Pictures of freeing stuck equipment with your tractor

[Hay Dude]

Friend of mine got stuck on Sunday. He was pulling up close to a steep bank and slid down the embankment into a soft spot.
I went over to his place after church and got him out.

Here’s the situation when I arrived in my Challenger MT535B. My friend is going down to his Ford compact tractor with a backhoe. I already have the chain on the subframe.

Slowly pulling him up the bank.

Smiles came back as the Challenger easily pulled the little Ford up onto the grass.

We talked a bit afterwards. He wanted to pay me $100 bucks and as I usually do, refused to take any money.
What are friends for?

Lets get a thread going with your stories & pictures of helping a friend. Happens to all of us!

 

[wolc123]

My neighbors across the street have some real swampy ground behind their house. They have got several different pieces of equipment burried back there including a compact Kubota tractor and a big old Chevy Suburban field car.


One time they got the suburban in so deep that the mud and water was about half way up the doors. There wasn’t any dry ground very close to it. I grabbed every chain I had, a long 1/2” wire rope, a snatch block, and my JD 4120 loader tractor.

I rigged the snatch block, to double my pull, and still had about all I could do to yank that thing out of the big mud hole. The thick mud just didn’t want to let go of it.

 

[4570Man]

I pulled this out with my 40 excavator. I got the water low enough we were going to try to start the Case but it wouldn’t start.

 

[Hay Dude]

Hard to believe the Case survived the water getting into everything.

 

[Tpondel]

Not a huge job but occasionally get the Zero stuck. Fortunately have other “toys” to pull things out.

 

[scootr]

My buddy got his LS stuck again, same field, same hole as last year lol. It took 3 neighbor tractors pulling together to pull it out.

MT355E/HE - 55HP​

 

[5030]

I have to say, I've never been stuck to the point where I could not use the bucket on my FEL to lever myself out. The 'trick' if you will to getting stuck and unstuck is to not keep digging for China and use some common sense.... and if it looks wet and or muddy, avoid it until it dries up.

 

[scootr]

I have to say, I've never been stuck to the point where I could not use the bucket on my FEL to lever myself out. The 'trick' if you will to getting stuck and unstuck is to not keep digging for China and use some common sense.... and if it looks wet and or muddy, avoid it until it dries up.

I did get the big tractor stuck once but was able to dig in and push back while applying a little power. The trick is to limit your wheel spin. I ended up making a heck of a hole that I cleaned up later when it dried up...And I stuck the SS with a big BH on it trying to cross a wet creek, But I hooked the big Terex 640 to it and got the neighbor to drive the bobcat 773 and she came right out. cleaning the mud off of it was a bigger project than pulling her out... This year I started building a stone crossing with all the rocks I collected in the field next door.

 

[bmaverick]

My buddy got his LS stuck again, same field, same hole as last year lol. It took 3 neighbor tractors pulling together to pull it out.

MT355E/HE - 55HP​

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I too once had my YM2610 stuck up to the axles just like this. It was a drought, my pond had no viable water and the pond bottom was cracked. There was this weedy island of sorts near the middle. What a time to go in there and flatten it.

Well, needless to say, I drove out there with confidence, turned around dropped the blade down. Once the soil was opened, down I went!

Took the RAM 2500HD, all the chains I could find, over 300FT, put the machine in creeper, no operator behind the wheel, got into the RAM, placed it in low. Took a slow long time, but got it out. Cried with joy and cried with pain as the mud caked on quickly. Ever try to take off pond bottom mud off of a machine. It stinks and is like CEMENT !!! Spend an entire afternoon with the power washer on the machine.

Since then, I've not ventured near water holes nor dried wet areas.

 

[scootr]

My old Terex 640 was the worst as it weighed over 10k. Sink like a stone comes to mind. The MX5200 weighs half as much fully outfitted. Still I avoid the creek like the plague after it rains. Our clay soil is hard as a rock when dry and the consistency of oatmeal when wet.

 

[careyo63]

JD. 5103 2wd. I came real close to getting it stuck. Mud hole and Trees. Fel. so I was able to bucket it out. But The worst was a Rental Bobcat. They just came available. That one with wheels not tracks. Wet mud hole!!. It was deep like the Prev. Pics. Knew it when I lost traction and dumbed that bucket load quick!!! Took me a few Hrs. to get that one out. Another reason the Rice Patty Yanmar comes in handy. The Org. Bridgestones. The Lugs are Huge. My lawn mower though

 

[4570Man]

Hard to believe the Case survived the water getting into everything.

