I don't think it's a matter of not liking the lighter classes, but usually the sled is not able to handle them, as sometimes they cannot get the sled to move, or perhaps, not enough entries in a class for competition.
dg
 
Also depends on the area, around here a JD B and an IH H were really small tractors. Not many of anything smaller.
 
Around here its all olivers or 460s noone pulls small tractors if you want to have someone to pull against you have to go up to their class. They will make a class for small tractors but not much point if you are the only one there. Need to get more people into the little ones, easy to haul and you usually go first.
 
Our club is just the opposite. We pull from 2000# thru 12,000#. Our largest classes are from 4000 to 6000# tractors. We never have over 2 or 3 10,000 to 12,000 # tractors. I can haul 3 small tractors on the same trailer I haul 1 big one on.
 
We have trouble getting enough entries to get the small tractors any completion. We have a c IH that pulled with us all summer and proably 75 percent of the time he was puling by him self. It was stock and by time he got to 3500 he powered out. Just not enough small tractors pulling around southern Il.
 
Here in W. Pa. my son & I pull a Farmall BN & a Cockshutt 20 Deluxe. We pull at 3 different clubs & the classes are 2500,2750,3000,3250,&3500. My son can get the BN in all these classes. I can get the 20 in 3000 & up.
In this area more people are pulling small tractors. We pull the BN in 5 classes & only move a 1000 lbs. The small tractors are just as much fun. We have found that some clubs don't want to pull small tractors because they Don't want to take the time to try different thinks so they can pull us. To them all I can say is it's there lose. The one club we pull with we help them make wheels on the pan of the sled so the small tractors can start the sled. It takes less than 10 minutes to remove the wheels . Because this is a good power track we usually leave them on until 4000 lbs. class. If anyone has any questions please ask. Sorry this is so long.
 
You guys out east get to have all the Fun!
I have tired around here for several yrs and have been told that we don't put on a good enough show.
I tired to sell it as a starter class.
I guess I will have to settle on Wauseon and hopefully get down south to pull with the west Alton Gang!
 
The 2600 lbs class is one of our biggest class with the stiffest competition. usually 10-18 tractors and go's on forever. We just built a new T-sled and we set the axles in a way that when the box is all the way back you can start it with a garden tractor. I for one really like the small tractors but I can't get the balance right with my size, so the boy drives. Still waiting on Buttercup to come out to play.
 
Where we pull there is never more than 3 in the 3000 to 3600 and lot of times only 1 puller, then the 4000 and up really loads up. I have room on the trailer for another tractor and am thinking of pulling my Massey 30, would like to pull the 3600 with it, any body know what they weigh?? It's a 48 without hydraulics, my 44 weighs 4000 and I know the 30 is very similar.
 
Most people like pulling 4000 and up but here in central Pa we have some good competition in 3000 and up non cut class!
2500 died abut 2 years ago in most places around here so I have not pulled my Farmall BN less than 3000 and up threw 4000 for a
while!

Light classes has there challenges with poor track Conditions and sleds that are not setup for or not willing to setup for small classes but can!

There a fun class and can be rewarding with lots of challenges and make you a much better tractor puller for the upcoming
classes by learning track Conditions and balance !
 

Here in the Northeast we have the lighter classes and they are pretty well attended, especially 35 to 6. At the last pull that I went to the 4000 class had 24 entries.
 
30 at 3500 is possible, but will take some work. F162 is much lighter than H260 and the front tub is a bit shorter and the sheetmetal is a bit smaller as well. theres a 33 that pulls local in 3500 with 200 allowance for driver with some moveable weight.
 
Light is where the sport can grow, from 2500-4000. It's absolutely right that the sleds are the limiting issue, theyre good from 4000 and up but anything less than that is a problem. Thats not the case everywhere but many times it is the prime issue. It is a lot easier for a guy to get started in the sport with a half-ton truck and a bumper hitch trailer and pulling around a 4000# tractor than to have to make the leap into a heavier more expensive to maintain truck and bigger trailer. We gotta include, not exclude.
 
need to see some gas turbo classes more in antiques. like keystone turbos on stock block tractors. i think that be a hot class on a national scale n change the way things are for something new. jmho
 
Out west the light classes have blown up in recent years. We have sleds in the area that start easy, so even 2500# class tractors are a ton of fun. It has gotten so popular that most of the pulling is now between 3500-5000#. We rarely see tractors over 8000# anymore simply because the little ones haul so much easier. Under USAP rules we even run a 6mph class at 3000#.

Zack
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a lot of it has to do with the rules. Usap starts at 3500 lb. No one will pull it. They allow O on scales. A WC,H,or 901 weighs a little to much to pull 3500 and have some on front. Cale starts at 3700 and allows some on scales. Has quite a few in the class. I think the 3700 to 4500 will grow. Along with the 5000 and 5500. Vic
 
I have thought about that too. Allowing a turbo class would let guys go faster without a huge investment and major engine rebuild.

Zack
 
I have a Farmall B and Super C that I like to pull when I can.
3000-3500 they both work pretty good! Neither one is Hot rod by no means.
 
i agree also the open class doesnt have many tractors in it anymore no body can afford too run it here in southern ill .put a mph limit on it and keep it cheep too run
 

Depends on the sled. We start at 2500 most pulls around here with a few IH B's, A's and AC B's,C's, CA's pulling. At 3000 there are a lot more entries with IH C's being the majority. 3500-5000 seems to be our largest groups.
Some of the sleds are simply to big for anything under 3000, not fun trying to budge them and only go 50'...

I pull a AC B, CA, and D12
 

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