I was on my town’s fire department in the late 80s/early 90s and the town hosted the county fair. Two nights of tractor and truck pulls. We would keep an ambulance and one of our pumpers stationed at the track and also plenty of dry chemical fire extinguishers. The drivers DID NOT want the dry chemical extinguishers used on their engines (the powder is highly corrosive to the metals used) and BY GOD did not want water from a hose used. Around that time, safety measures were put in place that the upper classes of tractors (pro-stock, super-stock and modified like those in this video) had to have automatic fire suppression systems on board as well as shields and netting to prevent fly-away engine and driveline parts.
No kidding, that is one thing that pisses me off more than about anything is incompetence when there's a fire whether it be tractor pulling, drag racing , any sort of round track, especially in this day it's really really pathetic when people can't operate a fire extinguisher or they have one with no charge, etc. etc.
Ahh yes… nothing puts out a fire like waving a hat at it. Especially a joint effort of several hats being waved!! As we all know, hat waving can remove the oxygen from the air they’re pushing so no worries about actually making the fire bigger by feeding it. Top notch fire training at the track that night!
Yeah that absolutely drives me insane! I don't know what the hell is wrong with them, maybe they should practice once in awhile or something. Fire is something that is really unpredictable when something blows up you don't know how bad it's going to be or how bad the fire is going to be and that's the one thing most people are afraid of, at the very least it wrecks their stuff worse than about anything... then there's the whole, you know, being engulfed in flames thing when you get covered in alcohol from a fuel tank busting or something 🤦♂️🤦♂️
like the photographers always carry a camera like wise fire silly on lookers always have a fire extinguisher. same meeting after meeting i BLAME THE ORGANIZERS OF THESE EVENTS how do they obtain a safety licence.
The lack of fire safety is mind boggling!!! Safety has come so far with the tractors, yet track personnel can’t operate a fire extinguisher!!! “We’ll just let it burn out” seems to be their thinking.
It seems like none of them read the instructions. Aim at the base of the flames. The idea is to rob the fire of oxygen - as long as the base of the flames remains burning ruining the effort. It's the basic fire triangle. It needs fuel, heat, and oxygen - take any one away and the fire goes out.
..A couple of them shoulda kept going, they only lost one front tire... And a couple of those tires looked like they were hung on the tractors with just good thoughts..came off quick and clean...Keep going, boy!
I've watched a bunch of these in the past half hour and the one thing that sticks out is the lack of fire extinguishers at the track. People trying to either blow out the fire or dab it with a hat lol.
It is amazing to me the lack of brake control a lot of these drivers have. When a pulling tractor is carrying the tires you steer with the independent rear brakes. Small corrections and light pressure. You could tell they were stomping on the brakes at times. Also, you never turn your front wheels very far t correct the path. You will almost always certainly over correct.
Those are great proper acts to drive a pulling vehicle. I think adrenaline factor involved and those correct maneuvers go out the window unfortunately.
@@springfield03sniper I mean... Uh.. *Starts speaking loudly: Tractor pulls are SO safe and those good ol' boys are so capable and well equipped to put out fires, the edge of disaster is never tumbled over. But we definitely need more safety eyes gazing on soccer fields, and monster trucks(rip).
"Quick! Blow on it!! No, swat it with your cap!!! Nooo...take off your pants! That'll do it! Get another bottle 'a water down there!!!" Plus, is there some TP rules against having REAL FRONT WHEELS on these things?
They are SUPPOSED to have bars on the frame to keep the axle from digging into the ground and flipping the tractor over, should the front wheels come off.
I'm always dumbfounded that track helpers run to a fire without any means of putting it out. Have they never seen or been to a high stakes, high powered, high octane tractor pull? As an owner, after putting that much money & effort into building a "tractor" I would certainly have a hand held extinguisher in the cab.
Yeah. Stand there, in the way of danger, flapping you baseball cap, thus fanning the flames. I have to say that hi tech hi stakes helps to justify better organisation, which costs MONEY. Also, I have seen many rescue and control failures at quite big race meets of various types and budgets.
