Neighbourly Thing...

[Lloyd_E]

Did the neighbourly thing today. A new neighbour(actually friend) bought the property next to me and to fulfil his dreams bought a new Kubota tractor to play with. 20-25 hp thing... He has managed to get it stuck and unstuck without embarrassment... until today.

So I get the call and drive down the lane and road to his property and Yes! He is stuck.

I hook on and pull... at least I think I did... didn't feel like it.

Pics to follow... we shared a laugh... all in good fun. He is rethinking the size of tractor.
I told him not to sell this unit but to buy an additional one. Always good to have a second tractor... just to pull the other one out!

Lloyd

 

[Alan L.]

Did the neighbourly thing today. A new neighbour(actually friend) bought the property next to me and to fulfil his dreams bought a new Kubota tractor to play with. 20-25 hp thing... He has managed to get it stuck and unstuck without embarrassment... until today.

So I get the call and drive down the lane and road to his property and Yes! He is stuck.

I hook on and pull... at least I think I did... didn't feel like it.

Pics to follow... we shared a laugh... all in good fun. He is rethinking the size of tractor.
I told him not to sell this unit but to buy an additional one. Always good to have a second tractor... just to pull the other one out!

Lloyd

Sounds like you're making fun of thousands of members that have 20-25 HP tractors. So.... he got it stuck because its only 20-25 HP?

 

[Lloyd_E]

No... not at all. I gut stuck and managed to get unstuck several times. At some point your luck runs out. His did and mine may at some point.

And he may have got stuck due to the size. He even acknowledges that. He now realizes that his tractor is undersized for the things he wants to do. Like he says "I now have a very expensive lawn mower" - he does have a mower deck for the unit too... and a chipper, BH etc... and I am jealous. Would love to have it as a mower!

Lloyd

 

[samandmax]

I would get a set of R1 tires and rims to use in those conditions and the winter.

 

[Lloyd_E]

samandmax,

I will suggest that to him. He may go that route for a quick fix.

Thanks.

 

[TripleR]

You just have to accept you can get stuck no matter what kind of tires or the size of your tractor. We park all of our tractors if at all possible when it's muddy.

Sure is great to have a second tractor or good neighbor to help you out.:thumbsup:

 

[rambler]

Sounds like you're making fun of thousands of members that have 20-25 HP tractors. So.... he got it stuck because its only 20-25 HP?

We all make fun of 'the other side', you folk with the tiny tractors make fun of the monster tractors as well from time to time - it's all in good fun, i like to smile at both sides.

Now, he got stuck for 2 reasons - a bit of inexperience, and the wrong choice in tires.

A lot of those small tractors are sold with the wrong tires. Those construction type are not made for traction, they are made to wear well on highway use.

Get good tires on that little tractor, and it will be a whole different animal.

With more experience and proper tires, it would be very hard to stick a light tractor with a loader & backhoe - it should be able to work itself out of 95% of the stuff it can get itself into.

Lot of small tractor owners have no experience in using the things, and they make poor choices on the accessories - like tires. I see that on here all the time, questionable recommendations on tires or properly weighting a loader tractor.

Make a person smile a bit.

Now, when I burry a big farm tractor, I do it along the county blacktop of course, and the tractor will be sitting there in the mud for all the neighbors to see, as well as the muddy tracks for a week or 2.... And they all make sure to have a good laugh at my expense.

Gotta chuckle along with them whwen I'm the dummy.

--->Paul

 

[Stick895]

Bigger tractor just means you get stuck deeper in, like pickups with 4WD.

 

[milkman636]

You just have to accept you can get stuck no matter what kind of tires or the size of your tractor. We park all of our tractors if at all possible when it's muddy.

Sure is great to have a second tractor or good neighbor to help you out.:thumbsup:

Exactly. Experience is a great teacher.

We find humor in these situations because we have made that call/ walk of shame to ask for help after pushing past the limits. Its just part of learning. I'd be disappointed to not get a little good natured ribbing in the process. It'd be a sign that my neghbor and I did not know each other well enough.

 

[Lloyd_E]

We all make fun of 'the other side', you folk with the tiny tractors make fun of the monster tractors as well from time to time - it's all in good fun, i like to smile at both sides.

Now, he got stuck for 2 reasons - a bit of inexperience, and the wrong choice in tires.

A lot of those small tractors are sold with the wrong tires. Those construction type are not made for traction, they are made to wear well on highway use.

Get good tires on that little tractor, and it will be a whole different animal.

With more experience and proper tires, it would be very hard to stick a light tractor with a loader & backhoe - it should be able to work itself out of 95% of the stuff it can get itself into.

Lot of small tractor owners have no experience in using the things, and they make poor choices on the accessories - like tires. I see that on here all the time, questionable recommendations on tires or properly weighting a loader tractor.

Make a person smile a bit.

Now, when I burry a big farm tractor, I do it along the county blacktop of course, and the tractor will be sitting there in the mud for all the neighbors to see, as well as the muddy tracks for a week or 2.... And they all make sure to have a good laugh at my expense.

Gotta chuckle along with them whwen I'm the dummy.

--->Paul

Paul,

See... there is humour in reality! Now I won't go into why he didn't hook up his BMW X5
and pull himself out... he did mentioned he thought about it a couple of times before... but managed to get unstuck!

Two winters ago I was dissing another neighbour after he bought a 60hp bota.
He was the first one I called when I got stuck in a simple small drainage ditch along my lane.
For the life of me I could not get out... needless to say I praised him and his shiny new toy - tool!

I like the fact you left it there for a while just because you could - lol.

Stick - ever hear of the Corb Lund band and their ode to stuck 4x4's? Great song.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDY6bWT5oTM]Corb Lund - Truck Got Stuck - YouTube[/ame]


Lloyd