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  1. Mar 21, 2024, 12:56 PM #1
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    Tractor and excavator teamwork on icy road - GIF

    Tractor and excavator teamwork on icy road.




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    Not sure why excavator doesn't ride itself over the ice?

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    Looks like that cart should be pulling the horse?
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    Hitch setup places very little weight on tractors rear wheels, therefore no traction. Also if excavator has no corks welded to tracts he may well spin his tra
    cks and slide around worse than tractor. It is amazing and frightening to see how much a plain steel tracked vehicle can slide off in unwanted directions



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