#Tractor pulls driver#

#Tractor pulls driver#

In other situations, a flat board or skid would have a horse or team of horses then hitched to it weight would be added, usually in the form of rocks, and the driver would urge his horses to pull the load, with more weight added as competitors were eliminated the animals pulling the most weight or for the greatest distance were judged the strongest. In some cases, they compared horse teams pulling large loads over distance, such as a fully loaded hay cart or wagon. Prior to the invention of the tractor, when farm implements were pulled by horses, farmers would boast about the strength of their teams and seek to compare and contest in teams with one another to see who had the most powerful animals. 1.2 Super stock, pro-stock, and mini-modified.From there it gradually spread to Canada, Europe, and Australia and New Zealand. Tractor pulling became popular in rural areas across the Midwestern and Southern United States in the 1950s and 1960s. The first known competitions using motorized tractors were held in 1929 in Missouri and Kentucky. Tractor pulling originated from pre- Industrial Era horse pulling competitions in which farmers would compete with one another to see whose teams of draft horses could pull a heavy load over the longest distance. The farther the tractor pulls the drag, the more difficult it gets.

This is essentially a metal plate, and as the weight moves toward it, the resistance between the pan and the ground builds. In front of the rear wheels, instead of front wheels, there is a 'pan'. This means that, as it is pulled down the track, the weight is transferred (linked with gears to the drag’s wheels) from over the rear axles and towards the front of the drag. The drag is known as a weight transfer drag.

When more than one tractor completes the course, more weight is added to the drag, and those competitors that moved past 91 metres (300 ft) will compete in a pull-off the winner is the one who can pull the drag the farthest. When a tractor gets to the end of the 100 meter track, this is known as a 'full pull'. The sport is known as the world's most powerful motorsport, due to the multi-engined modified tractor pullers.Īll tractors in their respective classes pull a set weight in the drag. Tractor pulling is popular in certain areas of the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe(especially in the United Kingdom, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Denmark and Germany), Australia, Brazil, South Africa, Vietnam, India and New Zealand. Truck and tractor pulling, also known as power pulling, is a form of a motorsport competition in which antique or modified tractors pull a heavy drag or sled along an 11-meter-wide (35 ft), 100-meter-long (330 ft) track, with the winner being the tractor that pulls the drag the farthest. Problems playing this file? See media help.