Local antique tractor pull is tomorrow. A great variety of iron will compete. Unlike more serious events, ours has no scale. No prizes for weight classes, only bragging rights.
The valuable tractors are all owned by men with health problems. Oldest is pushing 90, youngest is my age:68.
We all kid around about which is best, funny, the field narrows with similar tractors. Farmall Cubs dominate with 2000 LB loads. Farmall C, & all the Ford tractors are similar. A Farmall H demonstrates incredible pull, nobody believes it is stock. It's 80 something year old owner swears it is factory stock.
When we get down to the heaviest tractors, in rolls Don with a Case 500, Dan with pick of the day pre 1960 HEAVY iron, Buckley rolls in with the heaviest Oliver ever seen.
Daniel, one of my extra sons has an International 560. It puts out extra horsepower by cranking up the fuel supply. It is weighted a lot, & it has very expensive radial tires. Sometimes Daniel out pulls those spending $100,000. more. Great tractor design, highly skilled driver.