{"id":94561,"date":"2019-04-16T16:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T22:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/38-year-old-orange-tractor-stolen-in-gem-village\/"},"modified":"2019-04-16T16:47:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T22:47:52","slug":"38-year-old-orange-tractor-stolen-in-gem-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/38-year-old-orange-tractor-stolen-in-gem-village\/","title":{"rendered":"38-year-old orange tractor stolen in Gem Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A 1981 Kubota M4050 was stolen from Southwest Ag in Gem Village.<\/span>Courtesy of Southwest Ag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

An agricultural business in Gem Village is asking for help in finding an old tractor stolen sometime late Monday or early Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The orange 1981 Kubota M4050 tractor with a front loader was stolen from a locked lot at Southwest Ag Inc. The equipment is valued at about $10,000, said Chris Burke, spokesman for the La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Garry Hillyer, a co-owner of the business, said a chain locking the lot was cut. It took employees at least an hour to realize which vehicle had been taken, Hillyer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a head-scratcher to us because it was a 30-plus-year-old tractor,\u201d he said. \u201cBut of all the things that were on the lot, it kind of surprised us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hillyer said he didn\u2019t have any security cameras watching the lot, but a neighbor has footage that may be useful to law enforcement. Burke said the Sheriff\u2019s Office does not have a suspect.<\/p>\n

The tractor was coincidentally about to leave the lot; it had been sold and was being prepped for delivery, Hillyer said. Southwest Ag has been fortunate not to have any thefts like this in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt made for an interesting morning,\u201d Hillyer said.<\/p>\n

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