Rules of Garden Tractor Pulling

1. Thou shalt not love thy tractor more than the wife and children; as much, but not more.
   
   
2. Thou shalt not store thy pulling tractor out of doors.
   
   
3. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors tractor, nor his shop, nor his battery charger.
   
   
4. Thou shalt not read Pulling or tech magazines on company time, for thy employer makes it possible to continue thy tool and parts payments.
   
   
5. Thou shalt also not covet thy neighbor's other puller, nor his trailer, nor even his pickup.
   
   
6. Thou shalt not allow thy daughters nor thy sons to get married during the holy days of the national pull.
   
   
7. Thou shalt not deceive thy wife into thinking that thou art taking her for a romantic Sunday drive when indeed, thou art going to look at another puller or puller parts.
   
   
8. Thou shalt not promise thy wife a new addition to thy house and then use it to store pulling tractors.
   
   
9. Thou shalt not tell thy spouse the entire cost of the puller, at least not at the same time.
   
   
10. Thou shalt not buy the wife a floor jack for Christmas or any other tool she doesn’t know how to use.
    
    
11. Thou shalt involve the whole family in garden tractor pulling, or at least try to.
    
    
12. Thou shalt not call into sick to work on Friday to and attend an out of town pull, unless you think you’ll feel better.
    
    
13. Thou shalt not try and explain the intricacies of pulling to ones’ wife, she probably doesn’t understand and doesn’t care.
    
    
14. Thou shalt keep thy puller clean, even in storage over the dreaded winter months.