Buried the tractor

[Bird]

Gordon, down here in Texas you can't get stuck in rock hard dry clay! It's been a long time since I had enough mud to even think about getting stuck./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Bird

 

[glennmac]

Gordon, it is well known that you are the only Tractorbynetian who has ever gotten stuck. All over the Northeast, whenever we see someone stuck in mud we say, "There's Gordon". And when I get stuck, I'll post it under your name so you can maintain your unique status. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Glenn

 

[gordon]

Good one Glenn now that I've stopped laughing I can reply. This is something that I would rather not be famous for, sort of like the Wide World of Sports and the skijumper at the start of the show. I can picture it now you and the wife driving down the road and see a tractor stuck---Look dear he pulled a Gordon./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Gordon

 

[gordon]

Well Mark how can I put this---I know that exact feeling---at least someone has had alittle traction problem at one time. You guys must use your tractors to do more than just cut grass. Don't you guys run the tar out of your tractors? No sense in getting a 4wd if you don't test it once in awhile just to be sure it's working properly./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Maybe I need to start another thread to see how stuck some people have gotten. Yea thats it.
Gordon

 

[ejb]

Gordon, I have never buried my tractor, but I have gotten the small one (a 2wd turf tire 27hp yanmar) stuck many many times, in fact it is one of the reasons that I ended up by a second, bigger machine (a JD5410, 4WD).

It doesn't take much to stick a 2wd tractor with turf tires in the mud, and I was always able to pull it free with my pickup. (or now wth my big tractor)

I have had a few scares with my JD5410, where the ground just kept sinking around my tractor, but even with the mud up/over the axes it kept on going thru like a trooper...I try to aviod situations like that because I know what an ordeal it is going to be to free a 10,000lb tractor from mud up and over the axels...that will require some heavy (read expensive) equipment, not to mention the embarassment...

I have a picture I'd love to be able to share with you guys if I ever get my scanner hooked up again...its a farmer, sitting on a JD tractor (not sure what kind, but its bigger than mine, has large-dual real wheels) with mud all the way up to the seat on all four sides (you can just see the tops of the 4 rear wheels)...the caption is "Every farmers worst nightmare". I love to look at it, makes me laugh and cringe at the same time....

Good luck.

 

[bpence]

Gordon, I thought I got a previous tractor (Ford 4000) stuck a few years ago, but I was mistaken. It wasn't anything that couldn't be cured by hooking a small dozer to the front and just pulling slightly.

Bob Pence

 

[Bird]

When you guys bury your tractors up to or over the front axle, I've wondered about how much water was in the mud and whether you might get moisture in the front axle housing through the vent. Back in the days when it rained in Texas a couple of years ago, a neighbor was putting out hay for his cattle (big 2WD tractor) and had to drive through muddy water for a few days to get to them; bad oil seals on the front spindles and he destroyed his front wheel bearings.

Bird

 

[Will]

Have any of you used a Hi-Lift Jack http://www.hi-lift.com/casting.htm? It looks like it might have a lot more pulling power than a come-along, and be useful for changing tires too. It looks like they are used a lot in 4WD off road situations and by emergency crews too, but I have no first hand experience with them.

 

[scruffy]

Depends upon which come-along you buy Sir! You can get a wimpy 2 ton or you can spend your money on something that will be versitle and cover any foreseeable need. I have a high-lift jack, and 2 come-alongs....never have used the jack.

 

[gerard]

The hi lift jack is useful but is rated at 5000lb capacity. More than the 2 ton come along but you can get heavier duty ones that will pull more than the jack. Definitely a useful piece of equipment though. I have one and have used it many times for different things.