[AT] tractor pulling----old style

[charlie hill]

Sorry that should read 427 Camaro.  I touch type the way they teach you in 
school reasonably well but I never have mastered that upper row of keys with 
the numbers on it.

Charlie
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From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] tractor pulling----old style


> 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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> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:15 PM
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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>
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>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:57 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor pulling----old style
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>>>
>>>>        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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