This has to be the single best wheel driven video on youtube. It's got a little bit of everything for everyone. It's got single engine, multiple engine, jet engine, radial engine and something with a bunch of turbos and belts. I'm pretty sure I saw a tatra and a merlin in one and the last guy with a throttle plate the size of a pizza pan is epic win.
Great video because its only about pulling and not about pulling to the sled, backing up, hooking, unhooking, driving away etc. Just pulling. Thanks for posting.
I have respect for these guys and girls who do the super modified and custom build pulls but I'm a country boy born and raised. We use our tractors to work our fields and then take them to the garage and tune them to pull for the weekend and when the pulls are over they go back to the field. I do like this style of pull but they should be qualified as something other then tractors. Great video
The entertainment is in seeing all the engines perform. You get to see diesel engines, petrol engine with ginormous turbos, radials and even turbine engines they usually put in aircraft.
HAHA HAHAA I used to live in the American south (Memphis, Tennessee) and I still love a good tractor pull. I think it's awesome that they've spread across the sea even though they're not really a sport. It just goes to show men are men and boys are boys the world over.
@SWATforce1 Distance, 300ft is a full pull, they add more weight and have a oull off And the sled they pull has weight sliding up rails towards the pulling tractor to increase weight to make it harder
@VentoDriver erm its a radial, rotarys use the block as the flywheel and the whole engine turns around the crank, radials are very similar but they turn a shaft,
@gumby1008 No, but when you are in the air, it normally turns left or right on the backwheels, so they turns the wheel so it turns when they hit the ground again :)
Rodecks average 7000HP each in these applications(torque over HP), dragsters run lighter rotating assemblies and nitro - they can reach 8000HP(HP over torque). Gear ratio is determined by track condition, hard clay track = low gear ratio = 120mph. You wouldn't want to run one of these on the street no matter what the setup, HP to weight ratio is by far in favor of HP. A tap on the gas will torque launch violently at any speed. Weight box [alone] is loaded for track conditions - around 80,000lbs.
@lolgfd wrong, turbines operate on the same principals of a jet engine but they have an output shaft at the exhaust of the engine that gets hooked up to a rear differential. many of these engines are borrowed from helicopters and vehicles such as tanks and APC's.
@VentoDriver yeah, actualy getting back to my ORIGINAL comment, i said that it was a radial NOT a rotary because a rotary turns the block. and if you say that that 8000hp 142.5l engine with 42 cyl, that is NOT a rotary regardless
Because, when it hits the ground you are able to change the direction so they always try to have the right angle on the frontwheels, but they also have steering for the rearwheels by using independent breaking systems..
The point is to pull the trailer the furthest.. If you manage to pull it 100 meters you move to next round. As you drive along, the load on the trailer moves forward and makes it harder for the tractor to pull. The dude on the trailer controls the movement of the weight, as well as driving the trailer back to the start after disconneting the tractor..:)
Most are diesel engines (or multiple engines) that are turbo'd or twin turbo'd or super charged. hence the "turbines". 4200-6800hp. tractors are strictly for pulling competitions and cost an upscale of 120k to build.
@waltercelario Simple. You hook up the front engine(s) drive line (pistons) at the bottom of the engine to the next one and the last engine goes to the transmiton.
They have two forms of steering, the front wheels and rear brakes... when the front end is off the ground the rear brakes are controlled by the steering wheel.
@TVDUDE33 he is making sure that whatever angle the front comes down on , the wheels will be pointing straight so as not to swerve the tractor off course . try doing a wheelie on your bike and landing with your handle bar/wheel across ways instead of inline . it will hurt
cool stuff lol here in america all the pulling tractors are IH inline 6s or cummins inline 6s, and most modifies are multi engine big block v8s, cool to see all the different engines.
@TVDUDE33 you use the breaks to steer .when the front wheels are in the air. but you have to be some what ready when thay come back on the ground.... just love this shit man FREAKIN AWSOME ,,,,
I would love to bring my dad over to see this. Sure seems like a fun time and it sure looks like you know how to build tractors right. I do like the jet engine tractors but there is nothing like a great big piston aircraft engine!!!!
Its reflex. And besides, think about it, if that tractor hits the ground the slightest bit it could effect the outcome of you driveing off the track or not driveing off the track.
Hi people. The machine at 8:00 is running a 42 cylinder radial engine that on a good day claims to be in the region of 10,000hp but with its reliability issues I doubt it ever makes that. In this video I'm pretty safe in saying somethings not quite right with it.
I wonder if those tractors have wome kind of computer which controls how much the front wheels come of the ground. Feel free to answer. Thanks in advice.
