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Antique tractor pulls Watch antique tractor pulls this summer at the Iowa State Fair. Kick off the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, Aug. 8, with free antique tractor pulls at 10 a.m. Gates open at 9 a.m.
The Rumely Oil Pull was a line of farm tractors developed by Advance-Rumely Company [1] from 1909 and sold 1910 to 1930. Most were heavy tractors powered by an internal combustion, magneto-fired engine designed to burn all kerosene grades at any load, called the Oil Turn. [2] Rumely Oil Pull, ignition & lubrication A running Rumely Oil Pull ...
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.
An Avery tractor pulling three sod cutters on a farm near Larned, Kansas, around 1916. The Avery company made many traction engines, such as the 1907 steam tractor model. At that time steam was the only form of power and the tractor resembled a miniature locomotive. In 1909, Avery began manufacturing gasoline tractors. [6]
The Washington County Tractor Pull will be held Saturday, May 25, at 6 p.m. at the Washington County Agriculture Education Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro. Washington County Tractor Pull ...
Case steam tractor Steam Tractor at the Henry Ford Museum. A steam tractor is a tractor powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling.. In North America, the term steam tractor usually refers to a type of agricultural tractor powered by a steam engine, used extensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
TNT Motorsports was a popular promoter of monster truck races, tractor pulls, and occasionally mud racing in the 1980s. TNT was an acronym for “Trucks n Tractors” founded by the late Billy Joe Miles of Owensboro, Kentucky. Events were shown on Powertrax on ESPN, Trucks and Tractor Power on TNN, and the syndicated Tuff Trax. [1]
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 ...