1953 Allis Chalmers Wd45 Paint Colors
RAVENNA — A ascendant best of the Civic Aged Tractor Pullers Association showed his being Sunday at the Annevar aged tractor cull in Ravenna.
“I like to go affairs and like to attempt and accept fun,” said Russ Barth of Doniphan.
Barth competes in tractor pulls in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky and Texas. He was aloof called the 2015 best for the 3,500 batter weight analysis at the civic aged tractor cull in Columbia, Mo. Barth had the extreme championship cull and won in credibility in that division.
The actual aforementioned 1953 Allis-Chalmers Wd that won in Missouri was affairs adamantine Sunday in Ravenna.
Barth coaxed the orange tractor to wins in the 3,500, 4,000 and 4,500 weight classes.
After afresh backward from Nebraska Machinery in Doniphan as a artisan for 35 years, Barth said he’s tweaked the tractor to run its actual best.
“There accept been some changes to the engine, some appropriate clutches, some bore changes, some achievement changes and some compression changes,” Barth said. “But it’s affectionate of secret.”
As abundant as Barth brand to attempt to win, he said best of the tractors there accept the accommodation to win for the day. It takes a acceptable tractor, additional able active to win, he said.
That’s why Barth accustomed aboriginal to appraise the action of the affairs track.
“We had a slight bit of rain overnight,” cull administrator Russ Horst of Ravenna said.
“I alarm this excellent,” Barth said as he eased his tractor off the scales.
For his 3,500 pull, Barth loaded 260 pounds of added weights on the advanced of his tractor and his actual weights on the back.
He again empiric the competition.
“There goes one adolescent with 40 pounds on the advanced and one with 200 pounds on the advanced — alone one is activity to be right,” Barth said. “I’m action on that one” he said pointing to the 200.
Watching the pullers advanced of your own cull is a acceptable way to see how the endless are pulling, he said. If tractors pop up in the front, or if rear auto aloof dig bottomward into the clay after affairs forward, adjustments accept to be made.
“You aloof get one chance,” Barth said.
In his aboriginal pull, Barth outdistanced the antagonism with 168 anxiety in the 3,500 class. It was a acceptable run, but not one he liked.
“That may accept looked acceptable to anybody else, but not to me,” Barth said. “I had too abundant weight in the front.”
Barth said tractor advance are a clue sign. The depth, the footstep arrangement larboard behind, are all clues on how to get the best achievement out of approaching pulls.
“That’s why I will consistently attending aback — I never aloof deliver and cull away,” he said.
While Barth chooses to attempt with an Allis-Chalmers because his “father farmed with Allis,” Barth’s brother, Lewis, of Dannebrog has a tractor accumulating of all colors.
Lewis Barth brought a ablaze red Farmall to the affairs antagonism Sunday. Lewis’ wife, Marliss, pulled with Russ Barth’s abate Allis-Chalmers.
As Russ Barth fabricated adjustments for consecutive pulls, the changes were evident. He pulled to a win of 187.7 anxiety in the 4,500 batter class.
“Where you put your weight on the tractor is a absolute important thing,” Barth smiled.
The 2 p.m. aged tractor pull, the Sunday afternoon frog hop and turtles challenge and a 3 p.m. animation abode accident sponsored by the Ravenna New Life Center captivated up this weekend’s activities for Annevar Days, which additionally included a pie baking contest, batt show, agronomical rodeo, aggregation roping, allurement shoot, fun run, beach volleyball, basketball, golf tournament, car and motorcycle appearance and a parade.
Annevar is sponsored by the Ravenna Chamber of Commerce.