Wondered that myself. Every tractor followed the same pattern. As a former track builder and puller, I would refuse to pull. NTPA now inspects tracks and has guidelines for composition, etc.
The track where all the tractor was bouncing all over the place and tearing up if you look the chain was to short on the sled causing it to hit the back tire.
Today, a lot of of them do put them in but they are not mandatory. There are a huge amount of "No Fire Extinguisher" comments. I know we have them track side in our PPL East Coast Pulling Series and many other Pulling Associations do as well. Also it is mandatory we have an Ambulance and EMT crew and a Fire Truck and crew at all of our events. They are there but you may not see them in the footage (current day). Then, you have Puller drivers/owners who DO NOT want their equipment sprayed unless absolutely a must. I know what you see appears silly, fortunately we don't have BIG fires often.
Imagine if they had some firefighting equipment standing by. A ball cap or a cup of beer doesn’t count. A pumper truck with some foam would make quick work out of a burning liquid fire. Just sayin’
Who is the guy from Hagertown? I think I heard his name it Todd Wentz? I wanna look more into him, as I'm so close to him! Any info would be great. Thanks!
Pertaining to the fires WTH is going on everybody runs up to look at the fire the driver of the vehicle get out and STILL nobody is there to put the fire out? I have been to a half dozen pickup/tractor pulls and they ALWAYS have fire extinguishers there! Is this no way to put out a fire normal?
When are these guys ever going to install front suspensions on the 2wd tractors? How many broken spindles and axles need to break before someone comes up with an idea to solve the problem?????????🙄
I've also wondered why these events are so badly run. They should have a fire crew ready at all times. Lost count of the times I've seen people go phhhhhhhh pfffffffff ffffffffff trying to put out a fire by blowing on it until a yokel arrives with a little fire extinguisher.
I rented a generator once and the guy was late, he showed up and the generator had a burn mark on it and roasted tire, the brake like caught fire and he put it out by peeing on it lol
Why do the front wheels break off. Don't they understand they need to be much stronger. So easy to fix so it never happens again. But they never learn.
That would be interesting. There was a Garden Tractor that was electric. Pretty impressive. I will have to dig out the footgage of it running and get it posted
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"Ball Cap", the official fire extinguishers of old men and tractor pulls everywhere.
Trucker/Farmer hats, the official NTPA approved fire extinguishers of the 80's... Men were Men back then and they knew it.
I was on my town’s fire department in the late 80s/early 90s and the town hosted the county fair. Two nights of tractor and truck pulls. We would keep an ambulance and one of our pumpers stationed at the track and also plenty of dry chemical fire extinguishers. The drivers DID NOT want the dry chemical extinguishers used on their engines (the powder is highly corrosive to the metals used) and BY GOD did not want water from a hose used. Around that time, safety measures were put in place that the upper classes of tractors (pro-stock, super-stock and modified like those in this video) had to have automatic fire suppression systems on board as well as shields and netting to prevent fly-away engine and driveline parts.
it amazes me all the folks that run up to look at the fire, and nobody brings an extinguisher
Was thinking the same thing. A bunch of people rushing to the tractor prepared to do nothing.
Ralph Henderson doesn't always go to the county fair, but when he does he carries around a fire extinguisher...
Yep, I noticed that too. You'd think that they would have a fire extinguisher with them at all times.
All they had to do is say... hold my beer! and grab a fire extinguisher
Ive seen that a lot at pulls a big lack of fire fighting equipment .
Very nice older collection of videos.
That one indoor track had a bad sticky spot around 150'. Kept putting tractors up in the air and coming down hard
some grate older video.. thanks for the videos
Glad noone hurt ,thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones
Thanks. Thank you for watching
Hats off to the fire safety team.....
No kidding, that is one thing that pisses me off more than about anything is incompetence when there's a fire whether it be tractor pulling, drag racing , any sort of round track, especially in this day it's really really pathetic when people can't operate a fire extinguisher or they have one with no charge, etc. etc.
They were actually trying to keep it going so they could cook hot dogs!lol
I see what you did there.
