Wednesday, May 31, 2017

This Weekend !

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The new Top Dog Mini Modified

The Top Dog Pulling Team around Martin Westhoff from Kwintsheul in the Netherlands have built a completely new 950kg Modified Tractor during the last winter. Martin Westhoff, the owner and driver of the new Mini Mod is a former Team member of the Little Rascal Pulling Team from in the Netherlands. The Dutch Team started with the planning of the new Mini on the CAD programme in September 2015. Around christmas 2015, Martin together with his Team started with the building process of the Mini Mod in the workshop. In 2017, After almost 2 years of planning and building, the new Tractor made his maiden run in Stroe, the Netherlands. The new Mini received a homemade 25CrMo4 tube frame with an homemade Rollcage, a homemade steering, a self built sheet metal rearend and homemade aluminium fenders. The rearend has a Ford 9" inch rear axle with a billet aluminium differential, a billet aluminium center section, a special made ring and pinion gear and CNC milled aluminium planetaries carrier housing with special made gears. Bennie Vreeman of Vreeman Special Products have built the rear axle with all the parts for the new Team. The drivers position on the Tractor is much more forward and the center of gravity is lower than on some other Mini Mods in Europe. The Dutch guys hopes to get a better balance with the Pioneer tyres with those changes. The new Mini also have a Vreeman Special Products (VSP) reverser with a VSP driveline, a 11´´ inch Molinari centrifugal clutch with 2 discs and Browell aluminium clutch bellhousing with an 4mm steel liner. Martin and his Team bought for the new
CAD of the Top Dog Mini Mod
Mini a set of new Pioneer Giant Puller tyres with Real Wheel aluminium rims in the USA.
The Top Dog is powered by an BAE V8 Hemi engine on methanol fuel. The power plant has a BAE billet aluminium engine block with Veney 806 cylinder heads, Moroso valve covers, homemade steel exhaust pipes, a SSI 14-71 blower from the Fenrir Pulling Team with a Enderle aluminium scoop from the Screamin´ Bobcat Team, a Post & Dros fuel injection system with a Waterman fuel pump, a homemade oil and fuel tank, a dry sump lubrication, a billet Winberg crankshaft with billet aluminium rods and pistons, a MSD Pro Mag 44 ignition and a homemade Sigma control datalogger.
Owner and driver Martin Westhoff was happy so far with the first hooks in front of the sledge this year. The Top Dog Pulling Team will compete in the NTTO Dutch Grand National Championship and in the Euro Cup this year.

for further information, check here: https://www.facebook.com/Top-Dog-tractor-pulling-744248439065179/







The new Green Spirit 8

After a lot of work during the past months, the new 2.5t / 5500lbs Light Modified Tractor called ,,Green Spirit 8´´ of the Green Spirit Pulling Team from Biervliet  in the Netherlands is ready.
The Light Mod has a homemade Docol tube frame with a homemade Docol Rollcage (ROP), a hydraulic steering, homemade carbon fiber fenders, a sheet metal rear axle housing from Guy de Hoef (AMD Racing / CDH Pulling Team) with a homemade aluminium differential, a Rockwell ring and pinion gear, a homemade center section and aluminium planetary carrier housing from Izaak Lutjen (Russian Roulette Pulling Team) with special made Mercedes planetaries. The new ride also got a newly constructed reverser, a 12.5" inch Molinari centrifugal clutch with 4 discs and a homemade clutch bell housing.
The new reverser of the Light Mod based on a Eaton Fuller and a ZF AS Tronic gearbox. The drivers position on the new vehicle is more forward and the center of gravity is lower. The Green Spirit guys hopes to get a better balance with those changes. The Team also driving on the Tractor with a set of Northern Sheen rims with new cut Firestone Puller 2000 HP tyres.
The new Green Spirit 8 will powered by an RR Griffon V12 MK 58 Aircraft engine on methanol. The power plant has a stock crankshaft with billet Toolox rods from Henk Pastoor and modified RR Griffon pistons, revised cylinder heads and camshafts, a homemade aluminuim air intake funnel and intake manifold, homemade exhaust pipes, a homemade fuel tank, a Waterman fuel pump, a Mallory Mag 4 ignition with updated coils and a Dewesoft Miniature (101) data logger with dashboard, camera and GPS.
The Dutch Team will compete with their new single RR Griffon powered Tractor in the Dutch Grand National Championship and in the Euro Cup this year.


