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Buried Tractor Attracts A Crowd
Travelers along South Dakota Highway 11 near Sioux Falls got a big surprise earlier this year when they drove past the Dayton Sneve farm and saw a 4030 Deere buried up to the hood in mud.
Sneve got the idea after an unusually wet spring that made it difficult for area farmers to get their crops in and cultivated
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Buried Tractor Attracts a Crowd AG WORLD Ag World 16-6-19 Travelers along South Dakota Highway 11 near Sioux Falls got a big surprise earlier this year when they drove past the Dayton Sneve farm and saw a 4030 Deere buried up to the hood in mud.
Sneve got the idea after an unusually wet spring that made it difficult for area farmers to get their crops in and cultivated. Stuck tractors became a common sight. He decided to create the ultimate stuck tractor by placing salvaged tractor parts in a low spot near the highway. He sliced the top foot or so off a pair of tractor tires, and arranged a tractor hood, muffler, steering wheel and seat on the ground.
Once his illusion was in place, he said drivers would zip by and then turn around and come back to take a picture.
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