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    Posted: 07 Jan 2024 at 1:33pm
I screenshot this photo about 01-November-2017; thus, the actual date of capture is prior to that.
I have no notion as to when or where this happened.
Neither do I have any idea as to who to credit for taking the picture; obviously it was taken from inside a semi-truck by the driver, as evidenced by the windshield visor and high vantage point.

If one looks closely, it is evident that the pickup has rear-ended the car.

It is also obvious that the antique Massey Harris show tractor has shed it's moorings from the tag-along trailer and crashed into the bed of the pickup.

Don't you know that got the attention of the driver and any passengers.

The tractor probably isn't hurt that bad.

This should be a lesson for those who are slovenly in their approach to securing their load; I cannot begin to count the times I have witnessed farm tractors and various vehicles sitting perched on trailers with no more to keep them in place than the transmission gear.

Does anyone know the rest of the story on this little mishap; when and where it took place ?


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Tie downs sized for the load is important. I remember someone posting a photo of a wreck, the trailer had separated from the tow vehicle and flipped but the tractor was still bound to the trailer.
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I see a lot of tractors tied down with those 2" yellow straps.  They're not going to stop something either.  Use chains and binders.  It's YOUR life, but also someone else's who is just traveling by.  Think of the children...
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That picture showed up quite a few years ago. This is a perfect example showing that those that don't know what they are doing should leave things to those of us that do. Also that the idea of "I'm not going far or fast" will cut the mustard. Way back when I first started hauling tractors around (late 60s) an older fellow told me to chain down like I was going to drive 100MPH. and drive like I didn't have a single chain on anything. I've never lost a load or even had it shift yet. 
  In today's world you can't be too careful on the road. 
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Originally posted by plummerscarin plummerscarin wrote:

Tie downs sized for the load is important. I remember someone posting a photo of a wreck, the trailer had separated from the tow vehicle and flipped but the tractor was still bound to the trailer.

Would this be the tractor you are referring to?


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Originally posted by Grayray Grayray wrote:




Any idea of date and location ?

I guess he was so occupied with chaining and strapping that he neglected to check the hitch.

It looks like one of the tires is laying in the grass at right-center; the remaining tire on the trailer is all mangled.

The hood is open on the tractor; I am going to surmise that the trailer has rolled several times before landing like it did.


Edited by BuckSkin - 07 Jan 2024 at 10:35pm
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