Some call pulling a new sport.  They couldn't be more wrong.  Pulling started back in the 1920's in the Midwest, it has gradually moved all over the United States and Canada (even in Europe).  Pulling is considered the most powerful sport on Earth and the safest. 

It started with the stock farm tractors and has now advanced to as many as 6 blown engines performing in front of throngs of people and pulling tons of  cleverly engineered weight.  But we have to wonder.  Do these modern day pullers experience the same sense of satisfaction that the farmer did way back then?  We like to think so.  Join us and join the experience.

RMPA (Rocky Mountain Pullers Association)

We, the RMPA would like you to join us and let us show you how brute horsepower when hooked to the ground can let a  1850-pound vehicle pull 15,000 pounds of weight transfer sled.  How a 6200 pound vehicle can pull 35,000 pounds down a dirt track.  

The object of the contest is to see who can pull the sled the farthest down the track.  The sled as we call it, is technically known as a weight transfer machine.  The modern day sled is composed of three basic components:

Competitors must combine driving skills, tire traction, knowledge of track conditions, the right gear ratio and an excess of horsepower to become winners.

Pulling vehicles are divided into classes

The difference between the Super Modified and Modified classes are that the Super Modified have blowers on top of their motors, except for the Modified Tractor class and they can run naturally aspirated motors or blown motors in the same class.  Stock 4x4's are also a part of the sport of pulling

The trucks utilize fuel injected drag-racing engines that can put out more than 1,000 horsepower but are limited to one engine.  The Super Stock tractor pulls with alcohol and diesel fueled engines that have been modified to generate  up to 2,000 horsepower.  The Modified Tractor class can sport up to six of the supercharged racing type motors, with the most powerful tractors drawing more than 6,000 horsepower.

A pull the length of the track is called a full-pull.  Each vehicle is measured to the nearest inch and whoever pulls the farthest is the winner of his or her class.