For further information, check here: https://www.facebook.com/TractorPullingTeamGreenSpirit/

The new Ghost

From Hellevad in Denmark, the Ghost Pulling Team around Kim Schultz, together with his father Frede Schultz and his both sons Martin and Marco Schultz have built a new 950kg Mini Rod Tractor during the last winter. After the sell of their Light Modified Tractor to Scotland in 2016, the Danish Team started with the building of the new Mini Mod in the end of 2016 in their workshop. The new Mini got a completely new homemade Docol tube frame with an homemade Docol Rollcage, a homemade steering, homemade aluminium fenders and a aluminium rearend. The rearend comes out of an old DDR military vehicle.
The drivers position on the new Chassis is 200mm more forward and the center of gravity is lower. Also the engine sits 45mm more forward now and the front axle moved 260mm further back. The Ghost Team hopes to get a better balance and more grip with the Cepek tyres with those changes in the future.
The DDR miltary vehicle rearend is supplied with homemade axles, a stock center section, a original ring and pinion gear and homemade brakes with self made brake discs. The new ride also have a homemade driveline, a 3 disc Crower centrifugal clutch with a size of 11´´ inch and a Trick Titanium clutch bell housing. Because of the weight, the new Tractor has no transmission. The new Mini received a set of old Wysong aluminium rims with Dick Cepek Puller 4ply tyres.
The new Ghost is powered by a supercharged Rover Meteor V12 tank engine. The engine has a stock block with original sleeves, stock cylinder heads with original camshafts, homemade exhaust headers, a stock Rover Meteor crank with stock rods and pistons, a old 14-71 Hillborn blower with a homemade aluminium injector, a homemade intake manifold, a selfmade methanol fuel injection system and a homemade fuel tank, a original oil pump and 2 MSD 10 ignitions.
The Ghost Pulling Team will compete with their new Tractor called ,,Ghost´´ in the Danish Championship this season.

for further information, check here: https://www.facebook.com/Team-Ghost-239092526233632/







Monday, May 29, 2017

New Tractor Pulling event and workshop pics by Kevin

















Workshop visit Kaiser Performance 22.5.2017:
google photos: https://goo.gl/photos/6cL5tceYS9gPpQAaA
flickr: https://www.flickr.com/gp/146439655@N03/c915m4















Holzheim (D) 2017 Sunday:
google photos: https://goo.gl/photos/pG6NGQcEsJScYShK6
flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHskVTehBP















Stroe (NL) 2017:
google photos: https://goo.gl/photos/VNZ4A4BcCazY7C4s7
flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHskXtih7s















Füchtorf (D) 2017 Sunday:
google photos: https://goo.gl/photos/kxu1EM6tBD9u264n8
flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHskVFrRnN















Füchtorf (D) 2017 Saturday:
google photos: https://goo.gl/photos/BiP987C12BXVs3sv5
flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm12gDGn















Green Monster Workshop 28.4.2017:
google photos: https://goo.gl/photos/fXQaHzhgGLye7Vzk9
flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHskUTwwES















Workshop visit Kaiser Performance 21.4.2017:
google photos: https://goo.gl/photos/qwrZpTzQDnFwpa6S7
flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHskX8tq1e

Results

DTTO Volkmarst (D) 2017 Saturday: http://www.tractorpulling.de/~ergebnis/2017/2017_05_27_Volkmarst_Sa.pdf

DTTO Volkmarst (D) 2017 Sunday: http://www.tractorpulling.de/~ergebnis/2017/2017_05_28_Volkmarst_So.pdf






NTTO GN Loerbeek (NL) 2017: https://www.ntto.nl/uitslagen/GN

NTTO FS Erichem (NL) 2017: https://www.ntto.nl/uitslagen/FS

NTPA Sugarcreek, OH (USA) 2017: http://www.ntpapull.com/pullresults/2017-SugrOH-00.htm










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