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[CurlyDave]

Terre Haute man tries to tow crashed car with tractor - WTHR | Indianapolis


Never drink & drive an 8-wheel tractor...

 

[flusher]

Terre Haute man tries to tow crashed car with tractor - WTHR | Indianapolis


Never drink & drive an 8-wheel tractor...

Lotsa goofy people out there.

The crane is impressive. That's a 260 hp JD 9100 weighing 28000 lb dangling on that cable.
Minimal fluids lost from the JD, but I'll bet it took some doing to fire it up again.

 

[Duffster]

"the tractor was valued at $150,000."

 

[jimmyj]

What an idiot. He could have killed somebody.

Check this out. Different type of tractor but same sort of thing.......
YouTube - Steves Riding Lawn Mower DUI Taser Arrest Video 2

 

[sixdogs]

Those big ones with duals aren't as stable as one might think. Toss in a little alky and the paint is going to get scratched.

 

[farmboy12]

How many beers did that cost?


Kyle

 

[EddieWalker]

So he drives off the bridge in his car and decides to go to his place of employment and steal, "borrow" a tractor to pull the car out. Since he's drunk and obviously can't drive because his car is in the creek, he does the same with the borrowed tractor that he never asked permission to drive.

I'd say that everyone is just lucky that this guy didn't get out on the open road and kill somebody.

Eddie

 

[aczlan]

How many beers did that cost?

Well, if the tractor is worth $150k and a beer costs $2 (at least that is what google is showing), it cost 75,000 beers, however, once you add in the tickets, the crane and the bridge, say another $50k ($30k for the bridge, $10k for the crane and $10k in tickets/fines and other fees) that makes a grand total of $200k, or 100,000 beers.
This might be less if the tractor was rebuildable, but if it was running upside down in a waterfilled ditch (quite possible, given that there was a drunken guy running it) it was probably not cheap.

Aaron Z

 

[sixdogs]

Well, if the tractor is worth $150k and a beer costs $2 (at least that is what google is showing), it cost 75,000 beers, however, once you add in the tickets, the crane and the bridge, say another $50k ($30k for the bridge, $10k for the crane and $10k in tickets/fines and other fees) that makes a grand total of $200k, or 100,000 beers.
This might be less if the tractor was rebuildable, but if it was running upside down in a waterfilled ditch (quite possible, given that there was a drunken guy running it) it was probably not cheap.

Aaron Z

So you could reduce this to.....price to involve employer's borrowed tractor in alcohol-induced chain of bad judgements.......100,000 beers.
Memories of said event while waitng in unemployment line stone sober...priceless....

 

[Diamondpilot]

This happened near me. I live in Terre Haute from 1992 til 1997. I know many people for Terre Haute so I was just waiting to hear it was one of my stupid buddies family members but no go. Seem like something on of them good old boys would try to do.

Chris