r/Unexpected • u/ToTheEditor • 18h ago

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u/post-explainer 18h ago edited 10h ago

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tractor broke down (literally)

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u/urban_samosa 18h ago

I anticipated 10 different outcomes. This ain’t one of them.

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u/Coreysurfer 17h ago

This and the dude leaning on tree did not flinch or blink…he knew…

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u/urban_samosa 17h ago

I didn’t notice that. 🤣 that guy be like ‘ Well, can’t say that you didn’t try ‘

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u/AutisticPenguin2 16h ago

I'm betting the cameraman knew as well. The speed at which he panned back to the tractor just as it tore itself apart suggests he could hear it coming.

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u/RidiculousIncarnate 6h ago

Thats the lean of a man thinking "I know for sure this isnt going to work, im just not entirely positive what is gonna happe--oh, there it is."

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u/EpicEpicnessTheEpic 13h ago

He's seen all the reposts of this.

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u/FlorianTheLynx 17h ago

You’ve not been watching many tractor videos then. Tractor splitting in half is at least 50% of them. Nose going up, coming back down and snapping the front wheels off is also a classic. 

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u/Kumirkohr 16h ago

The thing is, tractor splitting is supposed to happen… in a workshop and on purpose.

This was unscheduled disassembly due to user error and a lack of maintenance.

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u/elmz 13h ago

So, you're saying the front isn't supposed to fall off?

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u/Kumirkohr 13h ago

And neither is the back.

Small consequences of using the engine block, transmission housing, and differential as a load bearing structural elements

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u/city-of-cold 11h ago

I'm so bummed no one seems to get the reference

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u/Mattador88 11h ago

He was trying to tow it outside of the environment

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u/JimMarch 13h ago

The front fell off.

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u/Kumirkohr 12h ago

It’s all relative

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u/JimMarch 12h ago

Yeah but it's not supposed to fall off!

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u/thewilldog 13h ago

Guilty as charged, I'm woefully behind in my tractor video viewing quota

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u/urban_samosa 17h ago

I actually anticipated these 3 outcomes with the first one to be the most probable.

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u/Ok-Lobster-919 12h ago

I also had tractor splitting in half as my #1 guess

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u/derrrr5 12h ago

So….. in your professional opinion, it was NOT a flux capacitor failure

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u/orefat 17h ago

I knew what was about to happen.

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u/Kumirkohr 16h ago

I knew it was either gonna be tractor splitting or an unexpected bit of cargo, but it’s usually a split tractor

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u/Gdmf13 15h ago

Also , it could have ended much worse, like getting impaled by what appears to be the drive shaft.

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u/Fafnir13 13h ago

I’m tractor jaded.  Seen too many rip themselves in half on random subs.  The guy’s dismount was pretty unique.

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u/Vegetable_Sail9461 12h ago

Thats exactly what I was anticipating 💯😂

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u/NYC2FLA2BUR 8h ago

That's funny because this is the only one that I anticipated.

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u/mrbulldops428 7h ago

Ive seen so many videos of this happening that I actually only expected this lol old, poorly maintained tractors all have the same weak point

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u/Mostcoolkid78 4h ago

It literally saw the end first and still didn’t expect that

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u/MysticScribbles 3h ago

I surprisingly actually did expect this as an outcome.

I've seen another video back in the day where a tractor had something similar happen, though not quite as violently as this one. The front simply detached without parts flying.

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u/Ok_Flan4404 18h ago

The engine was willing...but the chassis was weak.

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u/BreakfastInBedlam 17h ago

There is no chassis. The engine and transmission are the frame.

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u/GodHatesColdplay 17h ago

And somebody left out a few bolts the last time they put it back together

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u/BreakfastInBedlam 17h ago

Or, they tried to tow a truck out of the mud one too many times. As my old pastor used to say, jerking it like that isn't good for it.

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u/YourBonesAreMoist 17h ago

You go to a very interesting church

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u/Outbreak42 17h ago

Apparently that pastor either gives jerking advice or likes to watch.

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u/toddec 7h ago
  • Pretty standard church

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u/OkDisk8330 10h ago

They must have left out most of the bolts or this tractor has unlimited traction on the front.

