Re: try this jack
As I've mentioned before, being separated from my tractor for weeks at a time yet wanting to do tractor stuff, has led me to forming a nasty habit --
buying stuff!!!
As the ground starts to get muddy and the real rains haven't yet begun, I started having visions of sinking my 'Bota up to the axles and having no way to get it out. I can't count on getting another vehicle close enough to the places where this could occur, and as much as I like the idea of a winch, that doesn't seem like a very cost-effective way to go, assuming (praying) I wouldn't need it much.
Then I remembered that our wise buddy (and practically my neighbor), RobertN, pointed out something called a "Jack Mate" in a
previous post
I reviewed this product and decided I would feel better having something like that sitting in the shop,
just in case. I started to place my order when I suddenly realized that the 50 bucks was just for the little hunk o' steel that slips over the jack and does not include the jack itself.
I didn't place the order.
That night I had the same visions of my little 'L' slowly disappearing into the mire, and how much it would be worth to me to have that jack rig standing by. The next day I up and bought a 48-inch Hi Jack ($65) and went ahead with the Jack Mate purchase.
So now I'm sleeping better, even though I've done nothing more than to lean on my new jack rig (see attachment), but a new vision is creeping into my subconscious wherein my tractor is in the bog and I'm standing there, jack in hand, thinking "... but you don't have enough chain!".
It never ends, does it? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
