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Tractors Can Get Stuck, Too

Like most Farm Collector readers, I have been reading farming publications almost forever. What interesting things to read about! There is one subject, however, that I can’t ever remember reading about: Getting tractors stuck. That isn’t too surprising, given that tractors are designed to pull things. The idea of having one of those powerful machines stuck and immobile is almost hard to fathom. In fact, when something is stuck, it is a tractor that is summoned to correct the situation.

Fortunately, farm tractors are used conservatively and are not subject to situations where their abilities are compromised. In the past several decades, it is probably safe to say that the majority of tractors have been “shedded” whenever possible and are

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