well plinko here ya go (pics and maybe vids)

so this is your tractor or just your engine that broke?  

blue pank is right...you should call him and have him build you an engine if you want to win big. when you get it back give it to your biggest competition. they will either get tossed for cheating or it will scatter across the track, either way you will be moving up the ranks.

mlpankey wrote: I always thought loosing was as humiliating as I could stand . This younger generations seam to find consolation in loosing with the least amount of effort put fourth at what they are competing at . I have heard so much of this look at me I came in third place with a stock tractor its as sickening as getting a trophy for showing up .The age I grew up in loosing was a sign of weakness not succes the mentality of winning third place is foriegn to me . I dont win third place I lost first and second place to come in third.  However I will give Wi kudos . He and his buddies have bragged about last years fourth place point finish. Deep down Wi is not happy with that by all the changes he has made to his tractor for this year . That tells anyone that deep down he knows fourth is not a win but infact a loss of three higher positions. He is attempting to move up the ladder only until the end of the year will he and the rest know if the changes made where  sucessful or a risk in position . neither the less he and I alike  are not satisfied with a position less than first. jmho

So you quit because you couldn't win. Your results prove you aren't the winner you claim to be, this post tells us why you quit. Your other posts tell us that there's absolutely no way you have any practical experience in the shop.

Congrats Blue, you're more of a tractor puller than our resident VI and you just started your pulling endeavors having some fun.

Myself I pull for the money. You know it pays so well, a 3rd place finish in points at the state level is worth a couple hundred bucks, to win an event almost pays the maintenance to make the run. It's fun though. If it isn't extremely dangerous, ridiculously expensive, slightly immoral, highly illegal or a combination of these than it's just no fun. I have no doubts that all the work and money put into the tractor this year will not yield very high in the points standings. But I'm not a quitter like pank, I'll get it figured out with the help of my friends, partners and fellow competitors and have some fun and laughs in the process.


So here's a little lesson to drill into your simple mind plink0. No matter how much money you spend pulling, someone who's more intelligent will always be there to kick your tail. You found this out first hand now haven't you(see you do have some experience) 4mph class pulling at it's finest with pank 100 feet behind the leaders. Modified class pulling with the pankey name on the bottom of the placing.

Keep working at it Blue, treat everyone with the same respect they treat you with. I treat everyone the same weather they got a free tractor from grandpa to pull at the local fair or spend a quarter million dollars and bought something to run grand national with.

well pank you just dont get it, some people are just too dumb to understand that in an event like i just described even if you lose you win. also i dont have to pay off the sled driver cuase its my grandpa or our good friend who runs it, not that i would ever have to stoop to your level to accomplish something. also i never said there wasnt room for improvement, just that i was satisfied with what i had accomplished with so little. i still cant figure out how you accomplish so little with so much, or at least more than what i have got available to me, i dont have a machine shop, i dont have all the track time you claim to have, i dont even have the money you have yet i pulled the sled farther than you not only in the sport but from what you say, obvisouly i have pulled the sled farther than you in terms of life. yep fellas pankeys big what was it 6 inch crank got outpulled by the stock 4 inch crank with pistons running the stock 4.5 to 1 compression with mis matched 13.6 by 28 tires... so shameful

mlpankey wrote: You still have that young taught mindset. You lost to two tractors by feet not inches a ways left to improve. If you have the desire to win. If not have fun being third or running from the winning tractors.ofcoarse you could try paying off the sled driver. Lol I dont think its right for me to take in work and put my own builds ahead of theirs so when i get slow is when and only when i play with my personal build

Hahaha your ripping on a guy who knows he has little experience, enjoys the sport and is working to improve for next time, umm ok. You rip on him for loosing by a couple feet, when you showed us how you can loose by several yards!!! Spunk you have no right to say anything about anyone. Go home troll.

Who are some of these clowns you built engines for? If you have such a winning record you would think it would be good advertisement to post their finishes. Why does no one come on here praising the spunktastic engine shop???


Where's the Gleason?

I have one of those too Mitch. I pulled my 45 in a Farm Stock pull once and got beat by a 560 Farmall with an 806 crank and a shortened drawbar. I had my drawbar at the standard PTO length because that's what the rules called for in Farm Stock. An old friend thought I looked dejected after losing to a red one so he GAVE me his first place trophy from a different class. No I don't have picture, but I don't make up tractor pull stories either.

guys.... the urinal is full, lol.