Competition keen in Expo’s first
r SHEILA MILLER
IRISBURG A John
> 4440 and a Case DC
the top two tractors m
day’s stock tractor
g competition.
Case, driven by Paul
of R 1 Shippensburg,
he winner in the 5500
class. The winning
as 129 feet and an inch
re.
John Deere was
ted by Albert Kiefer,
mgor. The competition
lose in the 13,000 pound
with a pull off between
Hoch’s Case 970 and
d Gross’s John Deere
but Kiefer pulled the
>st load seven feet one
arther than the other
actors.
s was the first year
lr pulling contests were
it the Farm Machinery
but the interest
strong with over
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•thirty, entries in the 5500
pound class, and close to
twenty entries each in the
other two classes..
The final competition will
take place on Saturday, with
the 9000 pound class, and the
,pull-off for the cham
pionship.
Ten finalists were selected
from the two weight classes
that pulled on Thursday.
These ten pullers then chaw
for their position for the
Saturday evening finals.
“It can make a difference
depending on what order you
pull,” said Charles Ker
shner, of the Franklin
County Tractor Pullers
Association. “The track only
gets reworked between
classes, and in between pulls
it is just smoothed down a
little.”
Kershner, of R 3 Green
castle, helps to run the
weight sled for the pulling
Albert Kiefer had the winning pull in tough
competition in the 13,000 pound class.
competition. One of three in
the state, the Franklin
County pullers’ sled is the
largest.
“There are two others hke
it, but one is in North
Carolina and the other is in
South Carolina,” he added.
The other two sleds in the
state, he said, are. one foot
in diameter all
around. These sleds belong
to the North East club and
the Buck club in Lancaster
County.
The sled *is specially
designed to take the exhaust
from the tractors and pipe
it outside. This is almost
a necessity in an indoor
show, Kershner explained.
As a matter of fact, one
tractor was disqualified
from the pull when the
exhaust apparatus came off
his tractor.
The sled, said Kershner, is
capable of going from zero
weight to 42,000 pounds. A
system of gears moves a
weight box from the back of
the sled, up over the .
uptil all of the weight is
the front of the sled and
tractor is dragging
weight.
Air bags under the
actually can lift it up off
ground, and the tractor
just rolling the load until
weight is added on.
The Franklin Cov
puller said their sled has
10,000 miles on m '
years, going to tractor
around the state. Ken.
added, “Tractor pullmj
getting bigger all the
especially the mim-traci
at 1500, 1700, and ]
pounds. You don’t need a
trailer to haul tl
around.”
Kershner explained
minx-tractors can have
horse power than
modifieds. They are
from the ground up, he
and aluminum parts
used to keep them light
can easily cost $5OOO to
one,” he added
Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, March 1,1950—A35
tractor pulls
The competition at this
year’s Expo only included
the stock tractors. The
stocks have a speed limit of 3
m.p.h. and there can’t be
any visible changes on the
outside.
Besides stocks and tmm
tractor competition, tractor
pulls can also include
modified and super stock,
where the speed is
unlimited, along with visible
changes to the tractors.
“In the modifieds, about
the only thing that belongs to
a tractor is the rear-end,
everything else is out of a
car,” said Kershner. “You
can do anything to it as long
as you stay in your weight
class.”
Out of the twenty finalists
from Thursday’s com
petition over half of them are
farmers, mostly in the dairy
business.
Paul Hoch, winner in the
5500 class, farms m part
nership with his brother.
They have a herd of 95
Holstein dairy cows, and
farm 550 acres of land. This
was his first win with the
Case DC.
And Albert Kiefer is a
farmer too. He farms 2500
acres and has a dairy
Expo opens
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Noah Wenger, represen
tative from Lancaster
County.
“Farmers must be
assured of sufficient energy
at crucial times of the year,”
Wenger said. “The in
terstate highway systems
have changed the face of
Pennsylvania agriculture.
We need to study energy and
its usage and conservation,
and look into alternate
energy sources.”
He added the Expo
provides an opportunity for
farmers to learn about some l
of the innovations in energy
systems.
The young Expo drew a
sizeable crowd for the
tractor pulling competitions.
The interest was high as far
as the exhibitors were
concerned, with entries
reaching the upper limit in
one of the classes. See ac
companying story.
And, although not as full as
its big sister, the Farm
Show, the Expo had a good
showing of machinery and
equipment exhibitors. There
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operation. The tractor he
used m this week’s contests
is one he uses to farm. His
win at the Expo is added to a
long list of first places in his
six years in competition.
The ten finalists in the
Thursday classes include:
5500 Class
1. Paul Hoch, 129-1; 2.
Claude Homan, R 1 Centre
Hall, 1234%; 3. Richard
Troxell, R 1 Andreas, 122-9;
4. Gilbert Watson, 122-8%; 5.
Mike Miller, R 3 Carlisle, 121-
4; 6. Dale Shupp, R 2
Tunkhannock, 121-1; 7. Carl
Modica, Asbury, N.J., 120-
5%; 8. Larry Klinger, R 1
Sehnsgrove, 119-2; 9. George
Easton, R 1 Cogan Station,
116-10; and 10. Donald
Remley, R 3 Benton, 116-5.
13,000 Class
1. Albert Kiefer, 121-9; 2.
Paul Hoch, 114-8; 3. David
Gross, R 1 Hamburg, 114-5%;
4. Larry Klinger, R 1 Win
field, 174-9; 6. Robert Kiefer,
R 1 Bangor, 172-11%; 7.
Barry Ott, R 2 Bangor, 171-
8%; 8. Ray Reighard, RD
Woodbury, 165-8%; 9.
Ronald Jumper, R 3
Nevmlle, 163-7%; »nd 10.
Randy Greene, R 2 Canton,
159-7%.
were numerous wood stove
displays, along with other
homesteader types, silo
manufacturers, trucks,
trailers, and grain dealers,
and many, many others.
The American Falls is 182
feet high and the Horseshoe
(Canadian) Falls is 176 feet
high.
Passage across the inter
national border is a routine
matter at Niagara Falls for
natural-bom citizens of the
United States or Canada.
Others also pass freely
across the border, although
it is suggested that they
carry identification papers
to avoid delays.
The United States and
Canada agreed in a 1950
treaty that 100,000 cubic feet
of water per second must
flow over the Falls during
daylight hours in the tourist
season from Apsd to Oc
tober. At other times, in the
off-season and during even
ing hours, the flow may be
reduced to 50,000 cubic feet
per second.
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