Needed the big bad wolf so he could huff and puff and blow those fires out!lol
Yep. And the waving is pure pro
Ahh yes… nothing puts out a fire like waving a hat at it. Especially a joint effort of several hats being waved!! As we all know, hat waving can remove the oxygen from the air they’re pushing so no worries about actually making the fire bigger by feeding it. Top notch fire training at the track that night!
WOW ! THE FIRST VIDEO THE GUY PULLED ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO START A CHAINSAW. LOL
The guy in the first clip with the cowboy hat was a boss. Pull started that fire extinguisher like nothing!
Why the “F” does it always take those nimrods so long to show up with a fire extinguisher?!?!
Yeah that absolutely drives me insane! I don't know what the hell is wrong with them, maybe they should practice once in awhile or something. Fire is something that is really unpredictable when something blows up you don't know how bad it's going to be or how bad the fire is going to be and that's the one thing most people are afraid of, at the very least it wrecks their stuff worse than about anything... then there's the whole, you know, being engulfed in flames thing when you get covered in alcohol from a fuel tank busting or something 🤦♂️🤦♂️
like the photographers always carry a camera like wise fire silly on lookers always have a fire extinguisher. same meeting after meeting i BLAME THE ORGANIZERS OF THESE EVENTS how do they obtain a safety licence.
You would think each vehicle would have 1 each side as a regulation (hardly a weight penalty is it) and the sledge would also carry a couple.
My thoughts exactly.
Like my dad always used to say...
“ save the pieces, maybe we can glue it!!”
Lol.
That damn track at the end tried to break ever thing that made a pass down it
By watching these videos, you would think fire extinguishers were inveted a few years ago.
You mean WERE’NT invented yet!!! 😂😂😂
Amazing, no fire extinguishers!
The lack of fire safety is mind boggling!!! Safety has come so far with the tractors, yet track personnel can’t operate a fire extinguisher!!! “We’ll just let it burn out” seems to be their thinking.
It seems like none of them read the instructions. Aim at the base of the flames. The idea is to rob the fire of oxygen - as long as the base of the flames remains burning ruining the effort. It's the basic fire triangle. It needs fuel, heat, and oxygen - take any one away and the fire goes out.
Tractor song
Half the time, they don't even have an extinguisher, they just hit it with their hat.
2:12 you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel 🎵
Daddy cornstar?
There is a joke, "you picked a fine time to leave me loose heel!"
..A couple of them shoulda kept going, they only lost one front tire...
And a couple of those tires looked like they were hung on the tractors with just good thoughts..came off quick and clean...Keep going, boy!
That second run must have been in Kentucky, you see all those guys tryin to put out that engine fire with their caps🤣
Sure was. Didn’t I see your mom in that video? Or was that your sister
The abject lack of fire fighting measures... I have to shake my head in shame.
I wonder if the track crew was waiting for the horse drawn fire engine!
A superb video. ♡ T.E.N.
Tractor front axle repair bizness must be off the hook!!!!
I can see the engineering is at its highest quality LMFAO
I've watched a bunch of these in the past half hour and the one thing that sticks out is the lack of fire extinguishers at the track. People trying to either blow out the fire or dab it with a hat lol.
Using ones hat to attempt to put out a fire, I thought my dad was the only one that did that :)
People complaining about the ball cap but it worked
@@ozzykrahn806 No. Just NO. Somebody had an extinguisher.
Pretty darn good
I must say the safety guy that removed his fire gear @ 5:00 was amazingly smart!
That was the driver
3:40 - were those guys in the background about to measure the distance travelled with a tape measure?
Yes they were. That was the Buck measuring crew. Fast and efficient and decently accurate
@@EEPPULLINGVIDEOS I love how delightfully basic this sport is compared with other motorsports!
I've heard about driving the wheels off cars but on the front of tractors that's a whole different ball game
all the guys at that indoor track had the same problem. I'd be checking the guy running the sled
Ya i would 2 every one of them had problems....
2:35 - Man, that Harvester was having none of it.
😎
2:11 "Thank goodness he had his seatbelt on!" 😂
You’d think given the propensity of these things to catch fire they’d have something other than sweaty old ball caps on hand for fire fighting!
