General Tractor Pull Rules

All tractors entering in any classes must comply with the following:

 

  1)     No Nitrous, Alcohol or Propane assist will be allowed.

  2)    20.8-42 tire size limit. No altered tires or cut tires, no duals.

  3)    Maximum drawbar height is 20 inches from ground. Maximum length of drawbar is 20 inches from point of hook to center of rear axle. Hitching devices must be horizontal to ground and stationary in all directions. No hooking over drawbar support height. Hole of hitch must be at least 3 inches wide by 3.5 inches long. Track officials must be able to hook  sled chain from behind pan of sled, so all rear weights must be placed to allow this. NO ONE will be allowed to crawl under tractor to hook chain.

  4)    Any loss of ballast, fluid or parts other than from internal breakage will be grounds for disqualification while in motion.

  5)    No drivers under the age of 15 will be allowed to pull. Any driver under the age of 18 must have written permission by parent and/or legal guardian.

  6)    No weight bracket to exceed 1 foot in front of furthermost point of tractor.

  7)    Participant may enter only one tractor per class. Participant may only drive one tractor per class.

  8)    All drivers must adhere to flag person at ALL TIMES.

  9)    Drivers must weigh at or under the specified weight for that class.

10)    Drivers must be seated at all times with at least one hand on the steering wheel at all times. Tractor must be operated in a safe manner at ALL times or will be disqualified.  

11)    If a tractor hits or crosses boundary marks, driver will be disqualified.

12)    No "jerk" starting of sled, all attempts must start with a tight sled chain.

13)    Only tractor and driver will be allowed within the boundary marks on track during pull attempt. Anyone else on track during attempt will be grounds for disqualification.

14)    Tractor has 3 minutes from time called to the sled to be hooked.

15)    No entries once class has started.

16)    No twisted clevises.

17)    Any driver wishing to file a protest can only protest a tractor in their class and the protestor's tractor must be proven legal first. Any tractor protested or checked by an official and found to not meet the criteria for a class, will be disqualified from that class.

18)    All tractors are subject to a weigh-out and are subject to technical inspection before, during and after pull.

19)    JUDGES DECISIONS ARE FINAL!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!