What classes and safety rules apply to Muskingum Antique Power Club pulls?

The Muskingum Antique Power Club runs antique tractor pulls with three weight classes — 4500, 5500, and 6500 — and each class is split into Stock, top cut, and full cut divisions. The one safety rule the club states explicitly on its site is that all speed pullers must have wheelie bars. If you plan to hook, that combination of class and division is what you enter, and the wheelie bar requirement is the item most likely to send you home if you miss it.

Classes and divisions

The club lists its classes as weights, with a cut division under each:

So a single tractor weight can be pulled in three different configurations depending on how far it has been built. Stock means the least modified; top cut and full cut are progressively more built. You pick the division that matches your tractor's build, not the one that matches your weight — the weight class is fixed by the 4500/5500/6500 bracket.

Safety rule: wheelie bars

The club's stated safety update is short and specific: all speed pullers are required to have wheelie bars. There is no listed exception, and the site does not describe a waiver process. If your tractor is a speed puller, treat the wheelie bars as a hard requirement before you load up.

The site does not publish additional safety equipment rules, so anything beyond wheelie bars — hitches, kill switches, fire extinguishers, driver restraints — is not documented here. Confirm those with the club directly rather than assuming.

Weigh-in and start times

The club gives two different schedules, so check which event you are attending:

Muskingum County Fair antique pull

• Weigh-in at 8am
• Pull starts at 9am sharp

Morgan County fair transfer and tug pull

• Held on a Tuesday
• Tug starts at 10am
• Transfer starts at 6pm
• Runs all the club's normal classes

The Morgan County event is at Morgan County Fairgrounds, 2760 N. Riverside Drive, McConnelsville, Ohio 43756. The club notes this is a new pulling location for 2021.

What to do before you enter

1. Confirm your tractor's weight falls into 4500, 5500, or 6500.
2. Decide whether you are running Stock, top cut, or full cut, based on how the tractor is built.
3. If you are a speed puller, fit wheelie bars before the event.
4. Arrive for weigh-in at the posted time — 8am for the Muskingum County Fair pull.
5. Be ready to pull at the posted start time, since the club states the 9am start is sharp.

Gaps to verify with the club

The site does not list entry fees, membership requirements for pulling, points implications, or a full safety rulebook. It also does not say whether wheelie bars are required for non-speed pullers. If any of those affect your decision to attend, contact the club through the site's contact page rather than relying on the schedule and rules summary alone.