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24 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 5, 1989 Get ready Blackstock! Tractor Pulling - just for the love of it by Rob Streich Earle Trewin has found a labour of love that has caused him to all but forget the vintage Corvette in his garage -- the pleasure of working with a fine tuned tractor. While many local farmers know Earle as the owner and operator of Trewin's farm equipment (Blackstock's Deutz-Allis farm, lawn and gar- den uipment agency since 1961) along with his brother, Lloyd, and mother, Jean. How- ever, not all realize that he has a secret side, a passion that comes alive late at night, and practically every weekend throughout the summer - trac- tor-pulling. Next weekend, Earle will be out strutting his stuff at the Blackstock Tractor Pull, "one of the best in the Central Ontario Association," he humbly boasts. Earle has been hooked on the sport since 1979 when a customer, Neil Brown, insisted that he drive a tractor for him in a pull. Earle won that day, and has been pulling every weekend since. BD Regional Police. COMPARISON OF CONSOLIDATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM -- NOTICE -- TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM The Audited Financial Statements of the Corporation of The Regional Municipality of Durham for the year ended December 31, 1988 are available from the Regional Finance Department. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of these statements should write to the Finance Department of the Regional Municipality of Durham, 60 Bond Street West, P.O. Box 618, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8B6. The following financial highlights reflect the operations, assets and liabilities of the Regional Municipality of Durham including the waterworks, sewage and waste disposal systems and the Board of Commissioners of the Durham (All amounts in thousands of dollars) The COTPA Earle became involved with the Central Ontario Trac- tor Pullers' Association admin- istration. In the past years he has served as Vice-President, President and now is Past- President. He is proud of the non-profit association, what it has done to insure the safety of the sport, and how it helps the tractor-pullers. This year, like everyone else, the insurance companies were loathe to associate with a potentially dangerous sport. It took a lot of negotiation to find a company which had the nerve to represent the association, and there was a marked in- creaseinrates. This despite an accident free record, without a claim in the ten years the asso- ciation has existed. Earle mentioned that the liability insurance that the members get through the asso- ciation is critical to his peace of mind. "I wouldn't pull without insurance." The Association has done well in establishing a set of safety standards and policing itself to make sure they are YEAR END POSITION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (All amounts in thousands of dollars) abided by. At each event,. there is at least one iation Track Official on hand to make sure the rules are followed and to settle any disputes which may arise. The Heavy Pro-Stock Although Earle started on a stock tractor, he soon decided that wasn't quite enough, and set about to build his own Pro- Stock rig. A couple of years of sweat and tears enabled him to enter his Allis-Chalmers D-17 into the light Pro-stock compe- tition in 1985, and he has been terrorizing the Pro-Stock class- esever since. He admitted that it wasn't always fun, in fact the D-17 gave him all kinds of trouble. "It used to run on aviation fuel, water and alcohol," Earle ex- plained. It was finicky about the mix and that resulted in some explosive malfunctions. The tractor of his dreams, a D-21 Allis-Chalmers, has been his mainstay these last few years. Earle related that his fa- ther had originally sold the big workhorse to Joel Aldred back in 1966. WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM: 1987 Requisition on Area Cash and Short Term 1988 1987 Municipalities .................... $55,730 $46,395 |pvestments ..............co....... $18,109 $19,782 Ontario Grants .................... 69,682 59,711 . > Accounts Receivable ........... 29,834 23,799 User Charges .........ccc........ 55,343 47,477 Other Revenue .................. 29,110 24,112 Other Current Assets .......... 3,660 3,487 Long Term Debt Issued ...... 1,693 Restricted Assets ................ 41,793 37,180 $209,865 $179,388 Capital Outlay Financed by . Long Term Liabilities and to WHAT THE MONEY WAS SPENT FOR: 1988 1987 be Recovered in Future Years 37,325 48,513 General Government .......... $ 6493 $ 5,064 $130.72] siseq01 Protection to Persons } Accounts Payable and 8 PrOPORY cecoscccnsmmmmmninene 33057 29.566 accrued Liabilities .......... $23889 $19,709 Transportation Services ...... 