Tractor pulls front half off of another tractor

May 26, 2016

Video shows man trying to help another

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

It’s always nice to have a friend around to pull you out of a ditch, unless that friend rips off the front half of your tractor.

Footage shows two men, each driving a blue tractor. The rear of the front tractor is attached to the front of the other.

The tractor in the rear has a light blue wagon attached and it appears half of the wagon slipped off the road into a ditch and is stuck.

The front tractor tries to pull the other out, with the first attempts resulting in the front end of the rear tractor bouncing up and down a few times.

After a few adjustments, the men try again.

The front end of the rear tractor bounces up and down again a few times before completely being pulled away from the rest of the machine’s body.

People can be heard laughing in the background as the driver has the wherewithal to shut off the running half of his tractor.

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