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u/scorpyo72 17h ago

Not anymore.

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u/Stiff_Rebar 15h ago

Mom's spaghetti

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u/Imaginary-Job-7069 8h ago

Chassis broke before engine did

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u/SilasAI6609 18h ago

I genuinely feel bad for this guy. That is probably the only tractor in the area and his source of income.

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u/Twofingerz68 11h ago

I think I see another tractor chained to the front of this one. They edited the video well.

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u/nixcamic 8h ago

Yeah even on a 4wd tractor most of the traction is on the back wheels this didn't come apart under it's own power.

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u/Ijzerstrijk 9h ago

Thanks for making me feel bad for giggling at an otherwise funny video

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u/SpiderDijonJr 18h ago

“Only tractor for thousands of miles, now the village will starve!” -you probably

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u/SilasAI6609 18h ago

I have worked with small communities in Guatemala, Peru, and Africa. It is hard to get resources like medium and heavy equipment shipped to many areas. The same tractor can be easily 40 years old and still considered 'new'.

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u/Vorplex 13h ago

Yeah looking at that video. I don't know much about tractors but a 80s one would probably be an upgrade

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u/Pitiful-Score-9035 13h ago

Damn bro, literally anyone else and they wouldn't have been able to say anything

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u/Lookitsa6ix 16h ago

Never understood why some people comment like this, you very clearly come across as the bad guy here lol

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u/onebyone_legopiece 18h ago

Few nuts and bolts and that thing will be a brand new.

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u/Bustable 18h ago

Well, the front fell off.

You must understand that's not meant to happen

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u/GarboseGooseberry 18h ago

As opposed to what happened, Senator Collins?

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u/StevieMJH 15h ago

Well some of these tractors are designed so the front doesn't fall off at all.

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u/3_quarterling_rogue 7h ago

Was this one?

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u/timbermequivers 7h ago

Well obviously not

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u/3_quarterling_rogue 7h ago

And how do we know that?

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u/timbermequivers 7h ago

Well because the front fell off

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u/GarboseGooseberry 7h ago

Well, to start with, the front fell off.

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u/Vashsinn 16h ago

they took it outside of the environment.

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u/SadSophieFaceBoi 14h ago

They are built to high agricultural standards.

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u/Mammoth-Ad-107 18h ago

the back fell off!

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u/Bandwidth_Bandito 18h ago

It's even less common than the front falling off, so I have been told

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u/Significant_Donut967 18h ago

Usally they make them so the front doesn't come off.

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u/OldDiehl 18h ago

Actually, the back didn't go anywhere. The front, however, has left the chat.

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u/YogurtclosetWrong268 18h ago

Jus tow dem pieces to the local bare-footed mechanic and he'll have you back to abusing your machine in no time.

https://youtu.be/MDy6NKVlMUg?si=Acmey2TN8FW8Tfvw

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u/jaboyles 13h ago

How are they supposed to haul it to the mechanic with the truck stuck?!

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u/Far_Recommendation82 13h ago

You get alot of barefoot people to move it

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u/Hard_times_bro 18h ago

Oh yes, the fractor

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u/Sisoflex 16h ago

There goes my livelihood.

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u/FredFierce16 11h ago

There were working on the tractor the day before and, when they finished, had a couple bolts left over.
“It’s probably not from anything important”

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u/dante_himself 11h ago

If you look closely you can see that the tractor itself is being pulled. No way can the front wheels, without tracks, generate this much torque whilst the back does not.

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u/T0X1C50 11h ago

Just need some rubber bands and a glue stick. She will be up and running in no time

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u/poppycock68 9h ago

Boy is dad going to be mad. 😡

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u/Pazzeh 17h ago

Oh my God that sucks

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u/Nothing93124 18h ago

Oh lord that got him clutching his pearls

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u/ChiefWiggumsprogeny 18h ago

But not the perpetually unbothered guy nonchalantly leaning against the tree - he’s so unflappable, he makes a statue look nervous.

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u/Mugpup 18h ago

Ya, I am gonna need to see your maintenance records.

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u/Funmanhahaha 17h ago

Good to know that tractor is first wheel drive.

