tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post954464801533192162..comments2024-03-28T07:55:34.307-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: An over-enthusiastic tractor pullPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15205829836895927542011-04-10T12:46:32.687-05:002011-04-10T12:46:32.687-05:00Cash by the metric ton is right... Spent a LONG af...Cash by the metric ton is right... Spent a LONG afternoon one time being the on-site fire/rescue for a tractor pull, the % of blown engines was well above 50%...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-23930163714677253522011-04-10T10:52:11.520-05:002011-04-10T10:52:11.520-05:00Wow. Looks like a pair of really big turbine scro...Wow. Looks like a pair of <b>really</b> big turbine scrolls up front, and the bit that came off has a 6 port tubework on it, probably the exhaust header leading to the turbos. I'm guessing the mix got too hot and the head came off.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25403806845828337282011-04-10T07:30:37.248-05:002011-04-10T07:30:37.248-05:00Many (most? all?) of those tractors don't even...Many (most? all?) of those tractors don't even have an engine cooling system--some combination of "too much power lost", "too much mess if it blows", and "it only has to run for ten seconds or so"!skreidlehttp://skreidle.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2922776550236922962011-04-10T05:56:44.923-05:002011-04-10T05:56:44.923-05:00I've been to a number of tractor pulls... box ...I've been to a number of tractor pulls... box stock up to the wild ones. The power those machines can build is incredible.<br /><br />I once watched Art Arfonse explode a jet turbine powered 'tractor' on a pull.... impressive way to burn cash by the metric ton.Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.com