How much are in the sleds?

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by IsaacSchuler

Ive been to a tractor pull before i just never had a tractor to participate in one. and i know that the sled doesn't roll and the tractor i was pulling was a wheel horse with a plow. It had no back wheels and i needed to move it a few feet so i dragged it until the transmission of it dug into the dirt then the tractor just sat and spun the tires. tires weren't aired down and i had no weights and the grass and dirt were wet.

Well, with the set up you have that's pretty much what's going to happen on the track. Spin out. If the hydro doesn't stall........

If you want to pull, you need to find a gear drive and spend some time learning how to build a pulling tractor.

[IsaacSchuler]

i plan on getting a gear drive i want to try the hydro and i'm doing it for fun i plan on putting out money and make it good but i'm not doing it now i'm going to do it later on. And i might be able to run in a hydro class

[sawdustdad]

Isaac, I'm sure you will learn from the experience. Go for it! And good luck!

[yeeter]

Originally Posted by sawdustdad

Isaac, I'm sure you will learn from the experience. Go for it! And good luck!

I agree!

I remember when younger we pulled with whatever tractor we had available (or could scrounge up parts for). We didnt win, but we learned a lot and had a blast doing it (naivety is a powerful tool...). More than a few chuckles directed our way, but for the most part the old timers where super supportive and would help us in anyway they could.

[GrotenhuisCubs]

I pull with a hydro bolens and do quite well, pulled right along with the gear shift cubs all year last year. My club started a hydro class and I'm in that now but my distances still are right there with the gear shifts on the same sled and track! Go for it, have fun!

[rwairforce]

Awesome!
I've never been to one of these with the small tractors. Those things do pretty well. Like you said, it's for fun so go for it. I had to laugh at the normal reaction to keep turning the wheels even though they're off the ground!!
It's like when I used to golf, I did it for fun knowing that I wasn't going to win anything but I had fun. These days my back wouldn't allow for such ungodly twisting. My golf swing wasn't very smooth but that's a different story.
Have fun with your hydro puller!! If you can, have someone take a video and share it with us.

[Cubby guy]

Cub Cadets are pulling 5,000 to 8,000 pounds ?????

I always knew that Cubs were stout tractors, but that is A LOT of weight.


Or did I mis-read that??? 500 to 800 Lbs perhaps? ? I had gone to a few pulls in the past, but those were always "full size" tractors like the Farmall 7/8/9 x6 series. The ones I saw most often were the 806 & 856 with the "Torque Amplifier" option.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Cubby guy

Cub Cadets are pulling 5,000 to 8,000 pounds ?????

I always knew that Cubs were stout tractors, but that is A LOT of weight.


Or did I mis-read that??? 500 to 800 Lbs perhaps? ? I had gone to a few pulls in the past, but those were always "full size" tractors like the Farmall 7/8/9 x6 series. The ones I saw most often were the 806 & 856 with the "Torque Amplifier" option.

How do you live in the midwest and not have only been to a couple tractor pulls......

You read it right.
If you aren't familiar with tractor pulling, it is with a "sled", but it's not like a snow sled. It's made just for tractor pulling. It's not just 5-8K# laying flat on the ground.

The sled has a pan that runs on the ground. It has small "dogs" or spikes on the underside. (Garden tractor sleds may not, but big ones do.) The weight box is loaded and works it's way up the incline as the sled is pulled down the track. The weight is transferred to the pan from the rear wheels as the weight box moves forward. It's a progressive loading of the tractor.

sled_working_small.jpg

[Cubby guy]

Thanks, Jonathan. I sort of very vaguely remember that the weight box moved up as the sled was pulled; it just seemed like 5,000 Lbs is a lot of weight for a 7-16 HP garden tractor to move.

If there was say 5K of weight on a pallet with a chain thrown around said pallet, that would be a different story.

Some of the pullers I have seen labeled as "tractors"...... well the only resemblance to a tractor was 4 wheels.

Regards. Cubby Guy

[zippy1]

Enjoy the pulling expedition. Hydro or gear, just have fun with it.
Speaking of pulling sleds. I remember back years ago at our local county fair. Guys would stand along side of the pulling track and jump on the sled as it went down the track. Adding more weight with each person getting on the sled.
My, how times have changed I'm getting old.