[AT] RE: Vintage tractor pulling advice

[Roger Welsch]

A favorite scene of mine at a pull at the Nebr State Fair was when the huge,
supercharged tractors got a sled loaded with concrete blocks skewed on the
track.  They couldn't get it straightened out with tractors so they brought
in the real muscle...two huge pulling horses, who got the sled straightened
out as if they were moving a couple hay bales.  I love old tractors and have
little affection for horses, but the big draft animals really do appeal to
me.

Rog



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] RE: Vintage tractor pulling advice


> Walt's comment about "dumping the clutch" reminded me of the old days when
they pulled a
> full load from a dead stop. Deeres seemed to do well then with a lot of
clutch slipping.
> That acrid smell of burning clutch was quite strong. Most here pulled on
dirt and through
> mud then. Locally they put in a concrete pad at the fairgrounds in front
of the
> grandstand just inside of the horse track. I think they only used it a
couple of years
> then nobody would pull because it cut the tires down too fast. That would
have been in
> the mid 1950's.
>
> -- 
> "farmer", Esquire
> At Hewick Midwest
>       Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
>
> Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
> Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. In America 100
> years
> before the revolution.
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
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