The club that we pull in, with its history as of lately, has established what happens when too many enhanced tractors wanna drop into the stock classes. End results are now we have 500 ci MM"s Dont know how big of IH"s, and dont know how many more are hiding or waiting to make the drop,,,, but basicly, a free for all ci HP war in low gear "Stock class". They played with rules on hitches, weights, engines, tried and tested,, and this is the end result. The hitch specs arent bad,,, and I can say that the hook point location, will help keep the playing field a little more level,,, 18 high, and 28 inches from the center of the rear axle, but use a stock support, and support must be kept as level to the ground as possible. Seems to work pretty well for most makes and models Ive seen run, usually its a different winner every week. They also wont let the front end come up off the ground no more than 20 inches, and limit the tire size to 15.5X 38 no rim wider than 14. Not bad chassis specs for a stock type class. 10 years ago, eveyrbody in farm stock was pretty much stock,, sure the overbore kits were there, but, they were a factory replacement overbore kit that anybody could buy at any parts dealer. The hook numbers were huge, and had alot of good pulls. Super turn outs every week. A really great class,,, or it WAS,,, Meanwhile,, in the mod classes,, the power wars were ON!! bigger, badder, cant stop em, and each year, and soon, NEW tractors were built, and the old ones they pulled now are getting their butts handed to em, by their own owners. So, now we have the older big engined tractors that are out dated by new technology. What to do with em?? What will ever come of those lost forgotten former winners??? Well, Ill tell ya,,,, The owners of the old mods,, well, I guess they whined long enough to each other and made,,, or should I say TOOK??,, OK, made,, it sounds better,, made their own classes,, by changing the farm stock rules to allow them mods to run with the guys that had the stock cranks in thier farm tractor, their parade tractor, their stock class pullers. The stockers attendance dropped like flies over time,,, but more and more big one kept showing up and bonds were made and deals were shady, and nobody asked anybody really, they had their batle plan made out, and no matter what, the old mods,, got their way. A few years ago, we tried that strokers in farm stock thing,,, I had blasted all of board memebers about what or why it happened, I made lots of em mad. People I had pulled with for over a decade. They call me a cheater. Last year at a few pulls, I had some really good runs with my M, Won a few classes, paid real good attention, had the tractor dialed in, we came to pull. Well, one particular day, I made the winning hook in the one class, and after I unhooked from the sled, and headed up to the scales, I heard CHAD YOU CHEATED! YOU GOT A LIMITED SLIP IN THAT M!!!! And I looked back and people were staring, and pointing,, people running up to get ready to protest,, they wanted my A$$!!! The voices were shreiking inside my head!!!
They say CHADS!! A cheater?? Oh heck NO! HE did not say that!! I weighed, got my comfired lead results and went right back over to the area of where the comment was shouted. Dad was like HEY! Where ya going?? I said Come here,, I said, DAD, somebody is yellin we got a limited slip in this ol green M,,, they callin us a cheater. He laughed, I locked up my left brake, and spun the M in a circle, then, I locked my right brake, and spun it around in a circle going the other direction. The braked wheel never spun. I hollared, get the jack! Jack up the tractor, spin the wheels! Nobody took me up on it. the tractor was on the scale, and nobody even wanted look even check it out. Point is,,, the stroker tractors got their you know whats handed to them, and thats what we had to face in front of a crowd,, for doing a job well done. Guess I am not a good ol boy!!!! Not in that circle,,, and ya all know which one that is,,, But hey,, its ok gents,,, you keep on making the rules for yourselves, and your Mafia, When the smoke clears,,, your not gonna find a stroker, your not gonna find a limited slip in any machine I drive and whip your strokers back to the foundries they came from. But wait,,,, there is more. One old mod in particular that dropped back,, a beautiful, strong 47 U,, its not one with the double jugs, it has the one piece blocks. Everybody knows what it has if they been around long enough to see it run. Before the classes changed,, we ALL would pull in one class, in the beginning it was all sorted by year, then came wight classes, and we had fun. Sure there was hurt prides, sure there was heated discussions, but we had fun, and we pulled together. The U dropped back to farm stock,, and I have to say,, its a dirty shame. To see such a tractor with such a history in the past in cases of whoopa$$ in div 3,,, and be put back into a first gear class,,,, In the old days we had the two H"s, a big JD G of Meck"s, jake"s UB, Carls, 400, list and lists, and that class, that particular class was fun. With my H comming back, and everybody going distance, how bout this??? why not try,, I mean really try,,, to take my money with that 47 U in the 45-55 mod percentage class against my H in the mods,, just like the old days!!!!??? All ya gotta do is up the weight class back to 5500, and bring it on. Keep your 5000 distance. Put back on the cuts, the weight bars, the hitch, put back on the Betty Boop sticker, and come see if you can beat my lawn mower. Or is that U a "BARN TRACTOR"??? Im callin out the 47 U that 10 years ago, was the toughest, or one of the toughest 3.5 MPH puller in the state,, in its day,,,,, your competiton awaits you if you think you can still win on that U in mods. I think I can win on my H. The great debate on stock pulling and how to keep it there and keep it that way,,,, is to really sit down with puller with years of experience,,, not a buch of yes man no man, but ones who have been there, done that, and design a rule book that is fair for everybody. Something that everybody has to do to make the class,,, and its usually hook point location modifcations and tires and rpms and factory stock blocks and heads, and keep the weights on the tires only,,,,, ,,,, no suitcase weights,,,,, Fellas, 10 years ago, we had 5 amazing season when attendance was concerned in the farm classes,, the numbers are dropping, this is happening in our club when the mods dropped back into farm stock. Maybe, I can coax one old mod to be a big dog again in a class the owner built it for in the first place,,,, one, is a start,,, if ya guys do, ya do, and ya dont ya dont, but I would never,,, EEEEVVVVVEEEERRR Put My H, back in farm stock,,, its not where it belongs, it was built to beat your U. BUD BARENIE,,,, please pass this along to the owners of that 47 U. and to all others,,,, think long and hard on what, and where you ant that stock class to go,,,,, stockers have a place,,, and each and every one can win on the up and up. This is what we face now,,, thats what happens, and this is what we have to deal with since the mods came to farm stock town. opened up pandoras box and what happens when that box it opened???? its bad right??? ChadS
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