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The Two Top Tractor Pull is featured at the Annual Two Top Ruritan Steam & Gas Show in Mercersburg Pennsylvania. Truck and tractor pulling (power pulling) is a motorsport competition which requires antique or modified tractors to pull a heavy drag sled along a clay or dirt track. The winner being the tractor that pulls the drag the farthest or fastest in various class levels. Print Size 13x19 inches.
Scania 143M 400
New - April 1992
Pictured loaded with a Tractor Pulling Sledge at the Ulster Festival of Steam & Transport, Ballymena County Antrim
I attended BA Stores Tractor Pulling Event at Broomhill Farm today Sunday 16th September 2018, what a great day, I captured as many of the Tractors taking part in the event , posting on my Flickr to archive the day .
The Scottish Tractor Pullers Club (STPC) was formed in 1985 and consists today of around 40 members who all strive to put on the very best tractor pulling events in Scotland. The STPC are the only club in the United Kingdom to own and operate a fully licensed ETPC sledge, complete with all relevant safety features. The STPC, together with the Cumbrian Tractor Pulling Club (CTPC), Midlands Tractor Pullers Club (MTPC) and the North West Tractor Pullers Club (NWTPC) are affiliated to the British Tractor Pullers Association (BTPA) who, along with a number of other European tractor pulling clubs, make up the European Tractor Pullers Committee (ETPC).
The ETPC defines all safety and performance rules for all member countries, such as tractor classes and sledge rules. This enables tractors from all over Europe to pull together against each other in different countries. Although the STPC hold their own points championships, many Scottish Tractors compete in the BTPA championships alongside teams from the CTPC, the MTPC and the NWTPC. BTPA championship winners then have the option of travelling to the ETPC's European Championships, a two day event held in a different ETPC member country each year, for the chance to become a European Champion! The STPC are available to hire either as a stand alone event or as part of a larger agricultural show, ideal if you are looking for that extra attraction for your event.
Truck and Tractor pulling, also known as power pulling, is a motorsport competition, popular in the United States, Canada, Europe (especially in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Germany), Australia and Brazil, and New Zealand which requires modified tractors to pull a heavy sled along a 35 foot wide, 330 foot long track, with the winner being the tractor that pulls the sled the farthest. The sport is known as the world's most powerful motorsport, due to the multi-engined modified tractor pullers.
All tractors in their respective classes pull a set weight in the sled. When a tractor gets to the end of the 100 metre track, this is known as a "full pull". When more than one tractor completes the course, more weight is added to the sled, and those competitors that moved past 300 feet will compete in a pull-off; the winner is the one who can pull the sled the farthest.
The sled is known as a weight transfer sled. This means that as it is pulled down the track, the weight is transferred (linked with gears to the sled’s wheels) from over the rear axles and towards the front of the sled. In front of the rear wheels, there is a "pan". This is essentially a metal plate and as the weight moves over this the resistance builds. The farther the tractor pulls the sled, the more difficult it gets.
The most powerful tractors, such as those in the 4.5 modified class in Europe, can produce over 10,000 horsepower.