Kelvin Stringer is raring to go for the inaugural Mud and Dust tractor pull at Mundoora

The Inaugural Vintage Tractor Pull will take place on August 20 and 21 at the oval that was once alive with footballers.

Initially, there was the thought that the oval would never be used again after the last match for the 2016 season of the Broughton-Mundoora team that amalgamated back in 1984.

Home matches are now played at Port Broughton in the Northern Areas competition.

But Mundoora farmer Kelvin Stringer thought he would build a Tractor Pull Sled to have Tractor Pulls in the area to be able to use the oval again and draw crowds.

The competition involves tractors trying to pull a weighted sled for 100 metres. It will be billed as Mud and Dust.

Mr Stringer, after harvest of 2019, brought his plans of making a sled to reality after 12 months' work.

He used a nine-metre-long chassis, a header gearbox and a clutch, other parts and steel rods that were laying around on the farm.

There are four water weights totalling 4000 litres up on the sled. He then gave it a test run behind his 1951 Deutz 3 cylinder F3M 417 which is a water-cooled, 50-horsepower tractor.

He also tried his air-cooled 1958, four-cylinder FL4 514 60-horsepower Deutz tractor to pull the sled.

Mr Stringer sold the Deutz tractors at his garage at Mundoora back in the 1970s.

Tractor pulling is a fun sport to test the pulling capacity of old tractors at least 30 years old.

There is a limit of 100 maximum drawbar horsepower. The horsepower ranges from under 20 to 60 horsepower.

The Yesterday's Power Rally and Vintage Machinery Club hold a tractor pull at Milang every year so with friends, Mr Stringer trekked to Milang to compete with Case tractors owned by Geoff Rowett.

Bruce Philby loaded up his 9G Chamberlain and Kelvin tied down his two Deutz tractors to compete in the horsepower categories for their first time.

Participating tractors must pull a weighted sled for 100 metres - the tractor that gets closest to that distance wins in their horsepower and drawbar category.

Mr Stringer took first place in the 46-50 horsepower with his three-cylinder 1951 Deutz tractor.

The Mundoora Community Progress Association is a non-profit organisation that has helped with Mr Stringer's vision.

The association has developed a RV-friendly camping area, east of the oval to encourage visitors.

There is also the Community Sports Club which serves meals.

Competitors should register their names with Mr Stringer at kelvinstringer@activ8.net.au or mobile: 0428 354218.