It’s quite astonishing to see how slow people are to respond with fire extinguishers
It is amazing to me the lack of brake control a lot of these drivers have. When a pulling tractor is carrying the tires you steer with the independent rear brakes. Small corrections and light pressure. You could tell they were stomping on the brakes at times. Also, you never turn your front wheels very far t correct the path. You will almost always certainly over correct.
Those are great proper acts to drive a pulling vehicle. I think adrenaline factor involved and those correct maneuvers go out the window unfortunately.
If they have enough baseball caps maybe some day they could put out a fire
I just love how tractor pulling managed to just stay completely out of the eye of safety regulations for so long
Shhhhhhh
@@springfield03sniper I mean... Uh.. *Starts speaking loudly: Tractor pulls are SO safe and those good ol' boys are so capable and well equipped to put out fires, the edge of disaster is never tumbled over. But we definitely need more safety eyes gazing on soccer fields, and monster trucks(rip).
They could really use more fire extinguishers!!!
If it's just alcohol, it doesn't take much to put it out.
michael koncal, YES, like mount them right on tractor 🚜 or truck !
No you don’t need a fire extinguisher a bottle of water will do just fine
Ok butters
4:29...nobody's got a fire extinguisher?!
Those fire extinguishers must be quite rare at these events. lol
Real pullers can't afford fire extinguishers
What is the white steam/gas/smoke that comes from the underside of a lot of these? The exhausts are pointing upwards so can't be exhaust??
Crankcase evac
"Quick! Blow on it!!
No, swat it with your cap!!!
Nooo...take off your pants! That'll do it!
Get another bottle 'a water down there!!!"
Plus, is there some TP rules against having REAL FRONT WHEELS on these things?
Whats wrong with the front wheels they have?
@@tinmanstavern They keep breaking off !
They are SUPPOSED to have bars on the frame to keep the axle from digging into the ground and flipping the tractor over, should the front wheels come off.
Hey Billie Bob, hit that fire with your hat.
I'm always dumbfounded that track helpers run to a fire without any means of putting it out. Have they never seen or been to a high stakes, high powered, high octane tractor pull? As an owner, after putting that much money & effort into building a "tractor" I would certainly have a hand held extinguisher in the cab.
Yeah. Stand there, in the way of danger, flapping you baseball cap, thus fanning the flames. I have to say that hi tech hi stakes helps to justify better organisation, which costs MONEY.
Also, I have seen many rescue and control failures at quite big race meets of various types and budgets.
Definitely no Sandbaggin goin on here,,,!! All Out,,,!#
my 5yr old grandson wants to know why they didn't fix the indoor track after the 3rd tractor bounced around.
Being in the 80's and 90's is no excuse
Wondered that myself. Every tractor followed the same pattern. As a former track builder and puller, I would refuse to pull. NTPA now inspects tracks and has guidelines for composition, etc.
1:13 Hats will put the fire out.
Damn poor flagger got a good taste of that track🤣 👍👍
Do you have any info on the location of the pull that the guy from taneytown twisted off his axle near the beginning of the video?
There seems to be a lot of people on the track who don't need to be there. And where the heck are the fire extinguishers.
Boy them motors know they get hot pulling that slead !!!!
Hey!! Let's swat the flames with hats and give it more air. There ain't no Mensa candidates in this group, that's for sure.
The best way to put out a fire is with your hat!
We're are the fire extinguishers it took to long to get one.
1:09 the best way to putout a fire is to hit it with your hat- Every country person ever
half a dozen good ol' boys trying to put an engine fire out with their ball caps... while blocking the one dude with a fire extinguisher....
The track where all the tractor was bouncing all over the place and tearing up if you look the chain was to short on the sled causing it to hit the back tire.
I want old music country musicsa
Couple of those guys traveled 300’ left and right just not down track
I miss VHS tapes.
is ther something wrong with how that track was built up for the pullers in the approximate last 5 minutes of the video?
“Clips from our 1982 BETAMAX collection!”
There was definitely something wrong with that sled to move to the left while the tractor was trying to go straight. Have seen it before .
