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 Garden Tractor Pullers

CONTESTANT OPERATING RULES

1. DRIVER MUST PUT TRACTOR IN NEUTRAL AND REMOVE FOOT FROM CLUTCH WHEN HOOKING AND UNHOOKING FROM THE SLED.

2. PULL MUST BE MADE FROM TIGHT HITCH NO JERKING.

3. DRIVER MUST KEEP ONE HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL AT ALL TIMES.

4. DRIVER MUST STAY IN THE SEAT AT ALL TIMES WHILE PULLING AND MAINTAIN SAFE CONTROL NO JUMPING IN THE SEAT.

5. TRACTOR WHEELS MUST STAY INSIDE MARKED TRACK BOUNDARIES AT ALL TIMES WHILE PULLING.

6. PULL WILL BE COMPLETE WHEN SLED HAS STOPPED ALL FORWARD MOTION OR THE FLAGMEN SIGNAL WITH A RED FLAG.

7. WEIGHTS MUST BE SECURELY FASTENED. ANY WEIGHTS OR OBJECTS FALLING OFF WHILE PULLING OR BEFORE THE TRACTOR IS UNHOOKED FROM THE SLED WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION.

8. WEIGHTS ARE NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE HOOK-UP OF THE SLED. NO MOVEABLE WEIGHTS ARE PERMITTED.

9. PULLERS MAY STOP AND CHANGE GEARS, WEIGHTS, AND MAY RESTART AS LONG AS THE PULLER HAS STOPPED WITHIN THE FIRST 25’ AS MARKED ON THE TRACK. ( BEFORE THE SLED CROSSES THE LINE ) THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS DURING A PULL-OFF, WHEN ONLY ONE ATTEMPT IS ALLOWED.

10. NO CHANGING GEARS WHILE PULLING.

11. DRIVERS MUST WEIGH IN PRIOR TO HOOKING TO THE SLED. 

12. DRIVER MUST OPEN HOOD FOR A VISUAL SAFETY PER REQUEST OF TRACK OFFICIALS WHO HAVE THE RIGHT.

13. THE NUMBER ONE PULLER IN EACH CLASS HAS THE OPTION OF TAKING HIS FIRST PULL OR DROPPING 3 TRACTORS AND TRYING AGAIN. ( EXCEPT IN A PULL-OFF ) DECISIONS MUST BE MADE BEFORE LEAVING THE TRACK AND NOTIFYING TRACK OFFICIALS OF THEIR DECISION.

14. NO DOUBLE ENTERING OF THE SAME TRACTOR WITH SAME DRIVER PER CLASS.

15. ANYONE CAN PULL, BUT NO HELP ON THE TRACK IS PERMITTED WHILE CONTESTANT IS PULLING. OWNER OR CONTESTANT HELPER MUST STAY OUTSIDE THE WHITE LINES WHILE PULLING. NO STANDING AT THE END OF THE TRACK AND NO CROSSING THE TRACK WHILE PULLING IS UNDERWAY.

16. JUDGES, TRACK OFFICIALS, FLAG PERSON, SCALE OPERATOR, AND HOOK MAN DECISIONS ARE FINAL ON ANY POINT OF CONTROVERSY.

17. MUST HAVE DRIVERS LICENSES OR MUST HAVE HELMET. STOCK ALTERED MUST HAVE HELMET.

18. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING THE PULLS.

19. TRACTORS WILL BE TECHED BEFORE PULLS WITH TOP 5 IN EACH CLASS BEING TECHED AFTER PULLING BEFORE PAYOUTS.

20. PROTESTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING WITH $25. $5 OF WHICH GOES TO THE CLUB. THE PERSON BEING PROTESTED MUST PRESENT THEIR TRACTOR TO THE TECH. COMM. TO BE CHECKED. IF FOUND LEGAL HE GETS THE $20, IF NOT THE PERSON THAT FILED THE PROTEST GETS THE $20 REFUNDED.  ANY PERSON REFUSING TO BE CHECKED WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND CAN’T PULL UNTIL PROVEN LEGAL.

**DEPENDING UPON TIME PERMITTED FOR EVENTS, THERE MAY BE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF TRACTORS PER CLASS OR A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLASSES**