I got my PT stuck!
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What a coincidence! While browsing either this or some other forum a couple of days ago I came across a posting where someone asked about articulated tractors like the PT, and somone else responded that one of the problems with articulated tractors is that if you get too close to something like a wall (in your case, a tree) you could get stuck making the machines not that ideal for those who often work close to obstacles (like walls). I'm thinking those folks in the landscaping and grounds maintenance professions.
Thanks for proving it! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
What you really need is another PT, a bigger one, with forks, that can lift your 422 up and away!
Thanks for proving it! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
What you really need is another PT, a bigger one, with forks, that can lift your 422 up and away!
BillCroasmun
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Phil,
You could install a hydraulic cylinder with a plate on the end under your seat so you can push yourself out of those situations. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Don't forget to make a reversible mount so you can push off of either side! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
You could install a hydraulic cylinder with a plate on the end under your seat so you can push yourself out of those situations. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Don't forget to make a reversible mount so you can push off of either side! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Good idea on the "PT-pushback" attachment! Of course, if I'd already had one it would've been 'back at the ranch' with the hoe, which also would've gotten me unstuck.
Wish I'd read that post about articulated machines and getting "trapped". That's a more appropiate term than "stuck", I think, although the resulting forward progress is the same for both terms. My goal is to not ever have this happen again. Worst thing of all was that I needed help and I had a grinning nephew most willing.
Phil
Wish I'd read that post about articulated machines and getting "trapped". That's a more appropiate term than "stuck", I think, although the resulting forward progress is the same for both terms. My goal is to not ever have this happen again. Worst thing of all was that I needed help and I had a grinning nephew most willing.
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stray
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Some of you all correct me if I’m wrong but there is a maneuver that will get you out of a situation like that but you need an attachment in the front to do it. In your case you would cut the tractor all the way to the right then push down with the front end lift, lifting the front wheels off the ground. With the front wheels off the ground cut the tractor to the left. Let the wheels back down, lift the attachment off the ground and repeat until the tractor is away form the tree. This maneuver can come in handy in a lot of places. But I see you didn’t have that attachment in the front so you may have already known this. Will the tree live? LOL /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
toolz_not_toyz
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Some of you all correct me if I’m wrong but there is a maneuver that will get you out of a situation like that but you need an attachment in the front to do it.)</font>
I think you're probably right stray. I remember watching some guys working in a drainage ditch with a Bobcat when they were still working on the new development at the old house. It was kind of muddy and the operator got stuck repeatedly. Whenever that happened he would use the front bucket to somehow push or pull himself out. I can't remember the exact maneuver but he never got permanently stuck. And if you think a PT ways a ton, can you imagine a skidsteer?
I think you're probably right stray. I remember watching some guys working in a drainage ditch with a Bobcat when they were still working on the new development at the old house. It was kind of muddy and the operator got stuck repeatedly. Whenever that happened he would use the front bucket to somehow push or pull himself out. I can't remember the exact maneuver but he never got permanently stuck. And if you think a PT ways a ton, can you imagine a skidsteer?
cqaigy
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<font color="red"> push down with the front end lift, lifting the front wheels off the ground. </font>
That's the type of manuver i use. I've got lots of trees on my place and it's easy to slip up against a tree on a side hill. I put what ever attachment is on the front, on the ground and while the fronts wheels are up, i turn the pt one way other the other depending on which side i have the tree. After a while you get pretty good /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
That's the type of manuver i use. I've got lots of trees on my place and it's easy to slip up against a tree on a side hill. I put what ever attachment is on the front, on the ground and while the fronts wheels are up, i turn the pt one way other the other depending on which side i have the tree. After a while you get pretty good /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
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You are tight about that maneuver to get unstuck. A big log would have worked, or ever that cart. Just put the lift ends on the cart, and raise the front end and wiggle to the right move the lift arms and wiggle to the left. One might have been able to pull the cart enough to free the PT. You might even try and practice this so it will be easy for the operator the next time.