Big Bud on the pulling track

Big Bud 16V-747 hit the puling track Saturday night at the show, effortlessly pulling two weight transfer sleds out the end of the track.  According to one report, the behemoth motored down the track, slipping a little as it hit the soft soil at the end of the track, only to speed up as it hit the sod. 

The second sled was pulled with a length of high strength chain used in the 2005 record setting 60 bottom plow action.  Though it's hard to see details in the video, the first sled is a historic piece of machinery itself.  It is one of the first, if not the first ever weight transfer sleds.  Built in the mid 1960's, it made tractor pulling a safer and more consistent activity.