Nothing runs like a Deere!

Feuer Frei! · 04-12-11, 07:46 AM

Unmanned Tractor Goes On Terror Spree In Wal Mart Parking Lot!

Question: what was the cop car, following it, going to do? Pit it?

Jimbuna · 04-12-11, 07:57 AM

I can imagine some careless owner being in trouble for this

Catfish · 04-12-11, 08:03 AM

Chasing in a police car, right.
Why did not any dumb had the idea to just run alongside and stop it ? It was not that fast ?

Sailor Steve · 04-12-11, 10:34 AM

Maybe because nobody there knew how to drive a tractor. And maybe because while it doesn't look that fast on film, when you're actually standing right there it looks very fast indeed. A six-foot wall doesn't look like it would be hard to jump off of, but when you're eyes are almost twelve feet in the air it can be terrifying.

But where was the driver himself? Or was he the one who finally did shut it off?

GoldenRivet · 04-12-11, 10:41 AM

Doesnt look like there was a driver.

Those tractor tires are about 5 feet tall, and its moving at a good pace that you probably could match in a run - however boarding the tractor would require you to run in the little space just ahead of the main tire, hopping up on to the step, climbing into the cab, and heroically commandeering the tractor and bringing it to a stop.

sounds super easy until you are running in front of that 5 foot tire, while concentrating on grabbing hold of a hand hold and placing a foot on a the step to lift yourself into the cab.

its hard enough for some folks to climb aboard when the tractor is stopped.

and one false move... guess where you would end up?

under that big tire, attached to that heavy tractor.

Looks like it was running a big circle anyhow. the thing to do would have been to let it run out of fuel, or find a willing big rig truck driver to wedge it between the building and his truck cab buying someone time to board it while it was stuck.

antikristuseke · 04-12-11, 10:44 AM

GR, to be honest, it doesn't even sound easy to begin with.

danlisa · 04-12-11, 10:48 AM

LOL @ all the bystanders just watching.

Seriously, someone could have quite easily hopped into the drivers seat and brought the vehicle to a stop.

Even with todays tractors, the only way it could have run like that by itself would if it were in Low Range, which means a max speed of 3 mph (with no driver present or ~18mph w/driver).

Can Americans move faster than that without a powered vehicle?

Fish In The Water · 04-12-11, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Unmanned Tractor Goes On Terror Spree In Wal Mart Parking Lot!

In a very odd sort of way, this statement makes perfect sense...

Only at Wal Mart you say?

Penguin · 04-12-11, 11:09 AM

Great headline Feuer, you should work for a newspaper!

Amazing how many rounds the tractor went, the wall mart wall provided a perfect deflection angle for it

I also think that the guy in the reflective pants could be the owner of the tractor, this explains his interest in stopping it.... "oh ****, forgot my tractor keys in the vehicle"

04-12-11, 07:46 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Nothing runs like a Deere! Unmanned Tractor Goes On Terror Spree In Wal Mart Parking Lot! Question: what was the cop car, following it, going to do? Pit it? __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,450 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I can imagine some careless owner being in trouble for this __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Maybe because nobody there knew how to drive a tractor. And maybe because while it doesn't look that fast on film, when you're actually standing right there it looks very fast indeed. A six-foot wall doesn't look like it would be hard to jump off of, but when you're eyes are almost twelve feet in the air it can be terrifying. But where was the driver himself? Or was he the one who finally did shut it off? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Doesnt look like there was a driver. Those tractor tires are about 5 feet tall, and its moving at a good pace that you probably could match in a run - however boarding the tractor would require you to run in the little space just ahead of the main tire, hopping up on to the step, climbing into the cab, and heroically commandeering the tractor and bringing it to a stop. sounds super easy until you are running in front of that 5 foot tire, while concentrating on grabbing hold of a hand hold and placing a foot on a the step to lift yourself into the cab. its hard enough for some folks to climb aboard when the tractor is stopped. and one false move... guess where you would end up? under that big tire, attached to that heavy tractor. Looks like it was running a big circle anyhow. the thing to do would have been to let it run out of fuel, or find a willing big rig truck driver to wedge it between the building and his truck cab buying someone time to board it while it was stuck. __________________

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danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	LOL @ all the bystanders just watching. Seriously, someone could have quite easily hopped into the drivers seat and brought the vehicle to a stop. Even with todays tractors, the only way it could have run like that by itself would if it were in Low Range, which means a max speed of 3 mph (with no driver present or ~18mph w/driver). Can Americans move faster than that without a powered vehicle? __________________

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Chasing in a police car, right. Why did not any dumb had the idea to just run alongside and stop it ? It was not that fast ?

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	GR, to be honest, it doesn't even sound easy to begin with.

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Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Great headline Feuer, you should work for a newspaper! Amazing how many rounds the tractor went, the wall mart wall provided a perfect deflection angle for it I also think that the guy in the reflective pants could be the owner of the tractor, this explains his interest in stopping it.... "oh ****, forgot my tractor keys in the vehicle"