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Before we get all excited and start ripping people for cheating... we need to define cheating. Maybe you were in the wrong class, maybe "farm class" or division 1 or whatever name you want to call it would be a better fit for your particular tractor. If you think about it, there are few "origional" 50+ year old tractors out there. Most have had to be overhauled at least. Many had things done years ago to help in the power department that we don't even realize were done to them. In our area, we have some pulls that if it didn't come stock on tractor, don't bother bringing it to pull in farm stock, in other pulls, we have open tractors pulling in first gear with cut tires in the stock classes and "stock" tractors (me included) pulling in the "farm stock" classes. All I can say is, get a copy of the rules before hand, and be selective in what classes you pull your tractor. On calling people cheaters, I have never met anyone (although there have been some who thought that they were)who is a expert on the little differances (hitches, drawbars, RPM's, tire size, rim size, wheather or not something was stock or an option on every make of tractor. While somethings seem pretty obvious, I don't know for sure if there were 2 or 3 holes in a 1946 JD G drawbar or just what does the hitch from a 1953 MM UB look like, or just what was the origional standard tire size for a IH 400? (by the way, I pull a 400 and I've seen 3 different tire sizes listed as "standard")
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