Pulling is a grandstand competition in which a team, whether a pair of oxen, a tractor, or a modified truck, drags a progressively heavier weighted sled down a track, with the winner measured by distance rather than speed. Oxen pulling is the older Massachusetts tradition, tied directly to the working-farm history behind the state's agricultural societies, while truck and tractor pulling are motorized additions built for grandstand crowds rather than farm labor. All three versions fall inside the competitions feature recorded at 30 of the 98 events in this directory, and animals are recorded separately at 24, meaning an oxen pull and a tractor pull are not interchangeable even though both are called pulling on a program.
Also known as: ox pull, tractor pull, truck pull, weight pull.
