[2] In 1920s, farmers in Bowling Green, Missouri and Vaughnsville, Ohio began hitching their field tractors to weighted sleds and roared down a track to see who could pull it the farthest, which gathered a lot of spectators.
Since 1977, Vehicle pulls involving numerous trucks, buses, trains and planes have been used in more than 460 events organized by World’s Strongest Man, Europe’s Strongest Man, Pure Strength, Arnold Strongman Classic-Europe, World's Ultimate Strongman, Giants Live, International Federation of Strength Athletes, World Strongman Cup Federation, Strongman Champions League and in several National competitions of Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine and the United States.
[5] Vehicle pulls are a true test of brute strength and endurance which literally causes the heart rate to hit its maximum within just a few seconds.
The biggest and heaviest strongmen are usually the people who excel in this event because the heavier the strongman is, the easier is it for them to lean against the weight of the vehicle and get it moving.
[7] Below depicts the 10 greatest Vehicle pullers in competitive Strongman (international circuit only/ open category only).