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Tire theft delays harvest for Saskatchewan farm family

A Saskatchewan farm family believe they were targeted after thieves stolen the front tires from a tractor, delaying their harvest. Shelley Chernoff / Supplied

A Saskatchewan farm family said they were shocked to find out just how low bandits are willing to go.

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Shelley Chernoff said they were on the field combining until just after 11 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Sept. 6.

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When they returned to the field the following morning, a hired hand discovered both front tires, along with the rims, had been stolen from a tractor.

The tractor had been left overnight in a field just over a kilometre from their Kamsack-area farm yard.

Chernoff said even more frustrating is the time lost getting the crop off the field as two days were lost while they found replacement rims and tires.

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She estimated they are out more than a thousand dollars.

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Chernoff thinks they are being targeted and the theft was not a random act.

The theft has been reported to RCMP.

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