Don't think I'll try this method of getting unstuck.

[bcp]

"I still don’t know which was the oldest, the bulldozer or its bearded driver. The machine was an old D8 with a cable blade, not like the hydraulic ones I had seen in other parts of the bush. The driver was as brown as a berry, and he always had a grin as though he knew something that no-one else did − except when smart town kids like me pestered him to teach us to drive the bulldozer. This day, he had got his machine stuck in the mud and it just wouldn't budge."

The rest of the story here, didn't want to copy the whole page.

The big bang – Bush trams and other log transport – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Bruce

 

[Jstpssng]

That's a good story. The operator definitely knew his machine. Thanks for sharing.

 

[orezok]

I have a friend who was a combat engineer in Vietnam. He used the same technique to free tanks that were stuck in the mud but C4 was the favored bang.

 

[Aquamoose]

Just when you thought you heard every trick in the book!

 

[Oldoak]

Now that would have made a great "how to" youtube vidio! "How to Free Yourself From Mud"

 

[Bird]

My brother told me of that being done in Alaska, but not by him, when they were building the haul road to the North Slope.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Just don't ask that guy to help you with your clogged toilet...

 

[oosik]

You see the size of that log the dozer is pulling. Look real close - there is a man standing on top of that log.