[AT] Tractor Pulling

[H. L. Staples]

Hi Grant---I intended to say hello when you posted the other day.  Sure did
enjoy the photos of your victory at the tractor pull. 
A few years back you had some serious health issues hope all is well.
 
The Dotson brothers have had some beautifully restored Cockshut tractors at
Portland. 
 
 
On 7/30/2007 5:20:35 PM, Grant Weir (grantweird at hotmail.com) wrote: > Hi all
 I > don't post much anymore although I do keep up with the list > every few
days or so. I enjoy all the topics and conversations - even the > 
interesting" ones. Several years ago I restored a 1927 Wallis 20-30 and >
received much good advice from this list. It's > a great resource. > > I
love my old Wallis and treat it well, but I do enjoy hearing it growl. >
Threshing is a nice steady load for it and so is plowing but this weekend >
> I got to really test it out at a tractor pull in Purdue this last weekend.
> > Super fun! It was a small town fair event so things were nice and
relaxed. > > Kind of hot though at 36C (97F) with little breeze. The Wallis
performed > > very well. So well in fact that I won first place in
4000-5000lbs! I was > > up against a MM Jet-Star, a MM Z, Massey 201 (neat!)
 and two others that > I > can't remember. A M-H 44 I think was one. Oh, the
other was a JD A or AR. > Most of them were around the 5000lbs mark and all
on rubber, while I > squeeked in at 4200lbs on full steel. Now granted, the
other tractors were > all pretty well worn while my old girl is pretty much
rebuilt but I'm > going > to savor the moment anyway. :-) It was laboring so
hard at the 150 foot > > mark that both the flagman and I thought it was all
over but it settled in > > and grunted out another 27 feet! Finally it ran
out of oomph, but it never
H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA