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The Nebraska tractor testing law can trace its roots to 1919 when Wilmot Crozier, a farmer and state representative from Osceola, bought a Ford 8-16 tractor. [2] Crozier quickly noted the 8-16 did not perform as advertised; the tractor could pull only one plow despite claims it could pull three simultaneously.
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.
In consequence, the Nebraska Tractor Test became a standard reference for tractors sold in North America. [4] Tests initially focused on drawbar pull, measuring pulling power for plows and other towed implements, and belt horsepower, for operating as a power source for belt-operated external equipment such as threshing machines .
The Mercer County Antique Power Association is hosting its 31st annual antique and tractor engine show from Thursday to Sunday. Admission is $5 Thursday to Saturday and the event is free on Sunday ...
The NTPA was founded in 1969 by representatives of eight states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) to establish uniform rules and provide structure to the sport of truck and tractor pulling. Throughout the years, the NTPA has been instrumental in implementation of safety standards in the sport, and ...
The McCormick-Deering W series tractors were a range of standard-tread farming and industrial tractors produced by International Harvester that were derived from the Farmall letter series row-crop tractors of the 1940s and 1950s. Branded by International Harvester as McCormick-Deering products, with the same styling and red paint as the Farmall ...
A modern John Deere 8110 Farm Tractor plowing a field using a chisel plow A tractor pulling a tiller. The most common use of the term "tractor" is for the vehicles used on farms. The farm tractor is used for pulling or pushing agricultural machinery or trailers, for plowing, tilling, disking, harrowing, planting, and similar tasks.
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