[AT] tractor pulling----old style

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Wed Sep 27 13:27:34 PDT 2006


Kevin I don't doubt that for a second.  You had enough rear end to use all 
of your torque and the 437 Camaro had too much torque for the amount of 
tires you could put under it plus and axle hop problem.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin" <ironman1962 at earthlink.net>
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> No doubt about it Charlie (a Ford F100 with an inline 6
> and manual transmission.  It had overload springs on the rear <>Chevy with 
> a big block engine and dragged the man
> all over the yard.
> Reminds me of when I had a 65 valiant slant 6 an some chevy boys were 
> braggin up a 69 SS camaro 427. Anyways I bet $50 on best 2 out of 3 for 3 
> telephone poles, little less tha 1/8 mi
> Went home and stuck a 4.56 gear in and 3 hours later had the  50 in my 
> pocket.
> It only took one run and they didnt want to try again.
> Weight works both ways
> Tractor reference i traded the old car for a Silver King tractor, wish I 
> still had the old tractor. It would get up and fly down the road 
> Dangerously fast for an old tractor.
> Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor pulling----old style
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>
>> Those pulls depend more on  height of hitch,  weight on rear of truck, 
>> limited slip axles and type of tires than on horsepower.   A friend of 
>> mine is a farrior.  He used to have (20 years ago) a Ford F100 with an 
>> inline 6 and manual transmission.  It had overload springs on the rear 
>> that held the bumper up high because he had about 500 lbs of horse shoes, 
>> and anvil and other heavy stuff inside the camper shell on the back.  He 
>> hooked bumper to bumper with a brand new Chevy with a big block engine 
>> and dragged the man all over the yard.  It wasn't a Ford Vs Chevy thing, 
>> a HP thing or anything except he had more weight and his hitch was 
>> pulling the other guys rear end up off the ground.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Danny Tabor" <dannytabor2000 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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>> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor pulling----old style
>>
>>
>>>        Yea they started diesel pic-up tug of war as
>>> an event in between the truck and tractor pulls at
>>> "The Buck Motor Sports Park" in Lancaster Pa. Never
>>> personally seen it but heard all about it.
>>>
>>> Danny Tabot
>>>
>>> --- The MAd Scots Farmer <skoullar at ix.netcom.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, at the COOP field day a couple of weeks ago,
>>>> one guy in a diesel Chevy and a diesel Dodge....
>>>> The Dodge pull the Chevy all over. THe 100 gal field
>>>> tank in the Dodge was full, so you know who had the
>>>> most traction.
>>>>
>>>> Landen Schooler
>>>> Palmyra, Iowa
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>> >Subject: [AT] tractor pulling----old style
>>>> >
>>>> >Yesterday I wore a T-shirt with a picture on it by
>>>> tractor artist Dave
>>>> >Barnhouse titled "Bragging rights". It depicts a
>>>> Farmall M chained to a John
>>>> >Deere A with a short chain. Anybody ever
>>>> participated in or seen one of
>>>> >these contests?
>>>> >
>>>> >John Hall
>>>>
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