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First I want to say that I am as guilty as anyone else is about what I am about to say. It doesn't make much sense to complain about the poor paybacks or cost of travel (some travel all day and half the night) when we are spending ridiculous amounts of money (and we had better hope that our wives DON'T find out the true amounts) to pull. I saw the other night someone had a "M" 517CI engine, used, for $10,500. Other people are posting on this site that if you don't have at least 100hp for Div 2 or 3, leave it on the truck. On one post, some guy hit a small pile of dirt on track at 10+MPH, broke an aluminum front rim, and expected the pulling club to pay. What kind of money did he spend to be able to pull at 10MPH????? ?? It seems like if you don't own a bank, a machine shop, or have an engineering degree you don't have a chance. If we spend all this money, travel for hours and DON'T win, are we still having fun????? Maybe we need to go back to 1st gear only, no cut tires, 18.4x38 tire size max, (there are probably 7 billion of them around yet) no pulling in weight classes under the origional shipping weight of tractor. What are your thoughts????? ?
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