Buried the tractor

[bpence]

Re: Who else has Buried their tractor

It seems like when one of these 4wd things gets stuck, it gets 4 times, not 2 times, as stuck as 2wd tractors.

Bob Pence

 

[hayden]

We want pictures!

I'd love to see pictures of some of these events. They sound quite spectactular.

 

[gordon]

Re: Who else has Buried their tractor

Glenn you have beat me to something I've never done---I've never gotten my tractor stuck with a suit and tie on. Now that I think about it I've never driven my tractor with a suit and tie on. Now that I think some more about it I hardly ever wear a suit and tie. Do you find that the suit works better than the carharts?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Did you manage to get the tractor out?
Use the bucket to actually lift the front wheels up and with the diff lock on slowly go in reverse while rolling the bucket to push you out a foot or two at a time. Hope this helps or better yet hope you already got it out and don't need this bit of advise.
Gordon

 

[scruffy]

Re: Who else has Buried their tractor

Gordon,
It makes me wonder, just exactly what does Glenn do when he wears a Tuxedo? ;o)

 

[Bird]

Re: Who else has Buried their tractor

And I thought on the old TV show "Green Acres" was the only place anyone drove a tractor with a suit and tie on./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

 

[uppermich]

Re: Who else has Buried their tractor

No, this isn't Green Acres. I think Glenn is trying to remake the Tim Allen show "Tooltime", 'cept now it's glennmac in "Tractortime"!!!! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif ..........Can't wait for the next episode...........



Pat (Techno-Tractor Mom)

 

[hayden]

I did it on Saturday.

A few weeks ago I dug a trench for a water line to our back yard. I backfilled it and left it to settle for a few weeks before replacing the sod. We got some rain over the two weeks, which I figured was good for settling the soil.

Saturday I went out to run over the trench to pack it down one more time, and it happened. I ras running parallel to the trench with the right-side wheels over the trench to pack it down. It was fine at first, but when I got to the other end it started acting like a waterbed. When I'd push down in one place the soil surface would pop up further down the trench. There was clearly heavy water saturation not far below the surface. Then it happened: the right side of the tractor started sinking. Right down to the axels. It's a good thing the trench was only 16" wide 'cause it was like quicksand and I think it would have swallowed the whole machine if it was bigger.

I was thankful for the backhoe. A little down pressure on a solid spot to lift up the back of the tractor, followed by a swing and push with the boom and I got the rear onto solid ground enough to back out.

Sorry - no pictures and no suit.

 

[Thomas]

Peter,
Know what you mean.
Just one more pass or a little further and than.../w3tcompact/icons/frown.giftime.
I guess we all have been there a time or two and will again. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[gordon]

Peter now you know thats cheating using the backhoe to get yourself out. The reason I say that is that I didn't have that option to get myself out that day. But If I did have one on the back I surely would have used it. I'm jealous-a backhoe is another item on my want list with about 15 other items. Maybe santa will be good to me this year!!! One can only hope.

On a different note about the tux wearing tractor operator---Glenn---Did he post his story and I missed it??? You still out there Glenn??? Did you get her unstuck yet or are you going to wait until spring thaw?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Gordon

 

[hayden]

Oh, I get it. Now I know why Glenn is considering getting a backhoe. It's to get the MHS Glennmac unstuck /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Yes, it was kind of cheating. As I was doing it, I was trying to think how I would have gotten it out without the backhoe, and the thoughts weren't flowing very freely. I'm lucky I had it on at the time.