any other WD45's pulling in 5000 lb and 5500 lb??

I just moved up and am doing very well in the 5000lb class, and not too bad the few times I tried the 5500lb class.

We have been hooking in the 5500 and a few 5800 lbs. classes. The thing you'll find is that  you'll be pulling against 88s, 450s and sometimes stripped 560. 400 Case , A and G Deeres. In other words alot bigger tractors. The only advantage you have is that you'll be able to move weight around better than them but you can't out HP them.

1956 WD 45 with 16.9s

Subscribing to this thread - I have the same question for my wd45.  Our local fair has only a 5500lb class and I am wondering how I will do pulling against some 6 cylinder olivers   and farmall's.

9 times out of 10 I can beat stripped down 88 olivers in these classes.

Around here they start at 5000 and I`m not loading my light weights down that much. Little Pink Tractor only weighs 2150 and the WC weighs in at 3150.

I'm pulling 5000 Farm stock at the fair in 2 weeks with my D17, should be a few 45's there plus some Ford Turbo SU's.... I didn't do too good last year so I will see what happens this year.

Our WD45 weighs in at ~6200#s with me onboard. She stays weighted just as she was in her working days. We don't add or remove for pulls-just like to listen to her grunt for our enjoyment. She has had 16.9s as long as I've been around(41 years) and her last overhaul was just as many years ago too. I've missed the local pulls for a few years now so am unsure what classes they now run. Used to be 1000# increments but at the half marks(ie-5500,6500,7500). At 6200#, we had to pull in 6500# class. The old girl never complained. She actually ran quite well and ALWAYS spun out pretty much still running at full power maybe minus a few RPMs-never had her slip her hand clutch either. That being said, Dad did like to tell a story of her last overhaul including clutches. Fresh from the shop just in time for the County Fair, he felt like showing her off so he entered her in the pulls of course. He was last to pull in the class and had already whooped everyone elses mark except the lead when he started to smell clutch. Unsure of which clutch was slipping but freshly aware of the cost of both, he threw in the hand clutch less than 1' from the mark left by the lead-one badass JD A. Sometimes he regrets this but then again both clutches went on to last the rest of our farming days-about 20 more years. After the farm was sold, we did end up putting in a new foot clutch assembly but the hand clutch in it today dates back to that last overhaul now 40 years ago.

I went to the antique tractor pull at the local county fair this weekend just as a spectator, and was mildly disappointed. There were only 2 Allises there; a beautifully restored but bone stock WC, and a WD 45 that had to scratch because he couldn't even get the sled moving without bringing the front end clear up in the air. The WC was the lightest tractor there by far, and unfortunately came in last of 5 in his class. But he was supposed to be in a class of "stock tractors" and I am quite certain there wasn't a stock one in the bunch except for him.  It did get me thinking about taking 2 or 3 of mine over there next year. They have to be 1965 or older, so I think my one-ninety XT diesel would qualify (got to double check the serial number, but I think it's a 65). Any ideas what it would weigh? I think it could kick some butt and be just as "stock" as most everyone else was, even though I think it must be in the 115 to 120 HP range. Some of my other possibilities to take would be my D 19, D 17, or my D15. I'll have to do some checking on what their weight classes are and what each of my tractors weigh and go from there. As the time draws near, I'll probably be asking for advice on here, as I have never  pulled before and will need some pointers from the pros. Darrel

you are right lonn,take them out of the field and pull them.i have seen several farmall h tractors that were not stock and the engines sounded like a swarm of honey bees.but i still cringe when i see an e-3 e-4 coop in my class.have you pulled aginst any of them?there are 2 or 3 here in texas and they are good...

I have a Coop E3. I do not tractor pull with it. What makes them so good? Is it because they have 8 gears and soup up the engine? My buda 4 cyl runs nice, but I would say my WD is a better motor.