Predator Tractor Unleashed on Farmland by Ag’s True Maverick
By Chris Bennett, AgWeb
Kicking dusty farmland turnrows as a young boy, Robert Precht was certain a blacked-out tractor would look outstanding. Fifty years later, his intuition has proven spot-on, evidenced by the Predator, a flat-black John Deere 9510R unleashed on the Delta dirt of northwest Mississippi.
In the spring of 2019, surrounded by a 400-acre field of open farmland and far removed from the protection of a shop or metal building, Precht transformed a standard green 9510R from stem to stern, literally completing the paint job during rain breaks. A bundle of energy, Precht’s rollicking personality bursts beyond the confines of a tractor cab: “Why would everyone want to drive something that looks exactly the same?” he asks. “Why not try something different?”
Cut from unique Southern cloth, Precht dances to his own beat, and his latest creation is one more chapter in a life chain of nonconformity. Take a ride on the Predator with a genuine maverick of U.S. agriculture.