GRAND FORKS, ND (trfnews.i234.me) We had a very expensive accident in Grand Forks on this Thursday evening. A combine valued at a million dollars fell off a semi.
some breaking news out of Grand Forks we had what appears to be a very expensive accident no injuries a uh semi-trailer was coming out of Simonson’s up by Gateway Drive and I-29 and a combine fell off the trailer uh this fellow was at the restaurant and saw it happen we were in the restaurant he come kind of quick over here and uh he looked like he was trying to beat the red light he’d claimed someone to cut him off and it just fell around a trailer well I’m already getting estimates that this uh combine is worth a million bucks or a bit more from a different couple different people that called in you can see here the axles are messed up uh the wheels were off it but it hit hard enough to mess up the axles on the bottom of the combine who knows how much other damage but it’s going to cost a bit to get this repaired after a combine falls off a semi-trailer here outside the long-haul of Simonson’s out on Gateway Drive by I-29 in Grand Forks I’m Neil Berg reporting for itrfnews.i234.me
Costly Mishap in Grand Forks
A combine the company won't let you repair.
No loss.
big fine for no chains.
He's fired
someone did not chain down the piece of machinery like they have to do by law.
Ill take it for 100K
If the frame is bent, it will be sold as salvage…if not…given the glass is still intact…fix and sell…and hope the rotor didn't bend 1mm…
Hope it’s still owned by Deere! Bastards deserve to lose a “won’t let you fix it” green booger!
He should not be driving a truck!
I've seen it before, not secured properly, hope they load it back on the truck that dumped it, the haul of shame back to deere. They will rebuild it or pull parts,but I've seen it before.
Don't repeat what the wankers tell you because it's not a million dollar machine
About verify before posting. You are way off of the cost of the combine. is it iNewsTV or iwhateversomeonesaidTV? When you get it verify and get it right you are credible. When you don't verify and get it wrong. You are just another clown after hits.
about a half million but whose counting. somebody didn't chain well and was going to fast from what witnesses say
Bet the driver felt like a big poonanny……
Used S780,,, $4-500k… Brand new class 9-10 combines with corn and grain head are $1m… Just the fact that it has no tracks or wheels/tires… front tracks are $100k… anyway, yep, expensive mistake here for sure…
That guy and his girl were at the restaurant?looks like they live in it.
Haha, Give the truck driver a medal. i wouldn't that as a load as well. lol.
Just the cost of hiring a big-ass crane is gonna suck.
The X9 is worth a million, a 780 might be 500 grand
John Deere….would have done half million in improvements….. seriously they are trash machines…
What about how it was secured? Could it be possible someone loosened anything?
Well there is an opening at that transport company today!
Some one did not secure it correctly a combine just does not fall off.
Looks as if it was being transported without the wheels on, they sometimes do to reduce the height, I can’t see any wheels on the ground smashed up.
yes harvesters have become very expensive however total cost would include the fronts
if this was chained on properly it would now be on farm
I’ve hauled new holland for 15 yrs had truck up to 100 mph never had one fall off. That was 20-30 years ago wen speeding was fine.
Not a big loss it's only crappy John Deere
my uncle had a harvesting business, his whole family did that. his brother had quite the story he had bought a new john d. harvesting machine. the truck driver took the wrong route and didn't bother reading the bridge's height. boom!! the machine was decapitated!! the roof of the cabin took off. the rest of the machine was pretty much untouched. worst part of the story is he had to use the machine as it was as he couldn`t get a new one on time for the harvest season. they were very well tanned that season 😂😂🤣🤣
Did he chained the combine down
Falls? It wasn't secure
They don't fall of if you chain it down right. Truck driver error.
It’s worth barely over HALF a million dollars , not an actual million dollars 🤦🏻♂️🙄
Wow terrible mistake
No big loss is a john Deere ….. it would be in shop within 2 months of service…. just put it out of its misery…. lmao 🤣
Pull that drivers cdl. What a jerk. He could have killed people