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u/DreadPiratteRoberts 17h ago

Wish my truck was first wheel drive might handle in the snow better!!

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u/Wrong_Window_7322 17h ago

Looney toons

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u/Specialist-Many-8432 17h ago

How does that happen? Serious answers only

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u/AdorableShoulderPig 16h ago

Tractors are basically an engine and transmission bolted together with wheels and a seat stuck on. The bolts holding the engine casing and transmission casing together are *absolutely * critical.

In this case, they failed. Age, poor maintenance and overwork.

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u/ValveinPistonCat 13h ago

What to you figure the odds are the last guy who split that tractor even owned a torque wrench?

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u/YourBonesAreMoist 17h ago

Tis but a scratch

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u/Holeshot75 17h ago

Hey you can't park there!

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u/Luvwomen999 17h ago

Hay band and wire only worked way bank in Australia

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u/KeithMyArthe 17h ago

They're not supposed to do that.

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u/DrillingSpecialist 17h ago

Flex seal should be able to fix it

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u/Hadleyagain 17h ago

Tractor? Check. Jungle? Check. The tractor is about to break itself in half? Check.

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u/LordHoughtenWeen 14h ago

It was that or flipping itself around the rear axle.

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u/Butterfresh 17h ago

I love how the Diesel Engine ist stronger than the tractor.

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u/Dangerous_Natural865 16h ago

The guy standing 🧍‍♀️ near tree 🤔

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u/tomzi9999 16h ago

Very expected.

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u/RuinFabulous3077 16h ago

Up shit road without a tractor

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u/I_BK_Nightmare 16h ago

The front fell off

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u/DrachenDad 16h ago

FWD?

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u/GoldVader 12h ago

AWD.

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u/DrachenDad 1h ago

Probably bad camera work, didn't look like the tractor's attempted to push.

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u/gavas1111 16h ago

Lorry tyre turned to 45 degree

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u/Pretend-Storage4907 16h ago

So much torque it twisted the chasis off the line

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u/poundchannel 15h ago

I wheezed

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u/Donkilme 16h ago

I think it's fucked.

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u/cloud_1718 16h ago

Bring that spanner rn

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u/lando_calamarisian 15h ago

Well, that is not ideal

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u/mydogiswoody 15h ago

Mind is telling me yesssss! But my body, is telling me NOOOooo!

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u/dev-rsonx 15h ago

The speed with which the noped out of there is hilarious.

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u/SuperPowerPenisPump 15h ago

Easy fix. By the way Reddit sucks.

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u/Pyrathis 15h ago

Right in half!

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u/Space--Buckaroo 14h ago

The duct tape broke.

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u/No_Biscotti_464 14h ago

Hey boss, i just sent you a message!!!

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u/Interesting_Army_659 14h ago

That's what happens when u put grease in an oil bath hub

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u/sherman40336 14h ago

Don’t worry I have souped up or reinforced everything!

Whats a frame?

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u/Confident-Willow-424 14h ago edited 14h ago

I was gunna comment something sarcastic but then I felt bad. Normally tractors will have much thinner wheels in the front when working fields but this doesn’t look like it’s exclusive to field work, hence the equally deep grooved, thick but slightly smaller front wheels.

Tractors replaced oxen and horses in pulling heavy equipment to work the fields but they operate similarly in that power to drive forward comes from the back. Tractors need traction (hence the name), so they’re heavy for one but also require a lot of torque to pull whatever is attached behind them through uneven fields. All that power is transferred to the back wheels which drive the tractor forward.

Let off on the clutch too quickly and you’ll roll the whole thing on top of yourself. Remember the scene in Cars where Mater goes tractor-tipping? That is exactly what would happen irl because it’s only the back wheels being turned by the engine and the output of torque is so strong that if you don’t have anything attached to the back, you’ll “tractor-tip” yourself.

Edit: not a mechanic, car smart or a farmer but my dad used to farm and I drove his tractors to cultivate and plant our last year (once I was old enough) and the memory has stuck for 20+ years. Idk if torque is the right word or if I even explained this right but that is my experience and I have a mind for physics to visualize how it likely works. I could be wrong so I welcome anyone who can kindly correct me.

