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My son and I have been pulling a IH 400 in our local farm stock pulls for 2-3 years. We really don't have much for rules, 1st gear only, no cut tires, 16.9x38 for biggest tires allowed. We mounted our stock drawbar from the front of the axles and mounted some turnbuckles (instead of the rod arms) for quick hitch height adjustment (it irritated me when some guy is on the scale for 5 min putting washers under the arms while there are 6 tractors lined up waiting for the scale). We also moved the battery to the front weight brackets. We have been pulling this setup all year. Had one guy complain about the hitch during the year, he thought that we had cut the drawbar (completely stock, just mounted differently). Went to a pull last Saturday put on by guy that we had pulled with at about 6 pulls (20-25 hooks) this year, probably that many pulls for the last 3 years. As the tractor in front of my son,(who was on deck, next to pull) was hooking to sled, the guy, who was operating the sled, told my son that he had gotten some complaints about our tractor/hitch and that we would have to change it, but (my son understood him to say) we could pull today (last Sat) with it. My son then pulled, went 17' past the tractor that was in first place, ( and the one who they let win the class), they announce the footage and then announce that he was DQed! I thought that he had a weight drop off or something like that, but that wasn't the case. Talked to the sled operator/promoter and was informed that he had 3-4 compalints about our hitch and battery and that was the reason for the DQ, said that he forgot to call or send a letter to me, also forgot to talk to me before the pull started, so this was the way he took care of it!! At least he gave the money for the hook back!! Called him a couple of days later, and he apoligized for not calling me before the pull to give us a chance to change the hitch if we wanted to keep pulling in that class. Still, it makes us look like some cheating b@#$%^ds!!!!! I guess we have been winning to much this summer. If you can't beat someone, BPM and maybe you can get them DQed!!!!! !!!!! !! Thanks for bearing with me while I vented.
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