Gotta have two Yanmars! (Worst Stuck)

[California]

I posted this over in Towing Something Wrong when the conversation shifted to big equipment stuck.

I used a chain to tug the YM186D away from the fence using the backhoe on the YM240, so I wouldn't harm the fence getting unstuck.

First time ever (14 years) that I wasn't able to finally drive out of a stuck under my own power.

 

[Neat 1500]

Slipped sideways into the fence?

 

[rScotty]

That picture confirms what I've always believed:
A family ought to own at least two tractors. Three is better, and four is just about right.

rScotty

 

[newbury]

Tractors are like chainsaws, you need a spare to get one unstuck.

 

[fried1765]

That picture confirms what I've always believed:
A family ought to own at least two tractors. Three is better, and four is just about right.

rScotty

Have 3 .....four would definitely be better!

 

[California]

Slipped sideways into the fence?

Yep. I was grading moving backward, to fill low spots where deer could go under. I backed over a spot I had just filled that was too loose so the downhill tire fell in a hole. After I struggled a bit there were several parts of the tractor engaged in the fence mesh. The photo is after I pulled the tractor sideways a few inches and got free of the fence.

 

[k0ua]

These things happen anytime you are working up against a downhill barrier of any kind. I got a downhill side tree up against my Kioti some time ago between the front and rear wheels, and I though I was never going to get loose. I did manage to seesaw (uphill on loose gravel) and get it free, but the chainsaw was looking awfully good. Working close to a barrier on your downhill side is always dangerous. There is like a vortex of energy that just "sucks" a tractor closer and closer.

 

[4get gto]

I bet all the guys that mow next to a pond can relate California. You always gotta get "just" a little closer. :shovel:

 

[California]

The area didn't look impassable. I've said that before ....

 

[bcp]

Working close to a barrier on your downhill side is always dangerous. There is like a vortex of energy that just "sucks" a tractor closer and closer.

I believe that is called "gravity."

Bruce

 

[Norm W]

At least you don't need a much bigger tractor for recovery. Or a clean pair of pants.

 

[California]

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Do you jump out the high side (difficult) or the low side????



I think the safe answer is wait for the next tractor to come along to push it back on its tracks.

 

[k0ua]

I believe that is called "gravity."

Bruce

Yep, it is hard to get around that "law".