How much are in the sleds?
 

Im going to be pulling with a 1250 cub cadet and i'm going to be in the 950 1150 classes how much weight do they put in the sled so i have a basic idea how much i have to pull?

that's a pretty loaded question . depends on allot of things about the way the sled is built and used. but typically they weigh between 5 and 8000lbs.

As a note.... You may or may not be aware, that the sled runs on the ground. Hooking up to say a pickup and dragging it around isn't a good test.

Your planning on pulling with a 1250? The one you just built?

yeah im going to pull with the one i just built 5 to 8000 pounds thats alot

Gear drives work best for pulling, not hydro's.

Yeah i know

I'd quit while your ahead. You didn't set it up for pulling either.

But, hey, it's your tractor do with it what you want!

I puller a 1 ton tractor yesterday no problem i pulled it idling so full throttle i should be able to pull the cart shoulds the key word

I don't think you understand. The sled doesn't roll. You drag it. It's not on wheels. It rides on the ground. It has cleats on the underside so it isn't smooth. Have you never been to a tractor pull?

Where did you find a 1 ton tractor? That would be a pretty small tractor. A ton is 2000#. The sled weighs 5000-8000# go find 3 more tractors and hook them together. Then, set the brakes on at least one and pull it.


This isn't the "big boys", it's the class you would be in. Note: All tractors are gear drives in the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJfEso89swM

Ive been to a tractor pull before i just never had a tractor to participate in one. and i know that the sled doesn't roll and the tractor i was pulling was a wheel horse with a plow. It had no back wheels and i needed to move it a few feet so i dragged it until the transmission of it dug into the dirt then the tractor just sat and spun the tires. tires weren't aired down and i had no weights and the grass and dirt were wet.