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of people you should owe money to. You can however, rely on these two to pull you out of a tight spot. The spectacular Mercedes Benz-sponsored Yeovil Festival of Transport provided them with the opportunity to flex their hulks and haul a 7.5-tonne tractor a distance of 25 metres.
There were other categories: dragging a 10tonne dead weight the length of 100 yards (91.7 metres) on a skid requires power that not even Geoff Capes might have. The Tractor Pulling competition held the same weekend demonstrated the sheer brute force which it is possible to generate from these home-made vehicles. Power units used in the event ranged from a RollsRoyce Griffon from a Shackleton to one tractor using 6 Jaguar E Type motors. Some of these monsters developed over 3,000hp (2,250kW).