The Tractor Pull is also a venue for people to display antique tractors, antique washing machines, and more old stuff. There was a food tent, and live entertainment aside from the tractor pull. Below is one of the tractors that ended up on display, but did not participate in the tractor pull itself. I can't imagine why.

The tractors are divided into different weight classes for the pull. Oh, by the way, if you don't understand, a tractor pull is where they hook a tractor to a big sled with adjustable weights on it. As the tractor moves down the track, the weight moves from the rear of the sled to the front of the sled, steadily increasing the power needed to drag the sled down the track. And the rounds start with the light-weight tractors first, and move up to heavier tractors. The first round was probably the most entertaining. Unfortunately, I couldn't get any good pictures because of the crowd. You see, they had small peddle-powered tractors, with a scaled down sled, and the younger kids got to participate. They even used a wooden "track".

One of the next weight classes was won by the 15 year-old girl in the picture below:

Yes, she's pulling a sled named "The Intimidator" in honor of the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr.

In the next weight class, a grandmother took second place on her brand new Alice Chalmers tractor. Nope, the tractors don't have to be antiques to participate in the pull. I think the oldest tractor was a 1945 International Harvester. But like I said, the details are kinda fuzzy. Below, we see "Granny Smith" in action. It was terrific! She'd probably had her hair done special for the tractor pull. And the wind didn't dare muss it up. And from the way she ran that tractor, you'd have thought she was just out for a Sunday drive in her Buick.

Those were the most interesting pictures from the Tractor Pull, itself. I also have some pictures of the antiques that were on display. But, as I said, there were other things to see. They had an old "one-shot" engine running some ice cream machines. That ice cream was simply delicious. They had some old gas powered washing machines. How'd you like it if you had to remember to throw the exhaust pipe out the back door before you did your laundry?

I even recall an interesting little motor. A vertical cylinder body with a horizontal shaft out one side. This engine was mounted to two wooden carrying poles and looked to be about a 2 H.P. engine. It was sitting on the ground running. But I noticed something different, and pointed it out to Dad. We're both engineers so we were intrigued by this seemingly ordinary gas engine. The spark plug wire was disconnected, and it was running along just fine. Not even an occasional miss. Except that I missed taking a picture.

And below is one of the more humorous displays. The safety sign at the bottom just makes it for me. Hope you get a giggle, too.