</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have heard of people intentionally reversing their front tires just for that extra bit of traction backing out of a pile. So there you have it Wesdor, tell everyone you did it specifically to be smarter than the pile /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )</font>
Not realy aplicable here, but in the same line of reasoning, most combines nowdays have the steering axle "powered" to help navigate in the mud. Just about everyone runs the steering wheels "reversed". In most cases, when a combine is "getting stuck", the best course of action is to reverse direction, and back out. The reversed steering wheels help with the change of direction.