What are these tractors called? Im going to a truck show soon and they have tractor pulls of many types, from pick ups to big rigs, and i want to know if they have these monsters at the show too.
@spenatjonas The traction for paddle tires would be awefull for pulling. The tractor would be bouncing severely. The track is usually made out of clay/dirt combination. So it's a hard surface, which would cause the bounce if you have too much tread on the tires. Take a close look at the tires sometime, you'll see they are actually shaved down.
I think they are old ones. The most expensive engines are the supercharged V8 which burn methanol, or the prostock's, even the superstock's tractor engine. Some of the teams restore old aircraft's engine, fit them with tubocharger or supercharger, put a torque converter and go down the track ! There engine are like there babies :D
Okay for the americans out there, they are using: v12 piston aircraft engines, v8 american car engines, v8 tractor engines, aircraft radial piston engines, torpedo boat radial engine ( dragonfire ), helicopter turbine shaft engines, sometimes truck engines also.
@kickerl7dakota I believe from observation, that it has 2 V12 Alison aircraft engines with 8 turbo chargers (4 per). I honestly don't understand why uses those on them though.
the transmissions arent geared that way. there is 1 gear and at top rpm those tires spin (assuming the trailer isnt attached) around 80 mph. they bring the motor up to around 8,000 rpm and dump the clutch, so to speak
the funniest thing is everyone saying crap about this being an american sport. the title is "German Tractor pulling weseke 2008". Maybe reading should be a requierment before commenting.
@wannasurf I imagine they use independant rear wheel braking to steer while the front wheels are airborn, controlled by the steering wheel (as well as the front wheels while driving normally)
I'm quite sure this has been answered but I couldn't be bothered reading every comment.. so. WHAT THE bleedin' hell is powering that last "tractor"?? seems to be some sort of radial engine.. but from what? how many cylinders? somewhere around 42?
i know this vid has been out for a while, but on the "Dragon Fire" tractor is that forcefed, because it looks like it could be forced injection via a crank shaft driven supercharger. Thanks for anybody who responds.
at around 9min, what is the engine some sort of multi cyl radial engine with 1 huge throttlebody? I've never seen the likes. Cool vid, lots of Allisons.
This has to be the single best wheel driven video on youtube. It's got a little bit of everything for everyone. It's got single engine, multiple engine, jet engine, radial engine and something with a bunch of turbos and belts. I'm pretty sure I saw a tatra and a merlin in one and the last guy with a throttle plate the size of a pizza pan is epic win.
Man, headphones on with sound turned up is WONDERFUL, and the last one that did the pull looked like it wanted to take off. GREAT VIDEO
Great video because its only about pulling and not about pulling to the sled, backing up, hooking, unhooking, driving away etc. Just pulling. Thanks for posting.
This has got to be the best tractor pulling video I have seen on UA-cam. I like the Green Spirit tractor !!!!!
i love how every entry is unique, surprised not many of them blow up
I have respect for these guys and girls who do the super modified and custom build pulls but I'm a country boy born and raised. We use our tractors to work our fields and then take them to the garage and tune them to pull for the weekend and when the pulls are over they go back to the field. I do like this style of pull but they should be qualified as something other then tractors. Great video
excellent video!!!!!! I love tractor pulling so much!!!!Greets from Turkey!!!
Wow, the gas turbine powered setups are pretty wild! I wouldn't have thought they would make the kind of torque you would need for tractor pulling.
The entertainment is in seeing all the engines perform. You get to see diesel engines, petrol engine with ginormous turbos, radials and even turbine engines they usually put in aircraft.
Always nice to see tractor pulling..
This is not sport !
This is love ! A man's love to hear the engine roar !
HAHA HAHAA I used to live in the American south (Memphis, Tennessee) and I still love a good tractor pull. I think it's awesome that they've spread across the sea even though they're not really a sport. It just goes to show men are men and boys are boys the world over.
@SWATforce1
Distance, 300ft is a full pull, they add more weight and have a oull off
And the sled they pull has weight sliding up rails towards the pulling tractor to increase weight to make it harder
That's insane! Great video and great equipment!
@VentoDriver erm its a radial, rotarys use the block as the flywheel and the whole engine turns around the crank, radials are very similar but they turn a shaft,
I was there, and this video can not discribe how it feels when the earth is shaking when those double v12 griffin engines do a fullpull!
