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roughstock 
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 Topic: WD45 Cement pull wheel stand.
Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 9:22pm |
This picture was taken at the Newaygo County Fair's cement pull. I didn't get a chance to talk to this gentleman much so I cant remember his name. He put on quite the show in the 6000lbs limited class. The winner of the class was a D17 driven by Andrew Cox. I didn't get any exciting pictures of him. This fella ended up making the pull. 
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jhid
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 9:30pm |
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that would have been a fun pull to see
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red and green are nice for christmas, but orange is all year round
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AaronSEIA
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 9:46pm |
Never seen anything like that. Can you explain how the pulls work? Looks like a can or two of courage and a death wish are requirements.
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MACK
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 9:59pm |
Why would anyone want to see a tractor get that close to turning over? I have saw 2 pulling tractors turn over (not something I ever want to see again). One person spent months in hospital and never had good health ever after. The other died under the tractor. Both brought about better safty equipment. The people that pull these tractors without safty equipment don't use good judgement.
Sat. night I blew the engine on my pulling tractor. Thanks for safty equipment(fire suit, full face helmet,engine shields and other equipment) I was not burned from a flash fire from oil. I felt the heat from the fire as it came past me, but wasn't burned.
MACK
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roughstock
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 9:59pm |
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How it works is, there is a steel sled that sits on a concrete slab. One each end of the sled there is approximately 6 feet of cable to hook up with. Each tractor takes a turn to pull the sled. A full pull is some where around 25 feet. The next tractor hooks up and pulls in the opposite direction. After all tractors have pulled the sled, more concrete blocks are added to the sled. Then time for the next round.
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roughstock
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 10:02pm |
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Mack, the fence is blocking it, but he is sitting on his safety bars. I think he needs to lower them a bit.
Brian
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 10:07pm |
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I got a -45 about that high one time by accident, pulling a junk car up out of the woods and it snagged on something............scared the bejeepers out of me!
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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Orange Blood
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 10:13pm |
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I want to know how many broken front spindles he has replaced? Coming down from that easy like, is not a simple task...
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Brian G. NY
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Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 9:07am |
You should see the oil pressure drop when it gets in that position.
I have a few log roads my Dad used with horses so steep that you can see the oil pressure drop off if I try to travel them with the WD.
Over the years, I've constructed a few new roads less steep.
That is one impressive picture, tho!!
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Burgie
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Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 9:19am |
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Your hitch point sure gets a lot lower when your front end is that high in the air.
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