Low speed chase in Alberta

Rod in Forfar · Apr 4, 2014

One of the readers of my blog sent this account of a jewel and gun thief fleeing the Mounties in a John Deere 6400.

Stolen tractor halted in low-speed chase in rural Alberta - The Globe and Mail

Looking4new · Apr 4, 2014

Millions of dollars are spent yearly developing new tools, and no one has ever made a tool to fix s t u p i d!

corey9212 · Apr 8, 2014

That happened not far from where I live, all I can say is thank god I have a lock on my doors that the default JD key can't open and keep my doors locked. It's sad when in the country you have to keep things locked up and put away.

Rod in Forfar · Apr 8, 2014

corey9212 said:
That happened not far from where I live.

What I found remarkable in the story was the depth of snow. Is it exceptionally heavy this year in your area?

Sugar making was a bust for me this year in Eastern Ontario as we couldn't get near the sugar bush with an wheeled vehicle. Even today there's so much soft snow in the woods that you can't even get through it with snowshoes. They just sink to the bottom. The fields are clear now, though. My tractor/snowblower was defeated by a solid layer of ice in the middle of the snow pack, and mud underfoot.

corey9212 · Apr 8, 2014

Rod in Forfar said:
What I found remarkable in the story was the depth of snow. Is it exceptionally heavy this year in your area? Sugar making was a bust for me this year in Eastern Ontario as we couldn't get near the sugar bush with an wheeled vehicle. Even today there's so much soft snow in the woods that you can't even get through it with snowshoes. They just sink to the bottom. The fields are clear now, though. My tractor/snowblower was defeated by a solid layer of ice in the middle of the snow pack, and mud underfoot.

It's very deep and heavy I had to go through some spots of 4' of heavy wet snow to get through the pasture so I imagine that tractor was really working to get through that field, how the guy made it as far as he did in the tractor I have no idea but I guarantee it wasn't an easy drive.

Wyobuckaroo · Apr 8, 2014

If some bone head took my stuff let alone wrecked my tractor just to fuel his meth or what ever habit..... I would like about 3 minutes alone with that person to express my hurt and disdain for there actions.... KnowwhatImean....

Tool to fix "stupid"..... ???
Already have that..... Called a "super max"....
And if you commit enough of the wrong type of stupid...
Like Texas has.... An express lane to chemicals in the blood stream....

My 2 cents worth, and I don't give a ****....