@gumby1008 No, but when you are in the air, it normally turns left or right on the backwheels, so they turns the wheel so it turns when they hit the ground again :)
Rodecks average 7000HP each in these applications(torque over HP), dragsters run lighter rotating assemblies and nitro - they can reach 8000HP(HP over torque). Gear ratio is determined by track condition, hard clay track = low gear ratio = 120mph. You wouldn't want to run one of these on the street no matter what the setup, HP to weight ratio is by far in favor of HP. A tap on the gas will torque launch violently at any speed. Weight box [alone] is loaded for track conditions - around 80,000lbs.
they never cease to amaze me
Nice vid !!! That sled was toolin man....
lots of Allison 12"s and big turbs ... Crazy
@lolgfd wrong, turbines operate on the same principals of a jet engine but they have an output shaft at the exhaust of the engine that gets hooked up to a rear differential. many of these engines are borrowed from helicopters and vehicles such as tanks and APC's.
He is the sled operator.
Controls how fast the box goes up and several other things. reveverses back to the start line. the sled is self propelled.
The Germans go nuts with these! Really good entertainment!
it also controls the spin on each rear tire and apply a little bit of brake to a single tire to turn it
@gumby1008 I guess its kinda good that when the wheels actually do hit the ground the tractor turns in the opposite direction of the drifting.
@VentoDriver yeah, actualy getting back to my ORIGINAL comment, i said that it was a radial NOT a rotary because a rotary turns the block. and if you say that that 8000hp 142.5l engine with 42 cyl, that is NOT a rotary regardless
Because, when it hits the ground you are able to change the direction so they always try to have the right angle on the frontwheels, but they also have steering for the rearwheels by using independent breaking systems..
The point is to pull the trailer the furthest.. If you manage to pull it 100 meters you move to next round. As you drive along, the load on the trailer moves forward and makes it harder for the tractor to pull. The dude on the trailer controls the movement of the weight, as well as driving the trailer back to the start after disconneting the tractor..:)
I see the drivers steering while the front wheels are in the air?
Does that actualy do anything? Does it tweak the diff or something?
Gotta love pure, raw, horsepower...no matter where in the world it is!
@brety099 these are helicopter gas turbines, the wheels are driven the same way they drive the rotor of a helicopter
Most are diesel engines (or multiple engines) that are turbo'd or twin turbo'd or super charged. hence the "turbines". 4200-6800hp. tractors are strictly for pulling competitions and cost an upscale of 120k to build.
@waltercelario Simple. You hook up the front engine(s) drive line (pistons) at the bottom of the engine to the next one and the last engine goes to the transmiton.
the one with two red huge blocks is my favorite, that thing is beast.
They have two forms of steering, the front wheels and rear brakes... when the front end is off the ground the rear brakes are controlled by the steering wheel.
Do you need a tanker plane to fuel this things?
That's Traktor pulling. I love it. Waldi team
@TVDUDE33 he is making sure that whatever angle the front comes down on , the wheels will be pointing straight so as not to swerve the tractor off course . try doing a wheelie on your bike and landing with your handle bar/wheel across ways instead of inline . it will hurt
cool stuff lol here in america all the pulling tractors are IH inline 6s or cummins inline 6s, and most modifies are multi engine big block v8s, cool to see all the different engines.
@TVDUDE33 you use the breaks to steer .when the front wheels are in the air. but you have to be some what ready when thay come back on the ground.... just love this shit man FREAKIN AWSOME ,,,,
those v12's or what ever they are, are no joke. They get it done. Like the turbine engines too.
I would love to bring my dad over to see this. Sure seems like a fun time and it sure looks like you know how to build tractors right. I do like the jet engine tractors but there is nothing like a great big piston aircraft engine!!!!
which fuel are they running on?
aren't the trailers supposed to be on skids/ski's on the front, behind the tractor's?
eu pensei que já tinha visto de tudo, esses tratores são irrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaados demais!!!!!
Can someone tell me what is the best tractor ever built for this kind of competition
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does turning the steering wheel while the front wheels are off the ground do anything with these?
The box has weight in it.
It will move up to the front, putting the weight on the skid and front of the sled.
Friction is the reaction.
Yes, it gets heavier - a large weight slides forward.
godam thts a bigass engine, i love tht sound, great country engnering
Not necessarily an aircraft engine, gasturbines/turboshafts can be used for various kinds of applications. Such as aviation, but also boats and tanks.
the steering controls the ammount of breaking that goes to each rear wheel, making it turn to keep it inside the track. :)
Its reflex. And besides, think about it, if that tractor hits the ground the slightest bit it could effect the outcome of you driveing off the track or not driveing off the track.
@vaultmantk most of the v12 and radial engines are from ww2 parts auctions. The V8 stuff comes from USA. And the turbines mostly from Russia.
That tractor with 4 turbines was insane
who needs sleep when I've got tractors to watch?
How does this work? I understand whoever can pull it in the fastest time. but theres a guy in the trailer. what does he do?
