Next meeting: March 4^th, 6PM Warren County Fairgrounds

We want to send wishes to John Lane as he recovers from heart valve surgery. The major topic this month is tractor pulling, we’re making some big changes for this year so we’re giving everyone as much notice as we can.

1) We are going to a 1959 cutoff for pulling (same as CornFestival and Clermont County)

2) Clevises are to be bolted with a Grade 8 bolt (no hitch pins AT ALL!)

3) Hitches are to be 18” from centerline of the axle housing and 20” high WITH WHEELIE BARS! If you do not have wheelie bars they are to be 24” from the centerline of the axle and 16” high

4) Wheelie bars are to extend 5” past the radius of the tire, with a 5” square minimum pad, and a minimum 20” apart at the outside of the pads (wider is better for safety’s sake). They must be strong enough to support the weight of the tractor, a good test is to fully load the tractor to your weight and jack it up by the pads (we reserve the right to test any bars we find questionable)

5) For all tractors 3 Plow and smaller we are going with a 15.5 tire as the largest size as Warren County Fair listed

Now we know there will be some resistance to these changes, but this is for everyone’s safety. The final note here if you have a question is to let the pull committee know and they will look into it (hitches the right height/ wheelie bars strong enough/your W-4 has 16.9-28’s). It does not hurt to ask, and better safe than sorry

Any questions contact one of our directors.

Gene Bustle at 513-899-3008 or Margeneb@embarqmail.com

Russ Rolke at 513-248-2501 or RCR@FUSE.NET

Mike Lumley at 513-515-8613 or ihpapaw@yahoo.com

Until next month!

Roger Walker, 513-256-5803 or wctractorguy@aol.com