More than 40 tractors took part in the annual Red Hills Tractor Pull. 

Tasmanian Tractor Pull vice president and Deloraine Apex Tractor Pull director Danny Saltmarsh deemed the event a success. 

“I think it’s probably one of our best, it’s a bit early to tell, but it’s up there with it,” he said. 

“It seems to be growing too, everyone you’re telling about says ‘oh that tractor pull out at Deloraine … yeah, we’ve heard of that’.” 

Statewide interest is also growing. 

The drawcard was the tractors from interstate. 

“We had five mini-modified from the mainland and one super-engine twin-modified one. Then our local modified tractors as well,” Mr Saltmarsh said.  

“It’s just different because we’ve got so many modified tractors. It’s just something totally different. It’s totally different to the dragway and speedway and there’s dirt flying in the air and tractors that are fishtailing up the track,” he said. 

While most of the competition is friendly, some tension does occur. 

“The difference between first and fourth can be just a couple of centimetres,” he said. 

“Each tractor does four runs for the weekend and it goes on distance management and whoever pulls the most amount of distance over the weekend wins that class.”

The point of the event is to see which tractor can pull the most amount of weight. 

“It’s basically a weight transfer spread and it drags a weighted tank forward and puts more load on the tractor and it gets harder and harder to pull,” Mr Saltmarsh said.

“The tractors either run out of power or start spinning. The whole aim is to stop the tractor going 100 metres.” 

All funds raised from the event are donated to Deloraine Apex Club and Give Me Five for Kids. 

“Without the help of Bendigo Nank and Highland Haulage we’d never be able to run it the way we do,” Mr Saltmarsh said.  ​