Stuck partly in pond. 2nd time I've done this

[jimmyj]

Hmmm, I never said I was so smart!

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

YIKES!!!

 

[jimmyj]

It was not easy to get out either!

 

[Diamondpilot]

Looks like you have some sticky soil but what type of tires are them? Looks like R4's on the front but the rears look like Turfs?

Chris

 

[seca111]

that is stuck....

does your tractor have a big brother who can pull him out

 

[SPYDERLK]

Steeper than it looks and mushy due to the vegetation holding the water. Maybe a bit of sand and gravel after you get it mowed. That is a flail on there isnt it?
larry

 

[rekees4300]

Been there done that ... a wrecker and $70 solved the problem.

 

[jimmyj]

The rear tires are R4 slicked up with mud! The implement on the back is a box blade pretending to be an anchor. That particular area of the pond is pure sand but I slide so far in that I got into the clay a bit. A pure recipe for stuck if ever there was one.

I had to get a skid steer over because the flat on top of the bank is very short and then the forest starts. The problem we had was the rears of the skid steer would come up off the ground when we tried to pull and we'd lose traction. It took patience, perserverence and two shovels to get her out.

What happened was I like to keep that bit of the bank clear. Every now and again I grade it with a rear blade. This time I went back too far because the box blade is not near as far out behind as the regulat blade. The wheels sank in, the tractor was bottomed out, the blade was embedded. A perfect setup if I do say so myself.

 

[Rod in Forfar]

I saw a late 60's Case backhoe in that situation when I was surveying on a highway job. The operator asked a D10 Caterpillar to back down and give him a tug with his winch. The guy wrapped the cable around the front axle and gave the D10 operator the nod. Next thing we saw was a couple of gallons of engine oil spilling from the cracked block. Turns out the engine held the Case front end to the back end. The suction of the muskeg was more than the casting could handle, though the D10 didn't care, either way.

Last I saw of the hapless backhoe operator he was walking over the hill on his way home. He knew he was finished.

 

[jcims]

...though the D10 didn't care, either way...

When do they?

 

[Pushing_Tin]

Glad to see that I'm not the only one that does stuff like this. I've been pulled out several times over the years, but never from a pond! :laughing:

 

[TripleR]

It happens to the best.

 

[EddieWalker]

Great pics Jimmy, and thanks for sharing. I did something similar yesterday with my riding mower. The closer you get to the water, the nicer the results, but sometimes, you get just a little too close. The first year that I started mowing around my pond, I got stuck every single time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like you had a good day, stuck or not.

Eddie

 

[jimmyj]

Looks like you had a good day, stuck or not.

Eddie

Thanks. Yes my good man, a day stuck on the tractor is better than a day at the office in my book!

Here are some other stuck pics from earlier this year just to add some variety. I'm the guy on the tractor with the muddy hands!

 

[roger 4400]

Is it me or you really enjoy playing in mud???? Fun isn,t it Have a nice day, very nice photos your smile says everything:thumbsup:. Roger

 

[TWD]

That's some nasty looking stuff right there :confused2:

Sure wish our soil would stay moist throughout the year!

 

[The Haymaker]

Did you try backing out?:laughing:

 

[RobertBrown]

I stuck mine in the pond twice last year. Both times I was just barely able to get out with the loader. I was further in, the ground was almost level but deceptivly wet, because the water was very low the banks are just as steep but higher. I had made a ramp for entering and exiting so there was only one way out wrecker or no.
I know about the pucker factor.

 

[JohninCT]

I'm surprized that you didn't drop the box blade off, put the propeller on the PTO shaft and just drive it out of the pond

 

[soulasphil]

Something similar happened to me a few years ago with my Massey 35. The front wheels got stuck real deep in a mud hole by the sea side. I used a jack and planks, but never managed to get out. The trouble was the tide was coming in and I had not much time left before the tractor was under sea water. After breaking a chain from my bush hog twice (not very strong but it was all we had), the neighbour's big agricultural tractor finally pulled me out in time.