Tug of war to compete sporadically starting in the 1960s and would become regular participants as sorority teams in the mid-1980s. The Hope College Pull is an annual tug-of-war contest held across the Black River in Holland, Michigan on the fourth Saturday after Labor Day. Competitors are 40 members of the freshman and sophomore classes. Two teams of eight, whose total mass must not exceed a maximum weight as determined for the class, align themselves at the end of a rope approximately in circumference. The rope is marked with a "centre line" and two markings to either side of the centre line. The
Electric tug Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), therefore an operator does not need a licence to operate it. Electric tugs are used in many industry sectors. Some common applications include; Electric tug An electric tug is a battery-powered and pedestrian-operated machine used to move heavy loads on wheels. The machines form part of the material handling equipment industry that, amongst others, also covers fork lift trucks, overhead cranes and pallet jacks. Although ‘electric tug’ is perhaps the most commonly used term, suppliers and customers regularly use a range of other names that include towing tractors, battery-powered tugs, electric hand