HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-02-12, Page 3Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 12, 1986—Page 3
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Art Helm started building tractors in 1974 with partner Glen Porter. He was hooked
immediately and now regularly competes at the indoor Louisvllle, Kentucky Champion-
ship Tractor Pull. [James Friel photo]
Helm competes in Kentucky
By.James Friel
To some people it's just an ominous
looking hunk of metal but to Art Helm
and tractor pull fans, it's a thing of
beauty. Part of the beauty is that it's a
thing of power.
It's a 3,000 plus horsepower -tractor
that Helm will hopefully jockey to the
head of its class at the National Farm
Show and Tractor Pull in Louisville,
Kentucky.
On first meeting it's a little hard to
picture the pipe smoking, low key Helm
on this machine going like a bat out
of hell to the roar of a crowd 15,000
strong. But feeling over 3,000 horses
pulling thousands 'of pounds would
introduce a lot of adrenalin into even
the most reserved individual.
Some may wonder where one gets an
engine capable of guzzling about six
gallons of ethanol 'during the 20 or so
seconds the tractor's pulling. It's a safe
bet that no matter how farm machinery
technology is collected through the ra-
tionalization of the ,,industry, Massey
Feiguson' or Case' aren't building
engines like this:
The 1,710 cubic inches come from the
installation of an aircraft engine with a
fuel injection system added. That helps
bring the total -value of the machine to
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