PA tractor accident today
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Topic: PA tractor accident today
Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Subject: PA tractor accident today
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2022 at 7:20pm
| I just cringe when I see something like this when more than likely is preventable. Prayers go out to all of those who are injured and the families of those who didn't survive. |
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Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2022 at 8:09pm
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The news showed the tractor as it was being hauled off. It looked to be a Massey Ferguson 65 that had Amish steel wheels on it. Steel wheels and asphalt roads don't mix well. Old tractors that had factory steel wheels generally had road gear locked out, probably doesn't happen when conversions are done. No picture of the trailer/wagon was shown. The tractor operator is one of the seriously injured. Also a car was involved and details of exactly what happed haven't been told. All that was definite was the tractor rolled over and embankment.
------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2022 at 10:19pm
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he was pulling a hay wagon ???? (CNN)Four people are dead, including three children, after a tractor towing a flatbed-type utility trailer carrying 12 people rolled over Friday morning in southeastern Pennsylvania, state police said. The man operating the tractor lost control of the vehicle and traveled over an embankment, where it rolled over, throwing everyone from the trailer, explained Lt. Adam Reed, director of communications for the Pennsylvania State Police. A woman and three children were killed and eight other children were injured, Reed said. The extent of their injuries is unknown and three of the injured were flown from the scene to hospitals for treatment, he added. The flatbed-type trailer was open and had about a two-foot fence around it, Reed said. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 6:20am
| I don't know what they were pulling, but most of the press don't know the difference in a wagon and trailer. |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 7:06am
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https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/pennsylvania-news/adult-three-kids-killed-in-york-county-tractor-crash/ " rel="nofollow - https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/pennsylvania-news/adult-three-kids-killed-in-york-county-tractor-crash/ ; Short clip showing tractor being hauled away. Looks like a Mennonite tractor. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 9:06am
bad photo... but it does look like steel rear wheels, and he is pulling something like a 12 ft single axle utility trailer.. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 10:13am
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That wasn't the same view I got from the local (channel 8) TV news, but that is the tractor I saw. However that does show a small trailer. One of the local TV views of the scene did show an odd pattern of skid marks, definitely made by a car or small truck. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 12:49pm
| I hate when stuff like this happens, they set out for a fun ride - then kids and a woman gets killed - not right |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 1:08pm
| My condolences and prayers for the families involved. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022 at 1:17pm
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Yes Prayer for the family |