Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: School Project Need Help!!!!
[ Expand ] [ View Replies ] [ Add a Reply ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by GeneMo on March 07, 2007 at 20:33:08 from (76.0.56.194):
In Reply to: Re: School Project Need Help!!!! posted by mike a. tenn. on March 07, 2007 at 09:45:55:
To my recollation, in the late 1960's local groups started having tractor pulls as money raising events, or just for fun, and the idea was to have farmers bring their tractors in out of the fields, as they were, with no modifications. I helped with some early ones in our area in about 1969. The tractors were classed by weight, then hooked to a big flat piece of steel, big enough to place a smaller tractor on for extra weight. Chairs were place at intervals, individuals sat in those chairs on each side of the track. As the tractor pulled the "sled" down the track, the people setting in those chairs would step on the moving sled as it went past. This added weight. If you had to leave you chair to take a break, you had to find a replacement about the same weight! In the bigger classes, a tractor was placed on the sled, and people still stepped on as it went past. Whoever pulled it the farthest won. Well then people got to souping up the tractors, spending big bucks and a lot of the originators became disenchanted. It was supposed to be for working tractors, not hot rods (or so they felt). About that time antique tractors were becoming popular. I pulled mine out of a fencerow in 1979. It had been abandoned there about 30 years prior. The antique tractor pullers felt this was a way to get back to the basics, pulling original tractors that had not been modified. Of course rules had to be put in place to keep folks from souping up the antiques. But their are still people who fudge, cheat or what have you. Whatever sport you pick, archery, shooting, soccer, baseball, someone will want to push the edge of the envelope. Whoever has the most money wins!!! Gene
Replies:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
Field Modifications (Sins of the Farmer) - by Staff. Picture a new Chevrolet driving down the street without it's grill, right fender and trunk lid. Imagine a crude hole made in the hood to accommodate a new taller air cleaner, the fender wells cut away to make way for larger tires, and half of a sliding glass door used to replace the windshield. Top that off with an old set of '36 Ford headlight shells bolted to the hood. Pretty unlikely for a car... but for a tractor, this is pretty normal. It seems that more often than not they a
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|