Hi,

My name is Matt Jorgensen. I live up in Northern Wisconsin (Ladysmith). Our county fair commission always puts on 2 pulls at our fair every year. One is Tri-State, the other is the "local" pull which is basically a brush pull. Also, usually in September, they'd have a second "Last Blast" brush pull, which was usually well-attended.

Well, due to economic problems, miss-management, and other topics that I don't know enough about to make informed statements, it appears that there won't be a fair this year.

So, I and a friend (who is a puller) are looking to start our own pull up here. I already know what it will cost for the sled ($1000), and I will have to wait till the next county board meeting to find out the cost of the use of the track at the fairgrounds.

I plan to have both tractor and truck classes. One of the things that really got to me over the last couple of years is the amount of cheating going on, specifically in the diesel classes. I intend to crack down on this. (Too many nitrous explosions/problems in "stock" classes to mention)

One of my question is this: Insurance. Where would be the best place to get it, will I even need it if I make drivers sign a waiver, etc and so forth. Anybody have an idea?

Also, I already have some interest from sponsors on this. My plan is to get the sponsors I need to cover the costs, and run the payouts on most classes as 100% payback. Use money from attendance if necessary to fund a purse for some of the bigger classes like Open Diesel, Hot farm, etc..

My buddy suggested making "stock" classes, wether it's tractors or trucks have 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place trophies and no money. He figures it'd keep the cheaters away...

The brush pull that this is replacing is usually very well attended. Typically, it would start at noon on a Sunday and not get over with until 8 - 10 at night... And there was some bad blood amongst some pullers and this fair, so some guys wouldn't come. I'm hoping that the promise of some RULES to keep things more fair, and people who actually pay their payouts, will get more attendance.

I'm new to this side of things, I do know how to run paper work and stuff as I was the announcer for the last two pulls the fair ran last year.. But I could use alot of guidance. I'm working on a class list and some rules...

Anything you can offer would be great!