Tractor Pull

Join O’Keefe Ranch in the Worlds “Most Powerful Motorsport”: A Tractor Pull!O’Keefe Ranch is hosting a Tractor Pull and Birthday Celebration on July 16th from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM at the O’Keefe Arena! Featuring local celebrity announcer Jim Green and powerful farm equipment – this event is sure to get the blood pumping!As early as 1929, farmers began hitching their field tractors to weighted sleds and roared down a track to see who could pull it the farthest. By 1950, county fairs across the country featured tractor pulls.What is a tractor pull you may ask?Tractor pulling competitions take place on a 100 meter track, and involve the machines pulling a weight transfer sledge. A weight transfer sledge basically gets heavier to pull as it is pulled down the track. This is achieved by increasing the weight on the pan of the sledge by moving the weight box from the rear to the front of the sledge as the sledge is pulled forward. The winner of the competition is the machine that can pull the sledge the furthest.If more than one competitor completes the 100 meter track with the sledge (a full pull), then the sledge is made harder to pull, and the competitors who made a full pull go again until they are stopped and a winner obtained.Tractor pulling is called “The World’s Most Powerful Motor Sport” with some machines producing in excess of 9000 horsepower. However, the sport has many varied classes ranging from the small, single engined 950kg Modifieds, through the stock machines to the multi-engined 4.5 tonne machines.Join the O’Keefe Ranch for this exciting day of motorsports which also includes a 101st birthday celebration for one of their tractors and one of their trucks! There will be birthday cake and candles, gift bags, food trucks, machinery tours, vintage tractor start-ups, and wagon rides!For more information on O’Keefe Ranch and updates on all activities, please visit www.okeeferanch.ca, call 250-542-7868 or visit them in person at 9380 Hwy 97N, Vernon, BC V1T 6M8.Admission is by donation, see you soon!