The Bobcaygeon Fall Fair

"Daddy of Them All"

In The City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada

Established 1858


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General Rules for Tractor Pulling

***** LOCAL STOCK NON CIRCUIT TRACTORS ONLY *****
WITHIN A 25 MILES (40 KM) RADIUS
  1. Fair Board will not be responsible for any damages.
  2. Directors will have the authority to modify classes if there are only three or less tractors entered in a class.
  3. Driver must be at least 16 years of age, if under 18 must have written permission.
  4. All pulling vehicles must be weighed prior to the competition with the driver seated on or in the pulling vehicle. The total weight will include both the pulling vehicle and the driver.
  5. All pulling vehicles must have an operator in the driver's seat while being started.
  6. All pulls must be started from a tight chain and on the raising of a green flag by the flagman.
  7. All vehicles must be in neutral or park (transmission selector) while being hitched and unhitched. Driver must raise both hands while hooking and unhooking.
  8. Any contestant who wishes to make his draw in a different gear from which he started may stop his vehicle before the 50 foot mark. At this point the sled will be returned to the starting position and a new draw will be allowed.
  9. The number 1 contestant of each class will be the test puller and at the completion of his or her pull may pull again in the 3rd position. If a driver elects to do this, his first pull will not be measured. All decisions on repulls must be made before the pulling vehicle is unhooked from the sled and before the measurement is given him.
  10. Tractors & Trucks must be stopped immediately upon signal from the flagman. The signal will be the raising of a red flag by the flagman located alongside the edge of the track on the left hand of the pulling vehicle. The pull will be considered over when the forward motion of the sled stops.
  11. Driver must remain seated at all times during their pull.
  12. No riders in or on the pulling vehicle while pulling.
  13. All pulling vehicles must have workable brakes.
  14. No weights behind rear axle.
  15. All weights must be securely fastened. The weights must not obscure the forward or rear vision of the driver.
  16. "D" Hitching Device: The diameter of the square or the oval hole is a minimum of 3 inches at the longest measuring points of the hole. From the rear point of the hole to the rear point of the hitching device is a maximum of 1 1/2 inch.
  17. Hitch point must be visible and clear for sled hook-up.
  18. All Tractors & Trucks must be put in staging area when weighed and not returned to the pit area.
  19. Stock tractors must have hood, floor boards, grills, fenders and be stock appearing.
  20. No four wheel drive or dual wheel tractors shall compete against single wheeled tractors.
  21. On tractors weighing up to 10,000 lbs. the maximum drawbar height is 18 inches from the top of the hitching device to the ground. On tractors weighing over 10,000 lbs. the maximum drawbar height is 20 inches from the top of the hitching device to the ground. The minimum drawbar length is 18 inches from the center of the rear wheel to the point of the hook.
  22. Tractors must have no visible engine modifications.
  23. Tractors must pull as equipped.
  24. Tractor exhaust systems with no mufflers must be pointed away from the crowd.
  25. The 1st place winners of a class may automatically move up to the next weight class with no change in weight.
  26. Any Tractor or Truck could be requested to be re-weighed anytime before or after pulling.

Causes of Disqualification

  1. Pulling vehicle not operated in a safe manner at all times while on the grounds.
  2. Consumption of alcoholic beverages prior to pulling. No alcoholic beverages are allowed in the track area.
  3. Any pulling vehicle that crosses the white marker lines at the side boundaries of the track will be disqualified.
  4. Loss of the ballast weigh under the green flag.
  5. Excessive loss of liquid by a pulling vehicle while in forward motion during a contest on the track, unless due to internal breakage. (Excessive is defined as any steady or intermittent stream discharge on the track, or a spot equivalent to more than 8 inches in diameter.)

Tractor Classes

Prizes - 1st. $70.00, 2nd. $50.00 , 3rd. $45.00 , 4th. $40.00