WHAT IS THE 2026 FIRE TRUCK PULL CHALLENGE? Share

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Think of the ulti­mate tug-of-war but with a ful­ly loaded FIRE TRUCK! 

On Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 26, 2026, teams will take over Bal­lard Field in Mar­i­on to see who has the strength, team­work, and deter­mi­na­tion to pull a fire truck 50 feet!

HOW IT WORKS:

Teams can have up to 10 peo­ple and must raise or donate at least $500 per team to compete.

Think your team has what it takes? There are sev­er­al ways to WIN:

Fastest Team Pull: Race against the clock to pull the truck 50 feet. Each team gets three attempts, and the fastest time wins!

Low­est Com­bined Weight Pull: Start with just one or two team­mates and keep adding peo­ple until you can pull the truck 50 feet. The team that gets it done with the low­est com­bined weight wins!

AWARDS:

Fastest Pull – 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd

Low­est Com­bined Weight Pull

Top Team Fundraiser

But this chal­lenge is about much more than brag­ging rights.

PULL FOR A PURPOSE

Pro­ceeds ben­e­fit Spe­cial Olympics Indi­ana – Grant Coun­ty, sup­port­ing ath­letes with intel­lec­tu­al dis­abil­i­ties as they train and com­pete in Olympic-type sports at the local and state levels.

Pull togeth­er. Com­pete togeth­er. Make a dif­fer­ence together.

📅 EVENT DAY

🌭 Con­ces­sions: 11 AM – 4 PM

📝 Team Reg­is­tra­tion: 12 – 1:15 PM

👥 Team Cap­tain Meet­ing: 1 – 1:30 PM

🎉 Open­ing Cer­e­monies: 1:30 – 1:45 PM

🚒 THE PULL: 1:45 PM

🏆 Awards imme­di­ate­ly following

📍 Bal­lard Field | Mar­i­on, Indiana

🎟️ FREE admis­sion for spectators!

READY TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE?

Team reg­is­tra­tion and the min­i­mum $500 reg­is­tra­tion fee are due Sep­tem­ber 1. Each par­tic­i­pant must also com­plete an Indi­vid­ual Registration/​Pledge Form and the required waiver.

Ques­tions? Con­tact Jes­si­ca Fort­ney, Coun­ty Coor­di­na­tor, at 765−618−7487.

Grab your team. Grab the rope. LET’S SEE WHO HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO MOVE A FIRE TRUCK!