“We often look at tractor pulling on television” – Dagblad van het Noorden

Growling engines, gleaming tractors and packed grandstands, Friday and Saturday in Assen. The first Indoor Truck and Tractor Pulling in the TT Hall was a success.

Bert Smid (37) from Assen with his sons Levi (9) and Ruben (8) found a nice spot on one of the two big stands in the TT Hall. The boys wear bright yellow earmuffs. No luxury, because the towing tractors in the long sandy clay courts in the middle of the huge hall a giant bake noise.

,, I’m used to with my father to the tractor was pulling. It seemed fun to be with my sons, “the Asse to tell. Wanted the two brothers like to join dad if they had? Both ,, “said the youngest brother wise. It’s for the guys the first time. ,, We often look at tractor pulling on television. We ourselves do not have a farm. But an uncle of us did. “

‘We ourselves do not have a farm. But an uncle of us called “

Family Happen

Tractorpulling is a real family event for visitors and 250 participants from home and abroad. Willam Fox does with his Team Extreme Temptation part in the demo games. The team is European champion in the class Grand National. Fox came with his family, his wife Annelies and their sons Dylan (8) and Ryan (5) to Assen. They travel with their impressive tractor in an articulated lorry on all the major competitions in Europe.

The team has a huge RV, which is fully equipped. They can in sleeping, cooking and showering. While inside the games are already in full swing, the boys playing soccer outside. Meanwhile, team members make a kebab ready. ,, It’s a way of life. All our spare time we stabbing in it. The best thing is actually the time for the games, if you’re tinkering with your comrades in the workshop to the machine. “

Content

inside the hall heard applause from the stands as a tractor with a lot of smoke and noise of the heavy tow truck drags through the soft sand. The organization Foundation Tractor Pull Nijkerkerveen is satisfied with the progress of the event. Next year it returns tractor pulling back to the TT Hall, the date is not yet known.

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