#TRACTOR PULLS PICTURES MOD#
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Studying through this 'thread', here on Labor Day 2021, after having photographed 4 pulling events during the past 3 days in 3 states and the previous week at Half Century of Progress show at Rantoul, IL for all 3 nights (man, was that hot enough weather?!), I am taking it easy today. Those cover '77 to '90, from Cayuga, Ontario to Twin Creek (Inwood, Ontario) withįisherville VA, Essex Jct, VT and more Syracuse NY, in between. Keep scrolling backwards to find those events.Īnd this summer, I converted another big group, that I need to get posted. I have converted some of them to DVD (great expense) and they are still on my website. But, it does take time to (sometimes) discover what particular puller may have been at any particular pull, especially when their photo is not in a notebook,Īs then I need to 'read' the negatives, which is difficult and very time consuming. And resulting numerous notebooks of those remaining photos, that I did not sell.

#TRACTOR PULLS PICTURES FULL#

However, I have numerous notebooks full of my original 35 mm and 2'x2' film. Including the 'Legends' series stories, during the past decade. Over the decades, you have seen a bunch of my photos and story coverage in 'the Puller' magazine. 13 states (Contoocook NH to Hutchison MN to Alta IA to Brandenburg KY to Fisherville VA) plus Ontario & Quebec with numeroius locations in between. This is my 48th year of tractor pulling photography.

#TRACTOR PULLS PICTURES MOD#

In the late 60's-early 70's we pulled the following classes in MO and KS,4500,5500,7000,9000,12000,and 15000.Tractors couldnt be stripped below their factory shipping weight.In about 1 Mod classes were started. The factory MM's were all running 1 turbo.In 1969 the ones with 504 cube engines pulled the 12,000 class and the ones with the 800 cube engines pulled the 15,000 Open class.I believe the 1969 M&W pull ran either a 6 or 8 mph pace tractor.Quite a few of these tractors had plenty of power to run 10-12 mph so werent always full throttle.Another thing to remember is there was absolutely no safety equipment.Īnother thing is that back then is almost all pulling tractors were hauled on 2 ton farm trucks.There were no duallys with gooseneck trailers,no semis with enclosed haulers,etc.The Allison team used to create quite a stir when they came to pulls with a semi and a flatbed trailer with both tractors on. Usually at the big pulls the following tractor classes were pulled 5000,7000,9000,12,000,and 15,000.Often the 15,000 was an open class where the Allison Team could pull their two tractors,plus there were 4020 JD's with 8V-71 Detroits,MM's with 800 Irrigation motors,there was a 1206 with a big V-8 IH.,etc.When more and more Mods got built they had their own classes at 5000,7000,9000,and the 12,000 was Unlimited where the farm tractors could mix it up with the Allisons-etc.

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You've got to remember that back in 1969 pulling was just getting going good.There were no 4WD trucks,no TWD trucks,very few Modified tractors,no Hot Farms,no Limited Pros,no Pro Stocks-etc.

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