Today I just brought the Allis WD just to see if I could get it to do a big better. I should have brought the Oliver



We have never been serious but I would like the WD to do a better job. I did learn some things to do. 1. We have been pulling it for years with the hitch too low, Bad. 2.We have been pulling with the hitch to far in. Good but illegal. I moved it out to get it to the proper distance and raised it. That drawbar changed everything and my plans went up in smoke as soon as I let out the clutch on the first pull.
The plan was to go heavy classes to light classes today. This was good because the pull was two miles from home so I drove it. I could pull and remove weights as we switched classes then load them back on and go home. Here is how it worked.
Load 1,000lbs
Get there and they instead started with the light classes.
1.Remove 1,000lbs.
2. The 3,000lbs class could not move the sled so they decided to go to 5,000class and work down.
2a. Put all the weights back on for the 4,500lbs
3 remove 500 for the 4,000
4 remove the rest and the bracket for the 3750lbs
5. load it back up to come home. It is sitting in the shop with the weights on it.
The results.
4,500lbs class. Front end up came up as soon as I let out the clutch and remained 1-2' up all the way down.
4500lbs class. The Allis WD placed 5th out of 5. 135’, 4th place was 145’ 1st place was 181’ but re-pulled and went 208
4,000lbs class Lowered hitch an 1" removed most the weight off the back and a little off the front. I was still too light but getting closer. I pulled twice in this one as the first time I got sucked in to the soft side and only went 63', the track was still a bit of a mess and since no front wheels no way to get back straight.
4000lbs class. The Allis WD placed 5th out of 6. 148’, 4th place was 150’ 2nd place was 164' & 1st place was 201’
3750lbs class. The Allis WD placed 6th out of 8. 160’, 5th place was 179’ 1st place was 210’
Looks like the next step is raise the hitch back up and move the weights forward.
Some random photos.
And then their is this guy.