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[John Grant]

Grant, Enjoyed your pictures. Looks like a good time was had by all. Thank 
You for posting them. Wish you were not so far away!  John Grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Weir" <grantweird at hotmail.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 6:20 PM
Subject: [AT] Tractor Pulling


>
>    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
> did slip.  One for the steel wheeled guys I guess.
>
>    Some of the other machines there were very interesting.  A Cat 15 and
> IHC TD-6 showed up.  A Ford V8 powered Minneapolis and an IHC WD-9 with
> extra WD-9 trailer power-unit were cool.  There was even a turbo-charged 
> JD
> AR!  Dad brought his Maytag washing machine display trailer and won first
> prize for it too. Good times, small town style.  I took some pictures.
> Click the link if interested.  Have a great day!
>
> http://groups.msn.com/GrantsOldTractorGoodies/tractorpull.msnw?albumlist=2
>
> Grant Weir
> Saskatoon, SK.
> Canada
>
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