3320 STUCK ON A STUMP

[mnbowhunter1960]

While I was brush cutting back in the clear cut this weekend which is about 18 months of new growth of 6 to 12 feet high of poplar trees and like a very very green jungle and hard to see anything on the ground, I guess I did not have the bucket down far enough to catch this one and ended up on the top of it. It is a very gut sinking feeling at first when you are back in the woods a mile or so with no way to get a truck in where you are. With all wheels spinning and no traction I was unable to use the bucket to push myself backwards with the MX-5 on the back end and had to drop it and drag it away by hand with the help of two other strong young guys before attempting to push it backwards and free myself. nothing was hurt besides my pride, and was a great relief not to go ask the neighbor to come and help me with his tractor. I think I will now give up doing this myself without someone walking in front of me pointing out trouble before I run into it until spring when I can see better. lesson learned!

 

[KennedyDiesel]

Another week or two and you'll be able to see it all...

 

[jdjackpine]

I hope you did not scratch any of the pretty green paint off!

 

[Turkeyman]

Always a bad feeling, hope you have R4's on it, stumps are hard on R1's. Also you may want to add some belly pans- much cheaper then bent metal or ripped out hoses. Also, I mow backwards and let the mower find the stumps.

 

[Egon]

Would you have been able to raise the front with the bucket and place stuff under the front wheels till you had sufficient clearance to back off the stump?

 

[sandman2234]

I am glad you posted this, as now I can show my wife that I am not the only person in the world to do this. However, I don't have a loader, so I used a jack to raise the tractor, put blocks under it, and then drove off of it.
Raising the front end, as was suggested, wouldn't have worked in my case, as the stump was under to slightly behind the rear axle.
David from jax

 

[mnbowhunter1960]

Egon, I supposed I might have eventually come up with that after the panic subsided, but my nephew and his buddy were close and able to help me get that brush cutter un hooked and pulled far enough back, and then the bucket did the job. Thank you,I will keep that in mind if I am alone and run into that situation ever again but I hope it never happens. MH