That guy from Taney town needs a rollbar on his rig!!and these tracks need to have basic safety equipment like fire extinguishers!!
That was back in the 80's. Safety specs have came a long way since and roll cages are now mandatory.
@@EEPPULLINGVIDEOS Fire safety still hasn't...
Also seems that that indoor track must be bad because all the tractors in the vid always wobble from side to side a lot
There should be a fire suppression system on each tractor.
Today, a lot of of them do put them in but they are not mandatory. There are a huge amount of "No Fire Extinguisher" comments. I know we have them track side in our PPL East Coast Pulling Series and many other Pulling Associations do as well. Also it is mandatory we have an Ambulance and EMT crew and a Fire Truck and crew at all of our events. They are there but you may not see them in the footage (current day). Then, you have Puller drivers/owners who DO NOT want their equipment sprayed unless absolutely a must. I know what you see appears silly, fortunately we don't have BIG fires often.
So did the guy at 38s totally just pull start that fire Extinguisher
What if someone used a scraper tractor to pull the sled?
Opo
1:11 How many people fanning a fire with baseball caps do you need to put out a fire?
Only one. The rest wave the tractor around in front of him.
May be they should have some sort of high pressure dispenser to shower the fire with caps!!!!!
10:38 bad little dodge ! good looking truck
1957, big back window also, rare never see them anymore.
Don't you love the lack of fire extinguishers
Imagine if they had some firefighting equipment standing by. A ball cap or a cup of beer doesn’t count. A pumper truck with some foam would make quick work out of a burning liquid fire. Just sayin’
Unreal! Got a field what needs plowing. Should take ya 15 mins
Do ANY of these people know what a fire extinguisher is ?
They should follow land speed and drag racing, on board fire suppression..
'Quick ... fan the fire with your cap'
Are any of these from this century?
Yea, old or new, they all count
Yea....lets try and " blow the flames out"!!
Fire extinguisher good idea
Do you get extra points for running over the flagman?
Who is the guy from Hagertown? I think I heard his name it Todd Wentz? I wanna look more into him, as I'm so close to him! Any info would be great. Thanks!
4:15 that announcer was roasting everyone
Pertaining to the fires WTH is going on everybody runs up to look at the fire the driver of the vehicle get out and STILL nobody is there to put the fire out? I have been to a half dozen pickup/tractor pulls and they ALWAYS have fire extinguishers there! Is this no way to put out a fire normal?
Now were blowing fires out???
Fire extinguisher's at pulling events are always so far away.
What? no fire suits, no fire extinguishers, but they got ten thousand HP
The john deer one with the two wheel breaking off is what you call a tandem tractor
A tantrum tractor?
Why do they have only one fire extinguisher and nobody knows where it is ? Oh well they beat the fire out with hats , great fire crew !
When are these guys ever going to install front suspensions on the 2wd tractors? How many broken spindles and axles need to break before someone comes up with an idea to solve the problem?????????🙄
I'm just gonna stand right by this fire which is right next to the nitrous tank til somebody shows up with a fire extinguisher
“Stubborn old men do pulls”
I've also wondered why these events are so badly run. They should have a fire crew ready at all times. Lost count of the times I've seen people go phhhhhhhh pfffffffff ffffffffff trying to put out a fire by blowing on it until a yokel arrives with a little fire extinguisher.
Soooo satisfying American engineering at its best. But fuwwwwk I dun put chrome on it god dammit
I rented a generator once and the guy was late, he showed up and the generator had a burn mark on it and roasted tire, the brake like caught fire and he put it out by peeing on it lol
Why do the front wheels break off. Don't they understand they need to be much stronger. So easy to fix so it never happens again. But they never learn.
2:45 OOPS. LOL
This video should be titled idiots that do not disengage the engine.
Can't wait for "electric" tractor pulls.
That would be interesting. There was a Garden Tractor that was electric. Pretty impressive. I will have to dig out the footgage of it running and get it posted
Electric powered tractors recharged with coal power!!!
The first clip is from an old camera... 📷
Same as second
And third
And fourth
And 5th (2007 camera)
And 7th
(1980 camera)
Anybody have a fire extinguisher?