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| GARDEN TRACTOR PULLING CLUB IS A STOCK ALTERED GARDEN TRACTOR PULLING GROUP WE HAVE A HOME TRACK AS WELL AS TRAVEL ABROAD... WE OFFER VARIOUS CLASSES: 650LB -Kids 15 & Under / 800LB / 900LB Stock 900 S/A / 1000LB / 1200LB / OPEN CLASS ALL CLASSES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS LONG AS YOU MEET CLUB RULES HOME TRACK IS LOCATED IN PIERSON MICHIGAN 20064 TRUFANT ROAD WE OFFER GREAT FUN & FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD! |
| What is Garden Tractor Pulling THE CONCEPT OF TRACTOR PULLING IS BASED ON WHICH GARDEN TRACTOR CAN DRAG OR PULL THE WEIGTH TRANSFER SLED THE FURTHEST DISTANCE DOWN THE TRACK. WEIGHTS ARE PLACED IN A BOX AT THE BACK OF THE SLED AND THAT BOX IS CABLE/CHAIN DRIVEN TO TRANSFER THAT WEIGHT BOX TO THE FRONT OF THE SLED . AS THE BOX IS IN MOTION, THE PAN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLED, INCREASES FRICTION WITH THE TRACK & THE WEIGHT BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE TOP ALLOWS YET MORE FRICTION CAUSING THE TRACTOR TO SLOW DOWN. THE TRACTOR HOOKS TO THE SLED BY CHAIN FROM THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR TO THE FRONT OF THE SLED. AS THE PULLER TAKES OFF FROM STARTING POSITION DOWN THE TRACK THE LOAD WILL GET HEAVIER TO PULL. JDP PULLS ON A DIRT TRACK, THAT TRACK BEING 200FT. LONG BY 20FT. WIDE ON HOME TRACK. 2 ROPES ARE DRAPED DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK AS BOUNDARIES. DURING A PULL, IF A TRACTOR WERE TO GO OUT OF THESE BOUNDARIES OR TOUCH THE BOUNDARY LINES AND / OR LOSE SOMETHING OFF THE TRACTOR, THEY WOULD BE DISQUALIFIED. NUMBERS ARE DRAWN AT THE TIME OF SIGN IN FOR EACH WEIGHT CLASS TO DETERMINE WHICH ORDER TRACTORS COMPETE IN. THE TRACTOR HAS 2 ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A PULL. A 25FT. SAFETY MARK IS INITIATED FOR ANY MECHANICALL OCCURANCES AND SUCH, IF DRIVER RECOGNIZES IT AND SHUTS DOWN BEFORE THE REAR OF SLED EXCEEDS THE 25FT. MARK. EXCEPT AN OUT OF BOUNDS TRACTOR. OUT OF BOUNDS ANYWHERE ON THE TRACK IS IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION. ONCE THE TRACTOR MAKES ITS PULL IT IS MEASURED FOR THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE BOX ON THE SLED. THAT DISTANCE IS RECORDED AND THE RESULTS ARE BASED ON THOSE DISTANCES. THE WINNER OF EACH CLASS IS DETERMINED BY WHICH TRACTOR PULLED OR DRAGGED THE SLED THE FARTHEST. TOP 3 FARTHEST DISTANCES IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS, ARE AWARDED TROPHIES. IF PULLER DRAGS OR PULLS THE SLED THE COMPLETE DISTANCE OF THE TRACK, IT IS CONSIDERED A FULL PULL. IF THERE ARE ONE OR MORE PULLERS WITH SAME DISTANCES RECORDED OR ACQUIRE FULL PULLS, A PULL OFF OCCURS. IF A PULL OFF IS REQUIRED, MORE WEIGHT IS ADDED TO THE SLED OR A FASTER GEAR WILL BE SELECTED TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE BOX, MAKING THE BOX HARDER TO PULL. THE TRACTORS PULL AGAIN TO DETERMINE WINNNER. DISTANCE POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP OR PULLER OF THE YEAR IS AWARDED TO THE TRACTOR THAT HAS ACCUMULATED THE LONGEST TOTAL OF DISTANCES FOR THE YEAR IN THE INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT CLASSES. THE TRICK TO TRACTOR PULLING IS HOPING YOU GUESSED THE RIGHT GEAR, TIRE PRESSURE, TRACK CONDITIONS, WEIGHT BALANCE AND A WHOLE LOT OF PRAYING........ A FEW GOOD EXCUSES AS TO WHAT WENT WRONG LYING IN THE BACK OF YOUR MEMORY NEVER HURT EITHER!! |
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