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A few extra horses power rig through snow

March 10, 2011

 | by: Todd Dills

Sometimes, the best solutions to problems are the simplest. Or that’s one way of looking at the vid below, posted to YouTube by user roush61799 on Feb. 21 and purporting to come from Amish country in Central Pennsylvania. Four horses and a farmer’s cart tied to the front end of a big Peterbilt pulling a tanker were more than enough extra boost to unstick this hauler, it looks like.

And there’s a bonus here, too. Turns out, horses are spooked by rodents — watch for the critter that comes bouncing across the white expanse near the end.




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3 Comments

  1. [...] ‘A FEW MORE HORSES’ Joel Appleman of Ottawa, Penn., was the videographer behind the vid I posted about yesterday, showing a large tractor/tank combination being pulled out of the snow by a “few extra [...]

  2. Mark Schember says:

    Glad u had ur camera with u, great vid. And the little mouse spookin the big ole horses, classic! Nothin like old time ways still workin, that guy sure could handle those horses.

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