@VentoDriver i know right, it was used in torpedo boats but i heard it was also submarines.
@WLSLPK
why cant throw the bucket of water on it? will help the engine cool down?
Hi people. The machine at 8:00 is running a 42 cylinder radial engine that on a good day claims to be in the region of 10,000hp but with its reliability issues I doubt it ever makes that. In this video I'm pretty safe in saying somethings not quite right with it.
ahh so does the box dig into the ground ?
or is it a weight thing ?
What makes it harder for the tractor to pull?
Good video love tractor pulling
depends on the class, in Germany the biggest is 5,4 some 10.000 hp total, but mostly it's around 8500 hp total
just curiouse how bloody fast can these things go while not pulling anything
Look how much more powerful and quiet those jet engines are compared with those big blocks! Geez!
I wonder if those tractors have wome kind of computer which controls how much the front wheels come of the ground. Feel free to answer. Thanks in advice.
What are these tractors called? Im going to a truck show soon and they have tractor pulls of many types, from pick ups to big rigs, and i want to know if they have these monsters at the show too.
whats the point of steering if your front tires are off the ground?
What sort of engines are the first bunch using? They don't sound very familiar to me.
You got any videos of that? I would love to hear those aircraft engines at full tilt.
That is badass!!!!!! I wish I coulda been there in person to watch that!! 5x5 stars!!
what if you put it on a drag strip how fast would these tractors go
love the way that some of the WWII aircraft engines are still being used
@spenatjonas The traction for paddle tires would be awefull for pulling. The tractor would be bouncing severely. The track is usually made out of clay/dirt combination. So it's a hard surface, which would cause the bounce if you have too much tread on the tires. Take a close look at the tires sometime, you'll see they are actually shaved down.
Turbine engines seem to dominate tractor pulling
I think they are old ones. The most expensive engines are the supercharged V8 which burn methanol, or the prostock's, even the superstock's tractor engine.
Some of the teams restore old aircraft's engine, fit them with tubocharger or supercharger, put a torque converter and go down the track !
There engine are like there babies :D
what happens when it pulls without weight? always wondered that would they flip?
whats with the speed seting on this video,why does it not apear on all vids? it should be fun to speed 2x alot of vids
Damn! I´m going to like traktors from now on.
@FIREBLADESrule The shafts of the turbines are connected to the transmission.How do you think generators in heat power plants can spin?
Okay for the americans out there, they are using: v12 piston aircraft engines, v8 american car engines, v8 tractor engines, aircraft radial piston engines, torpedo boat radial engine ( dragonfire ), helicopter turbine shaft engines, sometimes truck engines also.
@kickerl7dakota I believe from observation, that it has 2 V12 Alison aircraft engines with 8 turbo chargers (4 per). I honestly don't understand why uses those on them though.
the transmissions arent geared that way. there is 1 gear and at top rpm those tires spin (assuming the trailer isnt attached) around 80 mph. they bring the motor up to around 8,000 rpm and dump the clutch, so to speak
They have a brake for each rear wheel, Step on the left brake it turns left etc.
how much weight is the modded tractors trying to pull...I'm guessing around 80,000lbs?
Wow the Jet Powered tractor looks like it's from the movie STAR WARS!
the funniest thing is everyone saying crap about this being an american sport. the title is "German Tractor pulling weseke 2008". Maybe reading should be a requierment before commenting.
how do they determine how much weight to put into the sled ?
@wannasurf I imagine they use independant rear wheel braking to steer while the front wheels are airborn, controlled by the steering wheel (as well as the front wheels while driving normally)
I'm quite sure this has been answered but I couldn't be bothered reading every comment.. so. WHAT THE bleedin' hell is powering that last "tractor"?? seems to be some sort of radial engine.. but from what? how many cylinders? somewhere around 42?
i know this vid has been out for a while, but on the "Dragon Fire" tractor is that forcefed, because it looks like it could be forced injection via a crank shaft driven supercharger. Thanks for anybody who responds.
AWESOME VIDEO!
what does the dude in the back do up the top behind the windscren?
For people who interest: The weight on the sleds can go up to 30 Tons
how is tractor pulling scored? is it a timed or distance event, for eg?
at around 9min, what is the engine some sort of multi cyl radial engine with 1 huge throttlebody? I've never seen the likes. Cool vid, lots of Allisons.
What kind of engine is it at 5:35... i've seen this thing live, and de doesnt seem to ever have it working properly.. :(
yes, whisperiant giant and there's a few more, mostly isotov turbines from the mi-24 helicopter, 1900 hp each
whats the top speed in one of these? also how much HP do they have around
are some of those powered by helicopter engines?? and i think i saw some tank engines too