Police chase with combine ends in gunfire
Yes. A combine. One of the monsters used to harvest field crops like corn, wheat, oats, soybeans and such. Top speed is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW. This specific combine had a header attached for harvesting 8 rows of corn in a single pass so it would be a bit more than 20 feet wide. Gunfire to hit vital items that keep it running would be almost useless. Most such items would be hidden by various shields and near the top of the machine, maybe 15 feet or so above ground level. Severing a fuel line full of diesel onto a hot engine would almost definitely result in a spectacular fire.
Line up a couple of transfer trucks next to the combine....they usually quit and break down about then.
I thought OJ was still in prison.
Andy Bruner, post: 337644, member: 1123 wrote: I thought OJ was still in prison.
Wouldn't this be his hillbilly cousin RJ?
thebionicman, post: 337649, member: 8136 wrote: Wouldn't this be his hillbilly cousin RJ?
Of course they're related to the Ledbetter Clan: Ardel, Burnel, Raynel, W.L., Lanel, Odel, Marcel, Newgene, Claude, and don't forget Clovis. 😉
Click on the link to the story. The so-called driver in this case bears a certain resemblance to OJ but absolutely none to the Ledbetter clan of rednecks.
Attempting to shoot out the drive tires would be futile. Combine drive tires are super heavy duty and would keep on going if fully deflated as the speed is so slow compared to a passenger vehicle. I'm surprised the guy was able to figure out how to shift into reverse and forward again.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that RJ was a little intoxicated? Looks in his photo like he was so happy to see the po-po he wet himself.
Alcohol should never be combined with machinery. I bet he was texting as well.
Read in a newspaper today that after they had punctured the combine tires and that didn't stop him they somehow managed to put a hole in the oil filter that resulted in bad things happening to the engine.
Holy Cow, post: 337808, member: 50 wrote: Read in a newspaper today that after they had punctured the combine tires and that didn't stop him they somehow managed to put a hole in the oil filter that resulted in bad things happening to the engine.
Who's combine was it?
Is their insurance going to cover the damage?
RADAR, post: 337813, member: 413 wrote: Who's combine was it?
Is their insurance going to cover the damage?
That's a good question, because I guarantee you, you could take all of the perpetrator's earthly possessions, and then throw in the value of his soul, and you still wouldn't have enough to make a down payment on a new combine.
If it's like the ones around home they're about three quarters of a million each.
Andy Bruner, post: 337821, member: 1123 wrote: If it's like the ones around home they're about three quarters of a million each.
That's used; right?
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One look at the combine tells me it is very expensive (when new). Dual drive tires on each side with hubs spaced so that the tires avoid driving on the stubble are many thousands alone. What looks sort of like a halo above the cab are extensions to the grain tank so that it can hold even more than normal. The header has already been torn off. A used combine of this make and model, depending on many things, would sell for between $70,000 and $140,000 without the 8 row corn head. That is another $20,000 to $70,000 based on many things.
Odd people in large machines can be lethal combination.
A while back a local went haywire in a bulldozer.
A frightening experience
