BY Mawosn Quilan , large crowds to the fair for 12 years. Altlough nththspring fair has many The pull will be held on Friday, May new additionsths year, fair officiais 31, beginning at 7:30 p.m. know botteor than to tamper with a There will be five categories for successf ul f ixture. participants, including an i 8-wheel The tractor pull evont has brought truck class, two-wheol drive modffied Composo.nature S fertiier l's. what your gardon ha; boon w'aiting for. make short work of yard work and save money-, doing It..,with the Model. 648 Chipper/Shredder. Features include: 0 Powerful.8*hp. motor. 0 Large top-loading hopper. 0 12 fine hammer knives 0 Front hopper with 2 chipper blades for chipping larger branches. -HU B INTERNATIONA- Lindsay After Hours Hugh Snodden- 705-924-8404 LINDSAY 705-324-6136 John D.* Hope 705-324-9376 Brooklin After Hours Bud Ennis 416-965-2418 BROOKLIN 416-655-4401 trucks, modified tractors, modified 4-by-4 trucks and an open class where "anyone who feels that they can beat the pants off of anybdidy can enter," says Alec Escholtz, organizer of the event. "I've been involved with the tractor pull since day one," says Escholtz. This yar a new category h as been added for a demonstration by. a twin engine Corvette called Air Force 1. heobject of a tractor pull is to pull a, weight transfer sied as far as possible down a 275-lt. track. The sled is quite a complicated' unit,* says Escholtz. The farther the truck goes, the more pressure the sled *will put on the truck, causing the truck to use more power until there evontually isn't any left to give. The winner ot the pull is the truck that has carried the most weight the farthest. 1In the event of a tie, there is a pull-off: more weig ht is added to the sied and the match of power wiII begin once again. Truck and tractor'owners pull for prestige., flot money There is no entry f ee for the event. Contestants spend' anywhere fromfi $40,000- to $80,000 on their. trucks to' modify them so that thoy can compote., in pulls. Prizes for the pull are between $1 ,000 and $2,000, divided among the winners of the categories. "You really have to be dedicated for. this sport. You don't do it for money,, but for prestige, " says Escholtz. Contestants in the pull ail belong to the South Central Tractor Pufling Association. "They corne from Bowmanville, Uxbridge, really, from ail over," says, Escholtz. The tractor pull has proven 't o be* one of the most successful events during the fair. Brooklin Spring Fair 6 laiÀ6 aw(eti