Whitby Free Press, 24 May 1995, p. 36

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COME SEE OUR LARGE SELECTION 0F NEW& USED LAWN TRACTORS Deere. (but flot too dear.) $2499. S LAWN TRACTOR M12.5 hp Kohlervengin with overhead valves and ful-pressure S lubrncaton 0 Tight i 5-inch tuming radius for excellent maneuverabilily M STX38 Hydrostatic Lawn Tractor available for $2999. it"s Deere Sea son. Hurry In! Sale ends June 3Oth. FarmEquipment Limited 5 Miles West of Port Perry on Durham 21 985- 701 NOTHING RUNS LIKE A DEERE' 4 Whitby Free Press 'U nlimited' clas gain at faIr'S tractor pul The full class of u2lmie odfe tractors will again' be part of this years tractor pull event, due to laist year's success. Cometitors are expected to corne from the northern US., fom across Ontario and Quebec. «TheY're coming from ail over,» says Rob- Carson of Brookhn, committee chair for the event. Contestants may also enter four-wheel-drive modified truck and two-wheel-drive modified truck categories. The light and heavy pro-stock tractor category will not be offered this year. The tractors and trucks wiII be hooked up te the weight transfer sled supphd by Don Alves. Alves has 'Zken hie sled, which he built, to other competitions aIl over Ontario and Quebec -- it ia the only self-propelled sled ini Canada. Te tracters are meant to pull the sled as far as they can; a "full pull" gives entrants the opportunity te. compete again. Weight ia added on te the sled for the remauning participants and whoever goes farthest wins the prize money ($6,000 available). «Without the heavy and light classes, i expect probably 25 to, 30 entries,'" says Carson. Most of the tractors and trucks that compete are extrernely powerful, but Carson feels the multi-engine class iathe most popular. «They have two,the and four engines, and each engine can have 1,500 te 2,000 horsepower." The ull, one of the best-attended events of the fair, will be heldon Friday, June 2, 7:30 p.m., and is sponsored by OId Mil Hardware, Snap-On Toola, Glen Middieton Mechanicai Repaira and Kendal 011. For more informnation, contact Carson at 649-3324. Robéert G.Ecke I ýý F?EFErNI " I-)ZLJ SE S I- Serving You For 41 Years -1 the Br*ooklin Spring Fair every suiccess m their 84th year.

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