Watch Champion Tractor Puller Larry Koester Suffer A Broken Wrist During A Violent Hook In His Shell-Rotella Mini-Rod Tractor


Watch Champion Tractor Puller Larry Koester Suffer A Broken Wrist During A Violent Hook In His Shell-Rotella Mini-Rod Tractor

We’ve talked a lot at how wild and violent the little Mini-Rod tractors are when showing you pulling videos or photos. The super short wheelbase, the massive wheel speed, and the fact that they are spending the majority of time on their rear wheels only make them one of the most challenging rigs to drive in the sport. Larry Koester is a multi-time national champion in the class and his Shell-Rotella tractor is known and feared across the land. Unfortunately even Larry can have a bad day at the office and this video is proof.

The camera is mounted on the cowl of the tractor so you see the whole hook while looking back towards Koester (pronounced Kester). A long way down the track the machine gets into an oscillation and despite his best efforts you will see the tractor get very, very sideways. Unfortunately when it lands, the wheel saws back around and throws Koester’s hand off of it. We’re nor sure if he broke his wrist from the violence of the steering wheel of if it smashed into the roll cage when it was flung off the wheel but you will see Larry attempt to isolate it and unhook himself from the seat with one good wing. When the safety guys show up he tells them what’s going on and you can tell he is in a lot of pain.

Oh, one more thing about Larry….he lost his legs in a farming accident years ago and has not let that slow him down at all. He runs the tractor with hand controls and has been doing so since the 1980s. A tough guy but even he was feeling this one.

 

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE LARRY KOESTER GOE ON A VIOLENT AND PAINFUL RIDE IN HIS TRACTOR –


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