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Lightweight

11-25-2005 11:56:46




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I have been following this forum for a while and noticed that most of you pullers have a lot of fun. I now have the time and tractor to try pulling. I want to pull in the 4500 lbs. class. I recently weighed my tractor with me on it and it weighed 4465 lbs. This was on our local state certified scale. A while back on this forum there was discussion about the pulling site scales being off up to 200 lbs. My question is what happens if I go to a pull and the scale says I weigh as an example 4585 lbs. What would happen ? I don�t think I would have the power or weight to pull the sled in the 5000 lbs. class. What are some of your experiences with scale weight differences?

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MIKE LOKAI

11-26-2005 17:59:41




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 Re: Scale weight difference in reply to Lightweight, 11-25-2005 11:56:46  
HAVING PULLED SEVERAL TIMES AT THREE DIFFERENT CLUBS WITHIN FLORIDA,MY WEIGHT VARRIED AS MUCH AS 50 POUNDS WITH THREE CONSECUTIVE WEIGHTS (WEIGHING AND THE BACKING OFF AND REWEIGHING),ALL THREE SCALES SHOWED CONSISTENT ERROR. THE MOST FAIR WAY TO HANDLE WEIGH CLASSES IS TO ALLOW THE PULLER TO ADJUST HIS OWN WEIGHT PRIOR TO THE PULL AND MAKE THE OFFICIAL PULL WEIGHT AFTER THE EVENT FINAL!! IF OVER WEIGHT YOU D/Q THE EVENT..

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deadeye

11-25-2005 12:51:08




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 Re: Scale weight difference in reply to Lightweight, 11-25-2005 11:56:46  
Look's like you have to lose 85 pounds unless they have a 10% overweight variance in which some clubs or places do. Just depends on whos rules they are going by. You would still have to lose 45 lbs with the 10% rule. Try and get it well below the 4500 lb mark. It is always easier to throw on a couple of suitcase weights than it is to take weight off of a tractor that is bottomed out with no weights. There is also another factor that you may have to figure in. That is - temperture of the day as to how there scales is weighing. I have seen them vary 200 lbs. from morning to afternoon, but everyone is using the same scales so it don't have to be a certified weight to pull a sled down a track..deadeye

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Super Lurker

11-25-2005 12:36:07




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 Re: Scale weight difference in reply to Lightweight, 11-25-2005 11:56:46  
What the scales at the pull read is what they go by. It may not be right vs. your state scale ticket, but everyone in your class will weight on the same set of scales that is wrong the same amount for everyone. Because portable scales are sometimes wrong, most clubs give a weight tolerance. Most give 40lbs. some up to 100lbs over what the class weight is. 4500 can weight 4540 or 4550 or 4600, depending on what the club rules are. Hope this helps and isn't too confusing.

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