Pulling on blacktop

[johninmn]

Might be a dumb question but how do you guys do it without breaking stuff? It seems like everything would hook up extremely well and somethings got to give.
Enlighten me please.
John

 

[b.jones]

Many years ago we used to have a pull in a small town on blacktop. I always thought it worked pretty well, but you could pull a gear higher than on our local dirt tracks. You just could not get as good of traction as you get on dirt. I was pulling a stock 180 MF at 7000 pounds and spun out at about 3.5mph. On a dirt track that same gear would kill it at that speed. About a 63hp tractor.

 

[Mark-Ia]

We always turned the tires backwards for pavement.

 

[jd b puller]

Or the coefficient of friction is a lot less (on the sled/blacktop) than on dirt...

 

[Anonymous-0]

Blacktop, takes less power, more of a drivers game. Trucks break more, if you cannot over come the bounce. Heavy classes may end up with a longer chain and or having the chain raised on the sled. Most of the tractor classes have a speed limit. Not all streets are the same, you need to read the crown/slope. Man hole covers and bridges, along with time of day all come into play. Good news it takes a lot of rain to shut down the show.

Burnt Oak and Tire Smoke

 

[cement puller1]

we pull on cement which isn't muc different...and usually people don't break too much...its alot of fun!...way funner then transfer sled...