[AT] towing tractors with a pickup

[Greg Hass]

Ten or so years ago a guy a few miles away was going down a blacktop 
road in road gear. He had a set of snap on duals ( the kind where the 
outer set clamps onto the inner rim and not to the axle ). As he was 
traveling, the inner wheel worked loose from the axle and came off the 
tractor. Because the wheels were fastened together, they did not tip 
over but continued down the road. Just at that time a pick-up was 
passing the tractor. The duals were still turning and the lugs of the 
tires caught the pick-up bumper and raised it in the air. The speed of 
the pick-up and the turning duals caused the truck to go up over the 
duals about ten feet in the air and about 60 feet ahead of the tires 
landing on its wheels. The news report said no one was injured but I 
would guess the pick-up driver needed new underwear.
      Greg Hass