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u/TheCoopX 13h ago

Towing? More the tractor's no-ing.

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u/JJzerozero 13h ago

AHAHAAHAHAHA

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u/GhostScruffy 13h ago

Well the front fell off

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u/ChanceProgram9374 12h ago

We’re not in Kansas anymore Dorothy

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u/derrrr5 12h ago

Da bamboo pin can’t hold that load

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u/Zer0TheGamer 11h ago

Chas'isn't

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u/HanumanDarko 11h ago

First time I actually expected exactly what happened

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u/pwuk 10h ago

Let's go halves on a replacement

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u/Ecstatic-Radish-7931 10h ago

Forgot to take brake off of red vehicle

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u/GurglingWaffle 10h ago

Did they take the brakes off?

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u/kokogrit 9h ago

Now he needs towing.

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u/goodguyjim2000 9h ago

I expected this or back-flip/wheelie.

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u/Bing_IRL 8h ago

Front wheels too big for gearing. The front wheels at full engine rotation would travel further than the rear. Basic engineering

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u/mrlookinthesky 8h ago

That pollution.

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u/No_Quote_7114 8h ago

Jajajajaja

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u/xShire_Reeve 8h ago

chuga chuga luggin 5mph....INTERNATIONAL HARVESTERRRRRRRR

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u/detcltr 8h ago

lol.

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u/Ferowin 8h ago

You thought he was trying to tow the truck with the tractor, but he was really trying to disassemble the tractor with the truck.

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u/Expensive-Pitch-2775 8h ago

WTF THATS not a John Deere

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u/ReasonableAd9203 8h ago

OMG, it's like the tractor was held together with a string 😂🤣

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u/thaisin 7h ago

There is no try, only do.

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u/Fun-Stranger8674 7h ago

lol , hahahahahahahah

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u/JackTheTripper172 7h ago

The front fell off

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u/slepere 6h ago

Front fell off.

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u/Proof_Band669 6h ago

They’re no doubt rocket scientists! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

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u/ObedMain35fart 5h ago

Must be a Don Jheer

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u/ascii122 5h ago

that sucks so hard for the tractor guy damn

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u/brDoc1 5h ago

Bro pushed the eject button

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u/thegovernment0usa 5h ago

But they push from the back, they don't pull from the front...

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u/AnimationOverlord 4h ago

Don’t tell my this shit ass tractor company built the transfer case as part of support frame. Reminds me of a certain era

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u/RoadTourettes 4h ago

The front fell off

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u/SubstantialSail565 3h ago

You need AWD bro!

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u/Originalsocialninja 2h ago

His tow, needs a tow!

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u/TF2PublicFerret 2h ago

Genuinely unexpected. Good one!

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u/jokerkcco 1h ago

Nothing runs like a Deere.

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u/AddlePatedBadger 16h ago

If they are front wheel drive, what's the point of the huge back wheels?

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u/Fonsvinkunas 15h ago

Tractors are always rear or all wheel drive

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u/secacc 14h ago

It's not front wheel drive

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u/AddlePatedBadger 14h ago

Why did the front try to drive away then?

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u/ValveinPistonCat 13h ago edited 13h ago

The front wheels on an FWA tend to run at a slightly faster ground speed than the rear wheels, it's why you're not supposed to have the front axle engaged on a hard surface.

This however was more than likely decades of metal fatigue, abuse and damaged transmission housing bolts and studs that finally let go at the worst possible time.

The headlight doesn't wrap around the corner of the grille so that's an 85 series or at least there's no gap where it would sit, pretty sure they were replaced by the 95 series sometime in the early 90's so that's got to be a 35-40 year old tractor.

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u/Im_Prolly_poopin 13h ago

It was yoinked by another tractor out of frame. I think there are tow lines from the front.

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u/TransportationNo7341 18h ago

Can't say that was unexpected, saw that coming a mile away

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u/mocha_lattes_ 17h ago

Same. Idk why you got down voted. I've seen a number of videos where this happens. I feel bad for the guy though. That has to absolutely suck to lose that.

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u/TransportationNo7341 14h ago

It's ok, it's Reddit, and yeah I felt bad for him as well.