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Re: (ET) Garden Pulling with the E20

I did pull in LL with my E15 but did not have the best results. Not only is it painfully slow to have a crowd watch you at that speed, but the sled works against you at that low speed. It wants to stick to the track at that low speed. Ever watch full size tractor pulls? You will notice that the much lighter hot rods can pull more weight than the heavier stock machines. They can't pull as much at the start so you may see that the sled is balanced differently but once the are up to speed there is less friction so they will pull more weight. You will also notice that most will come to a stop in a hurry once their speed drops off for the same reason. 

Simple fix to get some speed...
Increase the diameter of the motor pulley to get more speed in the transaxle so that LL speed falls between the old LL and L. 

Regards,

Dean A. Stuckmann
5432 Cty U
Newton, WI 53063-9624

920-726-4312
dstuck lakefield net




On May 31, 2006, at 9:16 PM, Jim Coate wrote:


Is there a rule on minimum speed?
I know it seems rather unexciting to creep along, but on the other hand 
LL is where the greatest pulling power lies.

And nice pics.

Markus wrote:

However, with the tire above (and low air pressure) I had plenty
of traction, but no power left. I could've done a run in LL and
may have pulled it farther but I didn't want to go that slowly.




I posted my pictures at http://markus.lorch.net/et/gardenpulling/
<http://markus.lorch.net/et/gardenpulling/>




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Jim Coate
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