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ChadS
02-11-2006 09:00:11
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Well here goes!! Ive been actively pulling NCIATPA for 15 years now. Seen alot of good pullers come, and go. main reason they left was cause of BS rules changes on the spot at an event in which someone had the athority to do so cause it affected his or hers tractor. Ive seen that happen about 10 times in 15 years and can name every incident. Ive seen unsafe acts,, namely rpm checks,, maybe the board member, should have atleast told the guy that they wanted to check his rpm,, instead of just walking up to him and grabbing his throttle! End result, bout had a fist fight break out, and police on the scene to escort em out of the fair grounds. They called the owner of the tractor "unrully" cause he got upset cause that board member grabbed his throttle. Out of line! Out of order, and out of their minds! Next issue was tires for the wheatland/standard tractors that pulled in farm stock. I know for a fact that those wheatlands were in fact barred from pulling that year just cause no one can agree on a tire size. Now, the rule state, that it still has to retain the stock rim diameter, but cant go over a 15.5 width. Now, for the wheatlands that have 34 inch tires, you all know, that you cannot buy a new 14-34 tire, nor find a 15.5 34 tire, or a 13-34 tire. So they have the only option of having a 16.9X34 as a replacement for the 14-34. And if those tractors dont have 14-34"s they cant pull! Where in the world are you gonna find a 14-34 in good original condition? Sure, they are out there,, but wont be worth a darn! Barenie is lucky,, he has a standard with 14-34"s so he can pull, hopefuly they hold air and are worth a darn,,, NCIATPA made this a catch 22 situation!! By not allowing a replacement option for a wheatland/standard tractor with 34 inch rims. There is nothing wrong with allowing a wheatland to pull with 16.9X34 tires!! Thats my opinion,, Since the 14-34 is not available, thats the only option they have!! 18.4X34,,, NO!! Cause that is above a tire size that is still in production!! They are not much wider than a 15.5 bar to bar across, they are very close to being the same height as a 15.5X38, (compared new to new) Then there is the guy who wont pull against the 16.9 tire,,, cause all he has is 15.5X38,,, well, nothing you could do bout it,, that tractor was offered with 38"s so take the good with the bad, and have some more pullers in the classes! Dont like it, stay home! Whats the difference? 2 or 3 more tractor sit home, but you pick back up those lost numbers for the wheatlands returning to the track. They took the availability away from the wheatlands, and that will keep them out leagally!! They know, there is no one out there in pulling, thats still running a 14-34 in this area, (other than Barenie). Least he would get to run right?? To me,, thats out of line, out of order, and out of their minds. THEN,,,,, NCIATPA takes away classes. Classes that where I pull in, are no longer available. We used to pull 0-4500#s now, we start at 4000. But, they give the heavy mods more classes to run in!! WTF is up with that??? Robbing Peter to pay Paul! Where we pulled 3500 which is exactly what we built our H"s massey 101 etc etc for,,, are forced to pull with tractors that will outclass them in weight. Lots of hard earned time and money, that now will be no longer have a place to pull. Been told,, well, why not just run 4000? NO WAY!! They take our classes away, just to give them to the heavy tractors??? Why, what for?? Now I get to watch the same 5 tractors pull even more, and be happy. WHOOOPPEEE!!! Out of line, Out of order, and out of their minds. You want BS, Ill give it to ya!! you want out of line, Ill give ya that too! Make rules to accomidate a board member,, well,,, HAHAHAHA!!! We have to give em that,, thats the law!! Dont like it, move on?? HA! You wanna play games, you wanna play with rules, tires, whatever,,,,, you go do it. When you get beat by all those rules, better stay home! Im out of line? BS!!! Get real! ChadS
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