RULES FOR OTTER CREEK PULLERS ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULLS

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GENERAL:

· TRACTOR MUST HAVE CAME OUT IN 1960 & OLDER

· MUST HAVE 3 INCH D-RING OR CLEVIS

· FRONT WEIGHTS CANNOT EXTEND MORE THAN 11 FT FROM CENTER OR REAR AXLE TO FURTHEREST POINT FORWARD

· FIRST PULLER IN EACH CLASS DOES NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO REPULL

· IF YOU GO OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, YOU WILL HEAR A HORN, IF YOU CONTINUE TO GO TOO FAST YOU WILL HEAR A SIREN. IF YOU HEAR THE SIREN YOU ARE DISQUALIFIED!

· DRIVER MUST REMAIN IN SEAT AT ALL TIMES WITH HAND ON THE WHEEL, THROTTLE OR CLUTCH

· NO JERKING TO START OUT

· ANY TRACTOR OR PULLER FOUND TO BE UNSAFE OR ILLEGAL MAY BE DQ’D OR BARRED FROM HOOKING

· ANYONE UNDER 18 MUST HAVE WRITTEN PARENTAL/GUARDIAN CONSENT BEFOREPULLING

· ALL ADDED WEIGHT MUST BE FASTENED SECURELY

· REAR WEIGHT MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH HOOKING OF THE SLED

· TRACTORS MUST BE NATURALLY ASPIRATED. NO TURBOS OR BLOWERS – EXCEPT OLIVER 99 GM

· LOSS OF ANY OBJECT FROM TRACTOR WHILE HOOKED TO THE SLED RESULTS IN DISQUALIFICATION

· DRIVER MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY UPON SIGNAL FROM FLAG MAN

· ONLY THE DRIVER IS ALLOWED ON THE TRACTOR DURING PULL, NO PASSENGERS

· ALL RULES WILL BE INTERPRETED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, ANY UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS OR OVERSIGHTS WILL BE RULED ON BY THE COMMITTEE WITH THEIR RULINGS BEING FINAL

· PROMOTERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY ENTRY

STOCK:

· 10% OVER STOCK RPM

· 2.5 MPH MAX

· STOCK APPEARANCE

· HITCH-REAR AXLE TO CENTER 18 IN MIN

· NO CUTS, GROOVED OR RADIAL TIRES

· WHEEL DIAMETER MUST BE 38 IN MAX

· NO ALUMINUM FRAME OR CHASSIS COMPONENTS, ANY NON-ALUMINUM REAR WHEELS

· TRACTOR MUST RUN ON FUEL TYPE FOR WHICH IS WAS ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED

· TA ALLOWED

· TIRE SIZES:

3500-4500 LB CLASSES – 15.5 X 38 OR 14.9 X 38 MAX

5000 LB CLASS AND UP – 18.4 X 30 MAX

OPEN:

· ENGINE BLOCK AND CRANKCASE MUST BE SAME LENGTH, NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, FUEL TYPE AND MAKE AS STOCK

· 30% OVER RPM

· 8 MPH MAX, ANY GEAR

· WHEELIE BARS REQUIRED, SIDE SHIELDS & SCATTER BLANKET RECOMMENDED

· 18.4 X 38 MAX – ANY CUT, NO DUALS OR RADIALS

· 20 IN HIGH & 18 IN MIN DRAWBAR

OUT OF FIELD FARM STOCK:

· TURBOS ARE ALLOWED

· RADIALS ARE ALLOWED

· 5 MPH MAX

· 20.8 X 38 MAX

· TRACTOR MUST HAVE CAME OUT IN 1975 & OLDER