BlackSkyRacing
Living Under a Rock
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- Mar 22, 2007
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I'm with ya...Our pulling association says you must pull in your lowest gear...in an AC, I'm a whole lot slower than the Deere's, IH's, and even the Olliver's...If I could use the higher side of the power director, it would be about perfect for my tractor.
Oh well, they couldn't tell stock RPM on a D17 Diesel if I told it to them
Chris
Hahaha yeah, we have one pulling association that really doesn't give a darn what you do so long as you stick to a speed limit... Lowest gear?! yikes! I would spin out pretty much right away... It would be better if a guy brought out a tractor that had a flat wore out engine so it wouldn't have enough umph to spin the tires :hehe:
I agree on the 2cyl. jd's. They are too over rated. Your right to about yanking on the t/a or the hydra-power. On my Oliver when I yank on that my rpm's have to be below 1200 and sometimes after the h/p grabs I have to feather the throttle to keep it from spinning.
You know that's one thing that drives me nuts; people that run farm stock that come off the line WAY harder than they have to and just hammer down till it spins out. No feathering the throttle, no playing with the brakes, nothing... Heck, one of my best tricks is that I set my seat as far back as I possibly can and if my tractor seems to be balanced good enough I'll slide all the way back as far as I can and start bouncing. All the other pullers still haven't figured out why I do it, but all the old timers in the stands know exactly what I'm doing. Too bad I wont be able to do that with my econo mod (tractor rear, fabricated front frame, and a small block [cast iron heads, cast iron intake, single 650 carb]). But going from a 3 or 4 mph speed limit to an average speed of 17-21 should be pretty darn fun (especially since it will be another project that will cost less than $2000 :rockwoot