Farm tractor driven through fence at Umatilla Chemical Depot

CMA.ARMY.MIL/Document - Press Release ^ | November 16, 2009, 1:30 pm | n/a

[Cindy]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 16, 2009 Time: 1:30 p.m. PDT

Farm tractor driven through fence at Umatilla Chemical Depot

Umatilla Chemical Depot, Hermiston, Ore. –A large farm tractor drove through a Umatilla Chemical Depot fence last night, and the driver abandoned it. The person responsible has not been apprehended. Security at the depot remains high.

The tractor did not get near the depot’s chemical weapons storage area. Depot security and off-post law enforcement officials are investigating.

No damage was sustained to chemical munitions or the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF). The UMCDF is not processing chemical agent at this time.

Depot officials notified off-post emergency operations centers in Umatilla and Morrow counties, Ore., Benton County, Wash., those in Oregon and Washington states, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality. Citizens should report any suspicious activities in and around the depot to their local police departments or the depot at (541) 564-8632. Citizens should be vigilant about their surroundings.

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[wideminded]

The deport is visible from a nearby highway. I’m guessing that some drunk teenagers stole a tractor. They’ve been destroying weapons there for a long time so it’s surprising that they are not done yet.

[Paladin2]

I don’t think that’s the largest tractor out there.

[Chode]

take you for a ride on my big green tractor...

[steve86]

It is the biggest non-story of the week here, especially since a great amount of the chemical agents has already been destroyed.

[Hegemony Cricket]

The town-folk said
that he shoulda used red
but it looked good to Charlene
in John Deere green...

[Dust in the Wind]

"I don’t think that’s the largest tractor out there. "

This could be.

The Worlds Biggest Tractor

8^)

[Paladin2]

It does seem to have a taller ladder and looks more capable of knocking fences down.

[Paladin2]

I've been to Havre a few times, but didn't know they had a tractor building operation there.

[SunkenCiv]

The tractor did not get near the depot's chemical weapons storage area.

[Moe Tzadik]

:-)

MF <—> JD bump

[Moe Tzadik]

[QualityMan]

aint she a beauty? I work for Deere, and we make these bad boys, right here in Waterloo.

I am responsible for the quality on a fair number of parts on that tractor......tranny and other assorted pieces-parts

[Dust in the Wind]

It was a custom built, one of a kind.
"The tractor was built by Ron Harmon and the crew of the Northern Manufacturing Company."
It looks like this company has morphed to 'Big Equipment Co.'

Tractor specs here...

[Moe Tzadik]

G-d Bless.

I lived outside of Maxwell as a boy - stayed with a family of Norwegian heritage - Lutheran.

The very heart and Soul of this Nation.

Thanks for a trip down memory lane. :-)

[Dust in the Wind]

Another perspective.

Big Bud 16V-747 at Scales in Fargo, ND

[cherry]

that whole area is in the middle of no-where and a muzzie would stick out .....

they can find out who's tractor it is and I'll bet they'll figure out it was some drunk teenager....fingerprints ya know....