After a 14-year-old kid contacted YouTuber Cody ‘WhistlinDiesel’ Detwiler after his school impounded his tractor, claiming it was “illegal to drive on the road,” the YouTuber responded by sending hundreds more into the school.
With his off-the-wall car-related content, WhistlinDiesel has nearly four million YouTube subscribers. Some of his most well-known videos feature a monster truck dubbed “Monster Max.”
Cody revealed in a recent video that he received an Instagram message from a 14-year-old high schooler named Braedon Baker. Baker explained that one day he drove his tractor to school, and shortly after arriving, he was summoned to the main office, where the tractor was impounded by the police.
The kid asked Detwiler to make a meme out of an attached image on his profile, but the YouTuber had another plan. Following Baker’s message to Detwiler, the YouTuber requested that his fans contact the town’s school and/or police station to inquire about the tractor’s impoundment. Thousands of fans flooded the phone lines, prompting the police to contact Braedon’s parents and ask them to stop the calls.
Detwiler then decided to take things a step further by posting another Instagram message. This time, he advertised the school’s location and promised to pay $500 to anyone who brought their tractors onto the grounds.
Hundreds of people from all over the area (including some who didn’t even go to the school) drove their tractors to the school the next day to ‘protest’ the actions taken against the 14-year-old.
WhistlinDiesel went on to say that their actions prompted the school to establish dedicated tractor parking and hold an annual day where students ride their tractors into class.
However, the YouTuber read a message from an anonymous source stating that the people involved in the original tractor impoundment had been fired from their jobs.
