Year end report

Season is over and it is sleeting in SC! Maybe a chance for a white Christmas! Got a rules meeting coming up in January. Got re-elected as Chief this year! Proud of that! Please remember the "REASON FOR THE SEASON"! Merry Christmas every body!

Good Bye old Friend

This morning at 6:03 our buddy, Brandy, passed away. She was 15 years 2 months and 4 days old. All of us could take a lesson from our pets...UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. It didn't matter what the circumstance Brandy would be there. I have taken her to the mail box nearly every day of her life, she couldn't start her day with out that trip to get the morning paper. She dearly loved to go for rides, especially on our golf cart. She was primarily Sandy's (my lovely wife) friend. Never out of her site for any length of time. My son, Brent would have to pick her up every time he came in from working and scratch her back, no dening it. My Father-in-laws visits were a special treat for her she would get so excited to see him! We have a rock on our hearth that when placed on the floor would send Brandy into a frenzy to attack and bark until it was picked up and replaced on the fire place.



She will be missed for a very long time... We all loved you . GOOD BYE BRANDY

RAIN< RAIN< RAIN

Went to bed Friday night wondering what the weather would be for the pull on Saturday, woke up late to find it misty and foggy. The Plylers were to call by 8 if the pull was cancelled, they hadn't, so Brent and I loaded up the Allis and headed to Mt.Pleasant/Rockwell, NC. The track looked promising but the tractors were not there! We had a few rock crawlers set up in the parking area and a few pulling trucks were there. I think when all was said and done we had 10 tractors and 15 or 20 trucks to pull. We even let the crawlers pull, they loved it! I did pretty well, two first places one 249+ and a 247+ pull. One of out truck pullers brought out his new "PRO" truck It will be awsome when he gets it dialed in! We got some good photos posted on flickr.com/brentmccphotography under "people".

Next pull is in Pageland this coming Saturday hope to see a big crowd there! Till next time...Happy Hookin

A little concerned!

WOW Ain't pullin fun! We had a really good pull last weekend. Not a whole lot of tractors but its always good to have friends get together and do what they enjoy. We had a bit of a sad note, long tiime puller and friend Joe Dake lost his battle with cancer. His great friend, Raeford Williams made the first honorary pull for him, of course it was a full pull! A tradition I hope we continue.

I noticed a popping sound in the rear of my old Allis, been investigating this week but have not found the problem. I plan to finish the season, only a few more pulls, and pull the rear end covers and see what is going on.

It was good to see the folks from Edmunds at the pull. Their son pulled his tractor very well for his age.

We are going to pull in Mt. Pleasent NC next week, should be a good one! Hope to see a bunch up there.

If you haven't visited our web site please do so at www.sandhillantiquetractorpullersassociation.com, or you can google SATPA and get there as well. Hope all is well with everyone, see you next time...

Gonna' try again!

Well it's Friday afternoon and we are hoping the weather will allow us to pull our tractors tomorrow at Pageland. This will be our second attempt to help out the Pageland Rescue Squad with a financial situation. Seems some one wanted their money more than they did! Bad Business!!! Last week we got a torrential rain shortly after we got started, had a great crowd too. Most said they would try to return tomorrow but you never really know.

Tractor pulling has got to be a disease! Once you try it, it becomes addictive very quickly. I have been fortunate enough to have a pretty good "baby" tractor as a good friend calls it. I haven't had to spent a fortune in order to have a blast and be somewhat successful with it.

If you read this and want to see another check out "A Handful of Tools and a Hammer".

Rained out in Pageland

Well we attempted to host a benefit pull for the Pageland Rescue Squad on Saturday. All went well untill about the third class we pulled...The bottom fell out and it rained about 2 inches in an hour or so. Needless to say the pull was over at that point. We will be trying again this Saturday at 4:00 to get it done. Hopfully the pullers will come back, we had a great group there and it was a real pleasure to see that many tractors and trucks show up. I will fill you in on the pull late.

Hey Ya'll
Well this is my first attempt at "blogging".
A good friend of mine has a blog and I thought "why not". One of my favorite things in this world is tractor pulling, antique tractors to be exact. I got started in this sport about 9 years ago with one of my friends, Johnny. I purchased my tractor, an Allis Chalmers WD built in 1950 for a few hundred dollars. an thus began a host of new friendships and a ton of fun. In future posts I will high light some of the real people I have met and call friends today.
I am the Fire Chief at our local Fire Department in Lesslie, SC. I have been a member for 43 years. I was Assistant Chief for 20 years until my dear friend and Chief, Jerry Williams, retired.
I will go for now but will return from time to time to catch up.