The owner text a couple days later and said it started after it dried out but I don’t know if it had any other issues. The oil fill tubes and the breather were above the water so I’m hoping it was ok.

 

[WranglerX]

Not a huge job but occasionally get the Zero stuck. Fortunately have other “toys” to pull things out.

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Yeah I did thAt, got JD mower stuck on flat marshy ground, got tractor to remove JD and sunk tractor on marshy ground, then got jeep with 90 feet of winch cable out (avoiding marshy ground) to pull both out.... Was not a good day....

 

[bmaverick]

Yeah I did that, got JD mower stuck on flat marshy ground, got tractor to remove JD and sunk tractor on marshy ground, then got jeep with 90 feet of winch cable out (avoiding marshy ground) to pull both out.... Was not a good day....

I feel your pain. Glad you didn't need to rent something not call a service out.

 

[masseyrider]

I enjoy watching youtube videos of equipment extractions.
I get a good laugh when they look surprised pulling the front axle off their machine.
If you get stuck and can't move, STOP.
You're only going to make it worse.
Get help to pull it out.

 

[LouNY]

No pictures but over the years I have had the misfortune to get stuck a few times. With older 2wd tractors and pull type implements it was easy to get into situations that you couldn't drive out of. At times got could unhook the implement and drive out the tractor and then pull out the implement. Unfortunately often you couldn't get the slack to disconnect so the recovery tractor had to pull both the stuck tractor and implement thought the soft spot.
One winter I dropped a font wheel over the bank of the driveway with the Oliver 1550 with the loader on it, even with the chains on the tires she couldn't back backup and onto the driveway. It took a chained up 7120 Magnum to pop the Front end back up on the drive.

 

[KennyG]

I know we all look at these pictures and say why would anybody get into that situation? And then we remember when we did. It reminds me of a couple of stories.

I knew someone who lived in the Idaho mountains. He explained the difference in how "foreigners" and the locals used 4WD trucks. Out of towners would drive in 4WD until they got struck and then look for someone to pull them out. The locals would drive into the mountains in 2WD and, when they go stuck, would put it in 4WD and go back to the nearest bar.

I also remember when we put rear dual tires on an old tractor. My Dad gave me a lecture that if the rear tires ever began to spin, get the tool out of the ground, back up and come home because we didn't own anything that could pull it out if it got buried.

 

[Molalla1]

Friend of mine got stuck on Sunday. He was pulling up close to a steep bank and slid down the embankment into a soft spot.
I went over to his place after church and got him out.

Here’s the situation when I arrived in my Challenger MT535B. My friend is going down to his Ford compact tractor with a backhoe. I already have the chain on the subframe.

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Slowly pulling him up the bank.

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Smiles came back as the Challenger easily pulled the little Ford up onto the grass.


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We talked a bit afterwards. He wanted to pay me $100 bucks and as I usually do, refused to take any money.
What are friends for?

Lets get a thread going with your stories & pictures of helping a friend. Happens to all of us!

A nice "Little Ford" . . . you know he had to ask HD ($$$) and the ending is how it should be. The few neighbors that I have are all on the same page . . .

 

[Hay Dude]

My buddy got his LS stuck again, same field, same hole as last year lol. It took 3 neighbor tractors pulling together to pull it out.

MT355E/HE - 55HP​

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Y’all might want to sit him down and give him a talkin to.

 

[4570Man]

I enjoy watching youtube videos of equipment extractions.
I get a good laugh when they look surprised pulling the front axle off their machine.
If you get stuck and can't move, STOP.
You're only going to make it worse.
Get help to pull it out.

You’re exactly right. If you stop when you’ve been had usually a little tug will get you free instead of getting it buried up to the cab. I’ve had my skid steer stuck plenty of times. Go get the mini x and give it a little tug and it’s fine. I’ve never had one stuck anything close to as bad as the picture I posted earlier. I’ve recovered my D5 with my mini x that’s 300 percent lighter. There’s no way it could do that if it was wallowed in up to the seat.