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Millers Tavern if you didn't know has been a haven for truck pulling for some time now. It is the official home of Modified 4x4 trucks. There are now less than 6 Grand National trucks taking the country by storm including 2017 Bowling Green Ring winner Ben Ellis Jr and Ben Jammin' (pictured below), Region 2017 Region 1V NTPA winner Bunky Davis and Seldom Seen, and 2017 NTPA Grand National Champion Peyton Davis.
The history of pulling in this area goes back to the 70's and 80's when you heard for events and being attended by droves and droves of people. Trucks were new to the scene and they only complimented that love black smoke we have grown to love. Now we have the sweet aroma of racing fuel and high-performance pump gas. If it doesn't get your blood pumping at near workout levels, have a BBQ sandwich and the tractors will be back on track in an hour or so!
On this night, Peyton Davis' Punisher truck stayed in the shop and he was tuning on the Young Gun. Peyton's brother John T brought out The Legend formerly the old Punisher got the class started off with a run of 308.10, Kevin Schools toward the middle ran a 303.78. And Benjamin Ellis came right in behind Kevin and ran a 301.81. The hall of fame announcer to be, John Nicol carries comedy with him everywhere we go and I try to work it in when I can. He introduced siblings Rebecca and Mason Brizendine running Footloose 2nd and Cutloose 3rd respectively. He proceeded to announce Rebecca distance of 299.24. And when Mason bested big sister he announced, "Well, tomorrow morning young Mason gets to sit at the head of the table!" Personal and region information, as well as great stories, keep the fans entertained in a way that is long forgotten! Which is good so I don't have to cut Florida Georgia Line out of the videos and get massive copyright violations!
There is a long time pulling in Virginia that has been bucking a bull for 20 seconds at a time. Thurman Munford does what he does and makes it looks easy. Hard work is not easy! But the appearance of such production would make one think it is. Thurman has been pulling since the 70's. On the live show Let's Grow Pulling East Coast edition, he told of a story where he pulled his tractor in a dump truck and almost had it roll off. You hear so many stories around this group, you would have to think they are made up. But like fine wine, they are simply aging well. So in April Thurman Munford bested the Super Pro Farm class going 312.94 beating class sponsor for Big L Tire Pros Chad Nesselrodt and Recap This that went 312.94. Thurman also beat out Bill Catlett who when 305.99 to finish out the top 3.
So, I know what you are thinking, you are thinking "Will. how can just trucks be this much fun?" I film primarily a truck league. And there is a vibe anytime you go to a new place and film. But Millers Tavern feels more like home than any place in the world, at least to me. But when with friends there is a buzz where everybody and their brother whips outs their cell phones, iPads, and flip phones to snap a pic of the Wheel Standing Mega Trucks. They are the most unpredictable class getting squirrelly on the first pass and perfectly straight on the next. They have V8 small blocks, jacked up something fierce, and pushing out some of the best fuel smells on the planet. I am eaten up with it. Watch the video and you will see why we say, "TRUCKS GONE WILD!"
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I will not lie to you, I am a success nut! If it isn't working, try something else. For six (6) years I have been grinding out videos and I cannot begin to tell you the joys of seeing something you put your heart and soul into and it gets big-time likes. I know pullers love it when their class video do very well. It makes them feel like the world is watching them.
Then someone new comes along and they destroy your videos. It is a really hard pill to swallow. Several guys look to me for answers and I didn't have any. So you study keywords, build your brand, watch ridiculous amounts of Grassmen TV, anything to figure out what the world wants to watch and truly enjoy. I have been studying and studying and studying. YouTube seems to love videos between 5-7 minutes and my rate of video watch was about 4:50 per video published. In 2018, I started doing things differently. I started building projects the exact same as I always had but due to an Adobe Premier change, I changed things up a bit further.
Now I slice and dice the whole pull which runs with little shortage of action for 20 minutes to 50 minutes. The difference seems to be breaking YouTube and it isn't that the new guys were doing anything new or different, it is just pulling. If you like pulling there are several dozen channels to follow of high-level content. I have been doing more angles, more ride alongs, more interviews, more drone footage, more filming of fans enjoying themselves. It is the best thing I can do without sitting back and re-narrating the event or having Maddy Holeshot give better interviews. That is a shameless pull from FX1 and their coverage of NHRA. I must confess I love watching drag racing because is the most similar to the class structure and winners circle as pulling. I love the angles of film, creative camera placement, and post interviews. I talked to a puller this past weekend and he said, "You know Will man I love you, and I would do anything for you, but there is no way I am talking to you on camera!" Enough said.
The other thing I have done is involve you. I am fluent in Deutsch and try my best to communicate in French with my neighbors up north. When you watch a video, please let me or any other YouTuber know what you think of the content. I smash "Like" all comments, "Heart" really good ones, reply to just about every one of them, and especially the comments with questions. If I can't with my physics, mechanics, and computer background answer your question, I will ask a puller. Your involvement will allow us to continue Breaking Tube for the pulling world.
Stats for Lynchburg video embedded below at (time of post):
20,000 views of 41 minutes for average watch time of 31%
5,757 views of class-specific content averaging 4.5-minute videos for average watch time of 61%
YouTube seems to like the bigger format but engaged fans like the class-specific breakouts. This is my channels breakout. There have always been spikes, but nothing like this. This graphic is for Watch time in terms of the number of hours per day watched. This past weekend while filming remotely, we hit 75K watched hours on Friday, then 65K on Saturday, and 92K hours yesterday.
As I am crossing the threshold of 5,000 subscribers, know that we are just as committed to you the pullers and fans as we were day one. We just have a lot more responsibility than ever before.
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For many years this puller sat and laid in wait. Now, it has come out and it seems to have a gremlin in it. I hope that brothers Shandy Turner, Garrett Turner, and Garland Mumaw can get this tractor right. These boys are from Stanley Virginia. It has an uphill battle for sure. Take look at the video and slow it down and re-watch. I really want to have this tractor down the track where I am located. If you search Hot Farm there are earlier runs from this year as well as last.
DTTO Behringen (D) 2018: https://www.tractorpulling.de/ergebnisse.html
NTPA GN Rockwell, IA (USA) 2018 Session 1: http://ntpapull.com/pullresults/2018-RkwlIA-01.htm
I will not lie to you, I am a success nut! If it isn't working, try something else. For six (6) years I have been grinding out videos and I cannot begin to tell you the joys of seeing something you put your heart and soul into and it gets big-time likes. I know pullers love it when their class video do very well. It makes them feel like the world is watching them.
