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.
@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,
@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
@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.
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.
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!!!!
@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
@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.
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..
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 ,,,,
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.
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
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..:)
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.
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.
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
From green spirit ( 4,5 ton unlimited class )website: estimated power output 7000 hp. Fuel usage per run: 50 Liters ( 13 gallons ). Wheelspeed about 140 km/h
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.
+Jack Cooper It is a Zvezda M503 42 cyd 147 liter 8000 HP alcohol 4 row radial engine. It was originally a diesel engine made in Russia for large boats, this one has been modified to burn alcohol
@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.
@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)
The black smoke is unburnt fuel. And in most cases the older and more worn out diesels generate more smoke, because they are not as efficient as the new ones.
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.
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.
These aren't tractors, they are challenges as to what is thought to be possible. It all started with a simple tractor and has progressed much like monster trucks have. When they run these tractors it inspires the crowd to think bigger than they are used to. How long until you think these are running off of some ridiculously large electric motors, maybe from a train, from say a tethered power cable or something?
@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
This beast has the diesel engine of a russian torpedo boat, 42 cylinders in seven blocks, it is supercharged, it is a 143 litre engine (143.500 ccm or 8.757 cui).. and no less then 10,000 horsies
@fryza250 At turbine is what moves the compressor at the inlet, cant have an engine with just a turbine. In order to have an engine you need an inlet, compressor, combustor, turbine and exhaust. In these cases they probably have a free power turbine to power the drive train some how...
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
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.
This has got to be the best tractor pulling video I have seen on UA-cam. I like the Green Spirit tractor !!!!!
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 love how every entry is unique, surprised not many of them blow up
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.
excellent video!!!!!! I love tractor pulling so much!!!!Greets from Turkey!!!
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.
This is not sport !
This is love ! A man's love to hear the engine roar !
@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,
Yes, it gets heavier - a large weight slides forward.
@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
@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 :)
they never cease to amaze me
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.
love the way that some of the WWII aircraft engines are still being used
That's insane! Great video and great equipment!
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!
Always nice to see tractor pulling..
Gotta love pure, raw, horsepower...no matter where in the world it is!
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.
Nice vid !!! That sled was toolin man....
lots of Allison 12"s and big turbs ... Crazy
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.
the one with two red huge blocks is my favorite, that thing is beast.
The Germans go nuts with these! Really good entertainment!
@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.
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!!!!
@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
@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.
those v12's or what ever they are, are no joke. They get it done. Like the turbine engines too.
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..
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.
it also controls the spin on each rear tire and apply a little bit of brake to a single tire to turn it
@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 ,,,,
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.
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
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..:)
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.
the steering controls the ammount of breaking that goes to each rear wheel, making it turn to keep it inside the track. :)
Not necessarily an aircraft engine, gasturbines/turboshafts can be used for various kinds of applications. Such as aviation, but also boats and tanks.
That is badass!!!!!! I wish I coulda been there in person to watch that!! 5x5 stars!!
Look how much more powerful and quiet those jet engines are compared with those big blocks! Geez!
i love "The Judge" i've seen it Indoors in the Ahoy Rotterdam. the whole stadium was chaking 0.0 lots of flames. damn its a nice machine to watch
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.
@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.
@brety099 these are helicopter gas turbines, the wheels are driven the same way they drive the rotor of a helicopter
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.
Good video love tractor pulling
@VentoDriver i know right, it was used in torpedo boats but i heard it was also submarines.
Turbine engines seem to dominate tractor pulling
@FIREBLADESrule The shafts of the turbines are connected to the transmission.How do you think generators in heat power plants can spin?
Those jet engine tractors are the BEAST!
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
Do you need a tanker plane to fuel this things?
From green spirit ( 4,5 ton unlimited class )website: estimated power output 7000 hp. Fuel usage per run: 50 Liters ( 13 gallons ). Wheelspeed about 140 km/h
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?
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.
For people who interest: The weight on the sleds can go up to 30 Tons
the one at 8:00 is a beast... what is that, like a 4-bank radial?
+Jack Cooper It is a Zvezda M503 42 cyd 147 liter 8000 HP alcohol 4 row radial engine. It was originally a diesel engine made in Russia for large boats, this one has been modified to burn alcohol
Very cool. I will read up on it.
Jack Cooper
Wikipedia says it is a 7 bank engine, 6 cyd
per bank, my mistake
I thought some of those were going to take flight! I guess you'd get the ploughing done in record time too.
depends on the class, in Germany the biggest is 5,4 some 10.000 hp total, but mostly it's around 8500 hp total
love these kind of modifided trackters
godam thts a bigass engine, i love tht sound, great country engnering
That's Traktor pulling. I love it. Waldi team
does turning the steering wheel while the front wheels are off the ground do anything with these?
yes, whisperiant giant and there's a few more, mostly isotov turbines from the mi-24 helicopter, 1900 hp each
@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.
Can someone tell me what is the best tractor ever built for this kind of competition
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eu pensei que já tinha visto de tudo, esses tratores são irrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaados demais!!!!!
@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)
ahh so does the box dig into the ground ?
or is it a weight thing ?
What makes it harder for the tractor to pull?
@WLSLPK
why cant throw the bucket of water on it? will help the engine cool down?
They have a brake for each rear wheel, Step on the left brake it turns left etc.
@brety099 apart from, they do still do what tractors were meant to do, pull things, but no farmer has EVER used one in a practical scenario
those turbine tractors are makin like 14000 hp! even the multi internal combustion engines dont even come close... the power to weoght ratio is insane
The black smoke is unburnt fuel. And in most cases the older and more worn out diesels generate more smoke, because they are not as efficient as the new ones.
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.
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.
These aren't tractors, they are challenges as to what is thought to be possible. It all started with a simple tractor and has progressed much like monster trucks have. When they run these tractors it inspires the crowd to think bigger than they are used to. How long until you think these are running off of some ridiculously large electric motors, maybe from a train, from say a tethered power cable or something?
@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
Very cool
what if you put it on a drag strip how fast would these tractors go
I still love how the drivers turn the wheel. when the tires are off the ground
@iamastomata yea dude i was wondering the same thing, turbochargers?
Wow the Jet Powered tractor looks like it's from the movie STAR WARS!
I like watching the dual and sometimes single Hemi tractors out pulling the big huge 4-5 jet engines......lol
@14omega28ok OH? And what sport do YOU think is NOT a waste of time and money? BTW Tractor pulls in this form have been around for over 30 years.
what happens when it pulls without weight? always wondered that would they flip?
just curiouse how bloody fast can these things go while not pulling anything
whats the top speed in one of these? also how much HP do they have around
who needs sleep when I've got tractors to watch?
This beast has the diesel engine of a russian torpedo boat, 42 cylinders in seven blocks, it is supercharged, it is a 143 litre engine (143.500 ccm or 8.757 cui).. and no less then 10,000 horsies
what does the dude in the back do up the top behind the windscren?
Man, I don't know if I can even wrap my mind around that.
@fryza250 At turbine is what moves the compressor at the inlet, cant have an engine with just a turbine. In order to have an engine you need an inlet, compressor, combustor, turbine and exhaust. In these cases they probably have a free power turbine to power the drive train some how...
I think the tractor at 5:22 doesn't have enough turbos.