Folks got revved up in Rochester on Sunday for a good old-fashioned tractor pull and swap meet.

The New England Antique Tractor and Truck Association, a nonprofit organization based in Rehoboth, sponsored the event at the Rochester Fair Grounds in conjunction with the organizers of the Rochester Country Fair.

Many members of the club brought their antique tractors to show. David Auclair had several garden tractors, including one his father had owned.

“I prefer to show ‘em rather than break ‘em,” said Auclair.

But he was in the minority there.

Down in the “pit”, the dust was flying as drivers of antique garden and farm tractors put the gas to the floor, pulling concrete slabs as far as their engines would take them.

Fourteen-year-old Joey Rego, of Little Compton, RI, competed with his 1974 International Cub Cadet garden tractor.

“We restored it about two years ago,” said Joey, who pulled 1,100 pounds.

Along with his dad Joe, the Regos have three antique tractors, and this was Joey’s third year to compete.

Looking at the large farm tractors on the other side of the pit, which pull 4,500 to 8,000 pounds, he grinned and said, “I can’t wait to get one of those!”

Bev Baker, the secretary for the tractor association said, the tractor pulls can get pretty competitive. “There are no money prizes in our club. It’s a trophy and bragging rights,” she said. “Boys will be boys, but there are girls in there, too.”

The swap meet, just above the pit, was an opportunity for tractor enthusiasts to find obscure parts as well as everything from antique bottles to the grill of an old Monte Carlo.

Visitors could also bring in unwanted metal that will be scrapped, with proceeds going to the Rochester Country Fair.