEP ANTIQUES ANTIQUE AND MODS CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT, DCTOM

NORTHERN INDIANA



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GMASTER [email protected]

06-30-2004 23:28:05




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 Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to [email protected], 06-30-2004 12:04:02  
I'm in Indy,and have sleds,where are ,and who do you pull with.



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ChadS

07-01-2004 07:36:26




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 Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to GMASTER [email protected], 06-30-2004 23:28:05  
North Central Indiana Antique Tractor Pullers ACC. Farthest south we go is Akron,, 80 miles north of Indy. The rest is all north of US 6, all over the place then. DCTom is tough!! Come up and pull with us sometime! ChadS



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Cody

06-30-2004 14:59:13




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 Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to [email protected], 06-30-2004 12:04:02  
I'm glad ya'll's clubs are growing, but I feel that antique tractor pulling in Middle Tenn. has dropped way off. I feel it is due to people being fed up with being cheated by sled operators and lack of rule enforcement and the lack of uniform rules between clubs. The clubs in the area seem to have their own adgendas instead of working together to make the sport grow. Maybe things will turn around? This is just my opinion, please take it for what is worth. I personally would love to see the #'s that were present when I started pulling 7 years ago.

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jdk

07-01-2004 09:09:35




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 Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to Cody, 06-30-2004 14:59:13  
Unfortunately there has been a steady decline in participation in our area over the last four to five years. I live in Northern Illinois and have been an avid puller since the mid 1980's. Through these years we have lost members and acquired new members, but lately have started to drop off. Only until approximately three years ago when we started to provide more stock oriented classes were we able to acquire new members. Like anything else, I believe it is a combination of a variety of things. People that are unable to win from time to time quit or decide to stop because they are unwilling to spend the money to build their tractors to become more competitive. Aside from that, some of the club members seemed to be more concerned with their own well being then what is in the best interest of the club. Enforcing the rules is also hard because your all friends and if someone is not following the rules it is hard to enforce them because you are affraid they will get made and quit even though they are in the wrong. Isn't pulling fun!

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Cody

07-01-2004 14:54:53




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to jdk, 07-01-2004 09:09:35  
I agree, but I belive by making the cheater mad and making him quit, You will save many others from quiting because he isn't being confronted. I love Lampkin's approach to dealing with cheaters, other clubs ought to follow his example, it will benifit the club overall. The speed limits solve alot of the rpm problems, but when the sled driver honks the hork on everyone but his buddies, the sam ole crap lives on? I think pulling around here can be saved, but the clubs are going to have to tighten up! This is a little off the subject. but why would a sled that has an Ag-Tronix monitor on it, would have a manual horn? It is very obvious!

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joecool#1

07-01-2004 16:59:20




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to Cody, 07-01-2004 14:54:53  
we are making the sport grow in central and south alabama, recently had Hook Magazine cover our event, we have a tech committee in force, speed limit and strick on rules for everyone. We feel that being tuff on rules makes it fair for everyone, we all hate to go somewhere and be cheated because someone doesn't cross scales or have hitch checked so he can pull in lighter class to win, www.southernantiqueiron.com

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toot

07-01-2004 06:14:27




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 Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to Cody, 06-30-2004 14:59:13  
amen.



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Jerry

06-30-2004 17:35:14




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 Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to Cody, 06-30-2004 14:59:13  
Insurance is getting to be a big problem.



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Enjoy it while you can...

07-02-2004 16:48:17




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to Jerry, 06-30-2004 17:35:14  
Insurance, or rather, the cost of insurance, will be the end of antique tractor pulling. All it's gonna take is one major lawsuit/court award as a result of someone getting killed or seriously injured because of the excesses (fuel, unlimited rpm, etc) allowed by some pulls. Enjoy your "sport" while you can, it'll be gone sooner than you think----you won't be able to get insurance at any price.



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already there

07-02-2004 19:24:39




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to Enjoy it while you can..., 07-02-2004 16:48:17  
a person was killed in lebanon, ky last year when a super farm tractor's flywheel bolts broke. the flywheel came loose, sawed the tractor in two and broke up during the process. a large chunk went into the crowd and killed a guy. everyone thought insurance would go crazy and they did briefly...everything is more back to normal now. a place out of florida specializes in tractor pull insurance. $5 million coverage runs around $150 a pull.

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Just a matter of time

07-03-2004 09:44:05




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to already there, 07-02-2004 19:24:39  
It's just a matter of time until something else happens that's as bad or worse. It isn't a question of "if", it's a question of "when", and given the idiocies being allowed in antique tractor pulling, the "when" will likely be very soon. Insurance companies will get wise to the sort of really dumb things being done, the lack of safety rules and precautions, and will jack rates to unaffordable levels----and you'll have done it to yourselves.

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J. Banet, Arcola Ind.

07-03-2004 23:44:02




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is the sport growing in reply to Just a matter of time, 07-03-2004 09:44:05  
Sorry boys but your all wet. You might not know it but there have been at least 8 people killed tractor pulling in the last 30 years that I know of alone. Supprised? 2 were killed at the Indiana state alone several years back. Peices off a exploded tractor flew into the crowd that time. Now there are rules to help prevent that sort of thing. Same old story then. Its the end of tractor pulling as we know it. Theres accidents happening, most minor, all the time. Why do you think the wheely bar rule is used at most pulls? As long as we all make a honest effort to put on safe pulls, the sport will be around for a long time. BTW, I started pulling in 1960.

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