Tractor Pulling: My First Hook

[@joutdoorsmen23]

Awesome cool stories and pictures Bill, thanks for sharing God Bless

[@calvint460]

Great stories! Thanks for sharing!! Dad has told me stories about the 2 r’s they farmed with. 1 broke a crank at idle. They got it fixed and kept using it. They are both still on the home farm where he grew up. Have a great day!!

[@bryanginder5903]

Great story bill!👍

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

1978 or '79, John Hileman was featured in Farm Journal with his Modified Tractor. The real hey day of Pulling, when anyone could take a tractor and tune it up in different ways to win. Turn up injection pump, start adding turbo's, or maybe swap in big block gassers. I was a kid that wanted to drop a blown 454 into a 3010 that was near the end of its life, everything was worn out on it. But it was what kids dreamed about doing. I never have hooked a sled, when I had the $, I didn't have the time. When I had the time, I didn't have the $. Glad you got to do it, and you have made a bit of a career of tuning up pullers. Thanks, Bill. I'm not ragging on you about Staunton this time!😂👍👍

[@345farm]

Great video! Thanks for sharing….I can relate to your stories….made me smile….

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

Thanks for the stories, Bill. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

[@clinkerclint]

I love how well your family documented events with photos. That's rare. Great video as always!

[@mileagemaker9925]

Love your pulling stories and pictures 👍👍. God bless 🙏🙏

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks 👍

[@terryhobdy5727]

Thanks for the video it was really good .

[@burtzorn4059]

Great story Bill . You sure had a great time growing up . Them old Johnny poppers were good tractors . TAKE CARE BILL

[@gregrhodes8451]

Enjoyed the video Bill! I bet you have alot of stories like that. 😂

[@CarlWilkins-d6w]

Good story and Great video.Good looking old R.Have a great weekend see you on tractor church Sunday.

[@JulianKeller-om6wz]

Great story! Love the pics! My dad had the first R in our neighborhood when I was just a little shaver way back in 1962. He paid $4000 dollars for it. He traded in the S Case that he bought from my grandpa. That was a big investment for a young 26 year old farmer just getting started back then. Wow! Was that something! All the neighbors came to see it! His dad thought he was crazy. I remember gradpa saying "I don't know why you need such a big tractor". Lol! Then he bought a four bottom plow, packer and press drill. First four bottom in the neighborhood. People came just to watch him plowing with that "big outfit". And I remember him saying that it held like 18 or 20 gallons of fuel, and you had to work from sunup to sundown if you wanted to burn a full tank of fuel. Diesel fuel was .19 cents per gallon. I remember he always put a juice can on the muffler in case it would rain if he left it outside overnight, and I would love when he started it. He would warm up the pony engine, then when he would pull the first lever to start the main engine that can would fly waaay up in the air on that first pop, and I would try and catch it on the way down. I loved riding along on it. My spot to sit was by the fender on the opposite side of the fuel tank. After a few years, the whole neighborhood was popping with R's out in the fields. I can still hear them all. Pop pop pop pop. A puff of black smoke with every pop when they were pulling hard. Then, my dad traded the R for an 830 and a five bottom plow, packer and drill. Holy crap! Everyone came again to see that monster! Lol! Wow, those are some great memories. How I would love to go back to those days. Those R's were, and still are a really nice looking tractors. Thanks for taking me back Bill!

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Great story!

[@westrotter7847]

Reminds of home...wish I was there. I had a Moline GTC propane. Best runner i had.

[@stevenbrown3901]

Hey Bill. Hope your week has been good. I enjoyed all of these stories, from back in the day. It’s funny that you started pulling, with a R. I love the R. It’s a beast of a tractor and is still stout today. Hope you all have a great weekend. It’s turned pretty chilly, down here in North Carolina. Stay safe and we will catch you later. 👍😎💪

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Cool memories of the golden age of pulling!!

[@richardtrice9807]

Like your old pulling stories Bill.It reminds me back in the day when i started pulling Deere's when i was young.Keep up the good videos!

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks 👍

[@georgedeppner418]

Great video. I love it, trip back in time

[@IraZuspan]

Oh lordy you brought back some memories we done the same thing about information about other pullers in the off season

[@glennspreeman1634]

A good friend drug the old '67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2 wheel drive out of the trees, freshened up the old 350 into a scat 383. Was a tough runner!

[@jwmuddybottomhomestead]

love the old stories

[@robertmueller3355]

Love, listening to your stories, very interesting

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Glad you like them!

[@eddiefralix3502]

Y’all still got that ole Tractor? Good Story!

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

It's sitting back in my "hall of shame" with all my other old pulling tractors.

[@nathanalmond8280]

Thanks for sharing the video and stories Bill. Yes sir some really get and got their feelings hurt over pulling. I never won a single class. Had fun with what I had and have now. I've both green and red. I've had my 1066 picked a part at a stock pull and it was stock nothing done and they were checking the tractors over and I have the stock turbo that came on it and the one guy said yes it looks stock and I got whipped and they had a 4240 with a turbo in the same class and John Deere didn't sell them from the factory. Lol. Hope y'all are doing well and I hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving.

[@AndrewSpitzke]

Sweet video

[@andersonsfarm4456]

People forget its all for fun and take it a bit to seriously. Sure does lead to some good stories though me and the 70 have a few

[@raylink2987]

Great story, Bill. I know what you mean. I was in truck pulling with a 78 gmc 454 stock they put in the super stock class because I had a 4 I ch lift I ran dirttrack stock car tires I was beating the guys with thousands of dollars in their trucks but I was cheating lol

[@scottywhittaker287]

Do you still have that R? Edit: I, re-watch one of his older videos. He still has it

[@dschefers9700]

Bit of a tall tail by the Ford guy to get 180 hp. Takes a fair amount to add 100 extra horsepower. Pump maxed out will get 110hp max. I really like your commentary. Keep the videos coming.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Well, injector tips and turbo upgrades helped too. Thanks for the great comment!

[@dschefers9700]

@ we run a built 7000, custom pump, injectors, better turbo and cam. Not at 180 yet, but trying and the kids have fun at the pulls so its fun. I really like watching what you and your boys do.

[@ohioplowboyhawk6738]

We had an R back in the late 80s early 90s that we pulled we called Thumper

[@stevenarnold3935]

Beautiful R

[@jasonbeecher509]

Like my 16 year old son whooping on a couple of 6030 s and a bunch of 1066s. With my stock 4020

[@CharlesEiker]

Was you using ether or putting some water to it. If you can tell?

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Propane.

[@shoresharp8349]

Mr Bill were you giving the R a little shot of nitrous???

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Poor mans nitrous for diesels, propane.

[@bobvalentine8927]

I get my garden tractor together I'd like to come out and pull with you guys

[@rogerparks772]

Propane injection?

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Yep!

[@johngardiner3790]

I pulled my 2240 in the 5000 farm stock class and whooped a guy with a 460 farmall. He was HOT. Said no way! I told him we could have a grudge pull off but he had to put some money up. He left.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey, at least he won the poor sportsmanship award!😁

[@PUREBLOOD4LIFE]

My dad has a R model its a interesting old machine. Its Hard to believe there's enough pieces inside there to make it go after you tear it down😂