Attached are a variety of pictures. First, there are a few of our hauler which we call "Sunset Express". Mark thought of that name from all the fall nights as a boy, watching the XT pull home two loaded gravity boxes of Navy beans followed by the Gleaner combine. On the truck is the logo that Mark designed during a college class about 4 years ago. This summer he finally got it put to vinyl and it is now on the side of our truck. We haven't really come up with a name, but we just call him "AC-Man". There are also three pictures of each of our two tractors: 1 before photo, 1 present close-up, and 1 action shot. I wrote our profile with both tractors together as a history of our pulling.

Dekoski Pulling Team profile / history

Started pulling in 1980 because I got tired of the all "green" show and pulled 12,000 and 13,000 lbs. farm classes with the farm's 190 XT. Being undersized in all pulls, it was tough to compete but I was young and just happy to be there at that point. I continued pulling 2-3 times a year through the 80's and then just pulled 9000lbs. farm class in the 90's.

Everyone told us that if we wanted to pull we should buy a D21 and leave the XT at home. After buying a 21 in 1997, we just couldn't bring ourselves to do that. My oldest son Mark was my right-hand man and wanted to drive so he continued. In 2000, the T.T.P.A. sanctioned an 8500lbs. "hot-stock" class that it has been in ever since. With a 407c.i. / 3250rpm limit it is still the under-dog and is hard to compete. We call the XT "Xcessive Tinkering", because of all the fine-tuning that we have to do to stay close to the competition (806,8000,4010, 970). Right now the XT is set up with 329c.i. with 4030 pistons, stock sleeves milled bigger, a Bernie Platz cam, H2 Holset turbo, 10% gear up input shaft, and custom 2 & 3 gears by Urmson. The class has recently changed to 8000 lbs. and they allow us to run 3400rpm to help us keep up with the big cubes.

The D21 Super Farm was originally set up as a stock 426c.i., with a Switzer 3x3 and P-pump. Although this set-up was affordable, it was sometimes embarrassing. We now have a 531c.i. with 6030 pistons, ductile sleeves (L.A. Sleeves), Hypermax 3x3 turbo, Bernie Platz cam, and Mark Gettinger head. We call the 21 "Miss Behavin" after teasing around about 5 different names. One day, the History Channel played a program about paintings on the side of WWII B-17's and one was “Miss Behaving”. Also, my mom would always yell at me to “NOT misbehave” or “behave myself” with the motorized vehicles so it was perfect.

We pull AC's because we have always run them. Grandpa bought the first WD-45 off the railcar, the only 6-cylinder D-17 sold here, the last 190XT (the one we pull), first 7030 sold, only 7580 sold, we run 2 Gleaner G's in beans, last 6060 sold, Gleaner R-72 wheat/corn, and the only 9690 sold.

Our hometown is Ruth, MI. We pull with the Thumb Tractor Pulling Association (T.T.P.A.) based in the "thumb" of Michigan. The website is: http://www.ttpa.org/

We would like to thank Ken Dekoski, co-owner (with Terry) of Dekoski Farms, for the endless hours and miles spend chasing down parts for the toys. Also, the whole Dekoski family for their support and extra hours they sometimes spend on the farm so we can pull. They are all a big help!

Terry (Dad) is the main driver of the Miss Behavin D21 and Mark (older son) had a few runs on it for the first time this past year.

Mark is the main driver of the Xcessive Tinkering 190 XT and Eric (younger son) has pulled numerous times over the past two seasons.

Terry Dekoski, Ruth

Dekoski Farms, Ruth

Scott Diuble, Manchester / Ann Arbor

Owner: Scott Diuble
Driver : Scott / Mike Diuble, Wilbur Henes
Tractor Name: "Pumpkin Gone Mad" A-C D21. This tractors name was derived from our previous tractor. Scott and Mike purchased an AC 7030 in 1993 to run in the Michigan Tractor Pullers "Hot Farm Class. It ran the first year with a Roosa Injection pump. We pulled, had fun, but did not really compete. Which gave the tractor the name "Big Fat Pumpkin". So the second year it was turned into an 8030 so we could at least run the Bosch Pump, that did change the tractor and by the middle of the season we had won our first hook ever. A friend of ours, Greg Weidmayer, had gone with us and was taping the pull and the tractor went by 300 feet he yelled out that pumpkin has gone mad and from then on it stuck. In 1996 we purchased the AC D21 from Scott Rawlings who is from Armada Mi at that time it was called "Wifes Nightmare". We immediately switched the name to the Pumpkin Gone Mad. At that time it was a three charger tractor which did not make very many passes without breaking something. With the help of trouble shooting from Max Simpson the following year we had finally started making respectable passes and most of all not breaking parts. The tractor had various upgrades like, Aluminum head, bigger chargers, double cut tires and a computer / data recorder over the next several years. In 2002 Mike stepped out of owner and driver to spend more time at home with family. In 2000 Wilbur Henes had already started to help us wrench on and make parts for the tractor. At the end of the 2003 season Wilbur had taken his first ride on the tractor and that hooked him even more. 2004 season presented some challenges, the 426 cu in. engine had its forth charger added to it over the winter and that required a whole lot of thing to be changed but thanks to Wilbur it got done. Since then we have been doing more fine tuning in trying to get more power while controlling boost pressure, thank goodness for the computer. That has really helped us to get the most out of our setup, without breaking too many parts.
Clubs/Organization: We belong to NTPA and the Wolverine Pullers whose websites are www.ntpapull.com and http://wolverinepullers.com/ respectively. We also have pulled at Farm Machinery show in Louisville KY twice, ATPA and even a few brush pulls at local fairs. We mainly concentrate on Wolverine and on NTPA Region 2 points chase.
Sponsors: We would like to thank Diuble Equipment, Advanced Industries, and all of our family and friends who have helped us over the last 10 years.
Thank You for the website and we will be adding more pictures and highlights in the future.
Scott Diuble.

Wilbur Henes, Saline

Steve Marsh, Galien