23,140 18,751 . . Current Portion of Waterworks Operation ......... 29,162 26,852 Ontario Housing Action Sanitary Sewage System ....... 26,434 25,179 Program Loans .................. 5,043 5,474 Other ta bial : ; Other Current Liabilities and Environmental Services ....... 15912 8503 poferreqd Revenue .............. 3728 4,781 Health Services ................... 5,334 4,825 Kei iL . . et Long Term Social Services ..........- 27,414 23999 | iobilities o.oo... 37.325 48513 Senior Citizens Services ...... 24,210 21,051 " d eserves an Day Nurseries .........c........... 4644 3.686 pocarve Funds ............. 47,584 43,470 Family & Children Services ... 1,725 1,381 Planning & Development ... 2,697 3.155 Fund Balances .................... 7,324 4910 Unexpended Capital $200,222 $172,012 Financing ............ccoooenn........ 5828 5,904 $130,721 $132,761 Trust Funds Administered by Region ...... $ 1,488 ~ When Joel brought it back for a trade-in, Earle leaped at the chance to rebuild it as a Heavy Pro-Stock tractor. He explained that,"A Pro- Stock tractor must use the orig- inal transmission, differential housing and stock engine block. "With a big turbo charger from a Mack, an in-line Bosch fuel injection pump (that will deliver six or more times the stock fuel output) and water in- jected into the incoming air at about 400 psi (to make the air denser and cool the pistons so they won't melt), you can make a 426 cubic inch, 125 horsepow- er engine produce about 500 horsepower." During an average pull down a 300 foot track, the heavy Pro-Stock will use up one gallon of diesel fuel and three quarts of water. Another special feature of Earle's D-21 is his Crower cen- trifugal clutch. "You can ride them to get the turbo charger pressure up and to ease the tractor away from the starting line without the chance of melt- ing anything. The original clutch wouldn't take this abuse, he said." ) : There are many features built into this class of tractor to ensure the safety of the audi- ence and driver. These include a scatter blanket around the flywheel, automatic fuel and air shut-offs and side sheets, Earle has been very suc- cessful with the D-21. In 1988 it won 18 of 20 pulls in its' cate- gory. It helps that Earle's fiance Marlene Bray is a big pulling fan as well. Many of the Dozens of trophies and plaques which grace their home belong to her. Earle's latest project is the construction of a light pro-stock tractor for Marlene to drive, an Allis-Chalmers 180. He is try- ing to implement the same win- ning modifications he used on the D-21, plus a few new tricks he has picked up along the way. EE ~ > os or e ao rr - a 2 RN 2 Dr 3 a UNDER NEW MANAGEM NT sas i i: A s ots . v 3 Pease £2 ; RR 25 2 ST 2 2 SR: 7 Although it is unlikely to be ready for Blackstock, he might very well have it relly to roll out to Port Perry's pull in September. He modestly refused to speculate on the performance of the AC.180, but based on his track record, you should keeps your eyes open when Marlene takes the track. The two of them pulling together may be a tough pair tobeat. The sled A tractor pull is nothing without the sled. For the heavy Pro-Stock pulls, Earle says that the sled can weigh 25 tons. The way it works, is that a mechanically driven weight box advances toward a flat pan at the front of the sled. As the pulling vehicle goes down the track, the weight creeps to- ward the pan and gets progres- sively harder to pull, eventual- ly stopping the tractor. The sled-operator tries to gear the operation so that it achieves it's full force more than two thirds of the way down the 300 foot track. It is at this time that the power of the tractors really show through. While some stop dead in their tracks, others manage to keep the momentum going and draw the weight all the way down the track, achiev- ing a'full pull'. Earle proudly related that his D-21 has achieved a full pull many times on many different tracks. There are 20 categories of pulling vehicles in the COTPA, not all of which would be resent at any given show. se vehicles vary from the vintage tractors to the modi- fied tractors and trucks; from the mini tractors to the high- way tractors, Earle explained that this isn't the sort of sport you can hope to get rich in. "With $100 prizes, Iam glad when Ican pay (Turn to page 25) from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Salad Prime Rib Dessert Coffee or Tea ony $13.95 (with this coupon) Expires Aug. 31/89 ¥ 3 H] ? TR ---- Le ---- a el EN "NT - -- ---- M------ EN a a