Working tractor in the water

[john_bud]

When you make an "oil slick" you've gone too far!


jb

[Kays Supply]

I sold the Grey market tractors for a few years. They were worked in water up to the foot rests daily. They are designed for rice patty work. Some of them must have been deeper. I found mud in places you wouldn't believe. All that and they really didn't show much problems with water doing damage inside. Bad shifter boots and rain did more damage.

[638]

dtd24,

Do not under any cercumstance hook any thing to the top link pin bracket on your tractor! This will cause the tractor to back flip (roll over backwards). Always pull from the fixed drawbar, which is lower than the axle shafts, thus preventing a back flip.

ron

[Kendrick]

hehe my kioti manual sais to bring a step stool along for when you exit the tractor in a rice field. never saw a warning about how deep is to deep. saw a utube vid of "water leveling" 2 tractors up to their axels in water plowing the high spots or somthing.

[pat32rf]

After using my various 4x4's in water for the past 30yrs I don't worry about water in the brakes, front axle etc as long as you use the vehicle every few days to keep the water mixed in the boxes and DON"T get over the vent height of any auto tranny or hydrostat. If you get muddy water into either you get problems real quick.
I bought my first auto on a 4x4 (Scout with 727 tranny) back in 76. The salesman insisted that I was safe as long as the water was below the top of the dipstick tube. Their service dept showed my where the vent was when they had the tranny out the next month...... As soon as it was out of warranttee (12 months) I took it to a tranny shop for an extended vent, new clutch plates and a real oil cooler. We used that truck for the next 20yrs without any problems more serious than universals and body rot..

[dtd24]

638, I meant the top link of the rake. Then back to the drawbar

[638]

My bad

ron

[PBinWA]

I've never used one but this thing is interesting:

Paumco - Beach Buddy

[lhfarm]

I built a pond rank using a 3pt lift pole with a 2" receiver and a 10' 2x2 extension. I moved it to the front of the tractor by welding a 3 pt HF QA to loader QA plate. I have less than $200 in the plate and HF QA.

I haven't put my landscape rake on the front yet, but I could. I really like having the rake on the loader. Not only does it keep the tractor out of the water, but I can see what I'm doing and I can maneuver the loader to get the right angle and depth for dragging the bottom.

[Zick]

Had mine in water up to the feet support. Really didn't want to but it saved my back moving dirt and sand bags around the house to keep it from flooding.
Finally got stuck in the mud when the ground became too soft. Had to get pulled out by my neighbors BX2200.