Buried the tractor

[RobertN]

Re: try this jack

Harv,
I don't know how you read that post; my speeling is terrible!

RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

 

[gordon]

Re: We want pictures!

Well I sure wish I had a camera today. It was a sight for sure. I was taking a shortcut in the woods behind my house. A couple of inches of ice over this short area of mud. Looked fine so I took the short cut. Well needless to say I broke through the ice and into the mud. I had a bucket full of fire wood and didn't want to dump it so I tried to rock the tractor a couple of times. Big mistake---down I went to the loader subframe and rear drawbar. Ended up using the bucket still couldn't move her so lowered the bucket all the way and lowered my hydraulic top link all the way and got a foot of clear space under the rear tires. Started the chainsaw dropped a tree and shoved it under the rear tires. Sooo clooose but the bucket was now just turning mud--- sawed up some 6' sections and put them under the bucket and out she came. So that was a nice little detour today. It sure wasn't a short cut.

I still had the rearblade on in hopes of getting some snow. Got about an inch last night of snow but not enough to plow.
Gordon

 

[DFB]

Re: We want pictures!

Gordon, great save. Necessity is the mother of invention. Your only stuck when ya gotta walk home./w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

 

[Thomas]

Re: We want pictures!

gordon,
Kinda went thur the samething last late spring,for I to try a short cut /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gifand belly out.
Between logs and rocks plus a 10 ton come along and hour plus swatting blackflies /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gifshe got a grip and crawl out.

When it was wash down time the pressure washer sure came in handy,also for the Kubota. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

Have you ever gotten stuck in a snow bank w/ ice for a surface on a steep grade...now thats a real treat. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

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

 

[GeorgeH]

Re: We want pictures!

Last night while plowing the drive the BX slid sideways and got wedged between 2 guy wires on an electric pole. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Battery was dead on S-10 Blazer so no help from it to pull the BX out. /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif Tried to use the car (Dodge Stratus) as a pulling point by hooking a come-a-long to it. Just pulled the car closer to the tractor./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif Tractor needed to be pulled sideways to clear guy wire. What to do?/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif Wait a minute, neighbor down the road has a 4 wheel drive John Deere. Must swallow pride and call him for help! /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif Called neighbor, not home, pride saved. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Called towing comany, they can come right out! /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif Hour and a half later they show up with a flatbed car hauler. /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif He hooks up the winch and pulls it 6 inches. I drive it the rest of the way out. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Cost $37.50 /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif Thank goodness it all happened after dark. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Next time I think I will try to drive an Iron bar into the ground to use as a pulling anchor. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif Cheaper and faster! /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif



<font color=orange>George</font color=orange> /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Thomas]

Re: We want pictures!

George,
Thats what I call a tight spot, /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gifand I bet you won't forget that spot everytime you pass by w/ your BX /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif


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

 

[GeorgeH]

Re: We want pictures!

I gave it a wide berth today. Even in the car I could feel a powerful magnetic type of force pulling the car that direction. I'm sure the massive amount of iron in the Kubota contributed to last nights fiasco!

<font color=orange>George</font color=orange> /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Harv]

Re: We want pictures!

Gordon -

Glad you made it back to the high ground. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Sounds like you knew what to do. Where exactly did you pick up the experience? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Just curious -- would a hi-lift w/jack-mate have been of any use in your case?

 

[gordon]

Re: We want pictures!

Thats a tough call Harv. I don't have a hi/lift jack. But I did have a chainsaw. Usually when I'm in the woods I've got the skidding winch on the back this time of year. But where was it sitting up at the house! So I used what I had with me because it's going to get in the low twentys tonight and I didn't want the tractor to freeze in.--Been there done that as well!

If I did have a high lift I guess I could have shovelded down enough to get some wood under the jack to give it a surface to jack on or else it would have just jacked down into the mud. Once I did that I could have put some wood under the tires to get it up out of the hole.

Was sort of funny though, with the heat from the engine running it was melting the ice causing a very nice mud pool.
Gordon

 

[Harv]

Re: We want pictures!

Gordon -

I wasn't thinking so much of jacking the tractor up, but rather using the jack as a poor man's winch, as shown here.

Since I bought one of these things, I'm just curious to know if it's really going to do the job when the need arises.

I suppose I could just drive my tractor into the bog and ... /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif