weight pulling champions

[Christian]

What is the current record for weight pulling? And how many feet was the load pulled?

I am not really up to par on weight pulling, so I am going to do a little research on the sport!

[grizzly]

in the 70's there was a father -son who both pulled 5200lbs on a sled on snow in alaska 25'. it is said the conditions were perfect and this record have never been close to being broken.there were st. bernards.

i have heard of dogs pulling 7000+lbs on a wheeled cart in competition.my best is close to 5000lbs.

they now have rail tracks and on a level track they have pulled over 12000lbs!

[Christian]

Holy Cow that is heavy. Thank you very much Grizzly for the information.

[Kassi]

The I.W.P.A. (International Weight Pull Assoc.) has several records. The IWPA orginially had 6 different weight classes but now has 8. Records could and can only be set the the championships each year. Here are some of the records on snow:
35 lb class- 423 lbs ( pitbull) -60 lb class 850lbs (Mix)- 80 lb class 1130 lbs(mix) -100 lbs class 2005 lbs ( blk Lab) 120 lb class#1270 (malamute) 150 and up class 1423 lbs
Wheels- 35# class 2000 lbs(pitbull)- 60#class 2900 (pitbull)- 80# class 3685 (Am Bull Dog)- 100# class 4075 (Am Bull Dog) 120# class 4045 (Rottweiler)= 150 and up 5002# (Mastiff)

The IWPA track is 16 ft long and must be pulled in 60 seconds or less.
visit their website at http://www.IWPA.net

[Christian]

That is some great info. Thanks Kassi. I never ever thought dogs could pull that much. That's pretty darn cool though!

That enthusiasm to pull that much is what I want to try and instill into my dogs!

By the way, Kassi, would you like to post a topic to the New Member Introductions list so we can all get to know you better? Thank you kindly for your knowledge, by the way.