[AT] towing tractors with a pickup

[Stephen Offiler]

Seems like the final chapter of that little episode might have been the
pickup truck getting rear-ended by the duals!

SO


On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 8:15 PM Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:

> 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
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