• If You Are Having Trouble Logging In with Your Old Username and Password, Please use this Forgot Your Password link to get re-established.
  • Hey! Be sure to login or register!

Stolen Tractor Update...

SteveE

SteveE

FRIEND
Jenks, OK
As most of you know,, my tractor was stolen... and I flew around and found it.. Every John Deere looks alike,, so while flying I thought I would paint a big orange X on the top.. Sherwin Williams Car paint, bright orange..

Here is the results.
IMG_3348-1.jpg

Parked next to the barn in the shade..


But I did have someone send me a photo of my tractor. Eventually while I was on vacation, my tractor decided to disappear again. Some concerned individual who shall remain anonymous sent me this pic... The place looks vaguely familiar..
Look hard,, it is camouflaged in and amongst the pile of junk, scrap iron and scrap flying machines..
Hartmanaerial-1.jpg
 
Hey, I know that place....I got sumthin outa one of those barns a while back. That's one hell of a haul from where you're at. :o

Good Idea on marking it like that
 
how in the hell can you lose a tractor (Twice) that is easily the size of the average farm house? And what are you poeple farming down there anyway that requires the quenn mary of tractors :o
 
Hey, I think I even recognize that place. Two years ago my cub was parked in the lower right corner of that lot where what appears to be a yeller cub.
Better move that tractor as it's blocking the runway....
 
junk

Junk????? Treasures is all I see!!!!!!! Wait till I get you in the back seat of my cub next year after a night out at the longhorn,,,, The gloves are off buddy,,,,no mercy :D :D
 
Seems my contact just sent me another pic at a different location... Probably used it to tow around a bunch of more junk flying machines...

tractor_on_flight_line.jpg
 
Sounds like we have a new game.... instead of "Where's Waldo" it is now "Disappear the Deere". Or is going to be "Tails of the Travelin Tractor" I hear the John Deere has a reservation at the short wing piper booth in Anchorage May 1st and 2nd :P
 
OK, Steve, just tell me that you photoshopped that X on top of that JD, just reassure me that you didn't crawl up on top of that cab and paint the X. Suppose you fell off...how would you explain THAT one?

Every danged bird in Oklahoma is going to load up on corn and grain and line up to take a dump on that target, you know. And it isn't going to be pretty.

"You can never do just one thing". A marker for you is a target for Big Bird who might be carrying a load.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Randy
 
Hey, Steve, check out the Invisible Fence system. We put one in for our golden retriever, and he was a heck of a lot smaller than your Deere. Kept that danged dog from getting out of our yard. Works great for neighbor kids, too, as long as you get them to wear the collar. One fall off the roof of that cab while you are painting the big orange X would pay for many shock collars.

Just a word for the wise.

Randy
 
WindOnHisNose said:
OK, Steve, just tell me that you photoshopped that X on top of that JD, just reassure me that you didn't crawl up on top of that cab and paint the X. Suppose you fell off...how would you explain THAT one?

Every danged bird in Oklahoma is going to load up on corn and grain and line up to take a dump on that target, you know. And it isn't going to be pretty.

"You can never do just one thing". A marker for you is a target for Big Bird who might be carrying a load.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Randy
Click to expand...

Randy,,, that is no photoshop on top of the tractor,,, its the real deal... I stood on the fenders and sprayed it on...Did it on my other tractor too. :D

BY the way,,, someone keeps sending me pics of my tractor showing up everywhere...Looks like those guys in Montana are in cahoots with people from Texas to Washington to ,,, dare I say,, even the President of this United States....I wouldnt have guessed that,,, 8)
 
Lets start a new game, “Look what I dropped on Steve’s tractor” . Just take a picture of some useless junk that could only be of value if dropped on Steve’s tractor. The next time you’re out flying around deposit it on the X.

Steve could you post the last known GPS position of your tractor.
 
fatcub said:
how in the hell can you lose a tractor (Twice) that is easily the size of the average farm house? And what are you poeple farming down there anyway that requires the quenn mary of tractors :o
Click to expand...

Hobby Farmer, probably even has a working air conditioner.
 
SteveE said:
Seems my contact just sent me another pic at a different location... Probably used it to tow around a bunch of more junk flying machines...

tractor_on_flight_line.jpg
Click to expand...


No, gonna use it to pull my airplanes across the fields since its always blowing so hard. Wonder how downwind turns are in a John Deere.
 
A southern car chase in the works.... they paint the big X on top so the news helecopters can keep track of the crooks get away tractor
 
the one guy was gonna paint a big red X on his plane belly in case he flipped it..... till he found out that's how they mark old wreck sites......
 
That looks like a large version of the markers that are put out by the "hares" in hare and hound hot air ballon chases!

On some glorious nearly calm morning you might find a series of ballonist sneaking down with no noise and flour bombing your tractor!
Now that would be a beautiful sight, but I have not read any mention of hot air balloons up where you folks operate.
Chuck Shaw
 
Eaton, have you visited Ohio lately or are the Amish having trouble with their horses being stolen? I spotted these this evening while flying around and could only scratch my head and wonder.


Horse.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

AlaskaAV
Iditrod Air Force of Alaska
Replies
13
Views
18K
fabricfan
fabricfan
S
A J-3 cross country
Replies
17
Views
16K
Curtis
Curtis
Bob Breeden
AOPA North to Alaska with Mom Article
Replies
7
Views
6K
Celaine
C
S
Barnstorm 2021: A Supercub Flying Adventure Across America
Replies
1
Views
2K
mam90
M
scout88305
Fish Spotting in a SC (Excellent read)
Replies
15
Views
9K
AkPA/18
AkPA/18
Back
Top