Great way to spend an afternoon in the heat....

[tz666]

Photo: 08-01-07 063 | Tractor album | tz | Fotki.com

Follow that link and see what I had to deal with. I will post what happened once everyone sees the pictures. I do nothing half *****.
later

 

[VABlue]

Nice job, TZ! You're right, you didn't do that half-a$$d. I'm quite impressed with your work ethic!

 

[texasjohn]

Proud to see you got some real dirt on your nice shiny toys... the way real men do it I backed up several photos and saw it in its pristine condition... much prettier in its "working clothes" Sorry to say, I'm going to pass on getting a big glossy of it.. but you might consider it

 

[tz666]

Last Friday I did some brush hogging on my property and there is a lush patch of weeds in the woods, since my wife doesnt like snakes I cut a pass with the cutter so she didnt have to walk around. Then I decided to make the path one pass wider and half way my rears sunk down about 3 inches and started to spin. I tried to push backwards with the FEL but that brush hog was holding me stuck. Then I tried to pull forward with the fel and it started moving forward and I got it to move about 3 feet but I got bit by the Pathagorean theorem. For every inch i went forward I went an inch down, A sq. + B sq. = Stuck as heck. I left it all week in that hole last week while I was out of town working and yesterday after a week of 100 degree temps and no rain the truck pulled it out nicely.

 

[MrJimi]

And I think 4WD would have made it deeper? Thats how they get broken in

 

[VABlue]

Make sure you clean the snot out of those bearings!!!

 

[tz666]

I was just going to pressure wash her clean, should I do more.
Should I do anything extra besides spray the mud off. Im not sure what to do to "clean the bearings" like you said.

 

[texasjohn]

I think a pressure wash will do fine... bearings should be sealed

 

[scott_vt]

Afternoon tz666,
Wow nice job !!! I bet if you had R-1s' on there it wouldnt have gotten stuck like that ! Im kidding of course ! Glad you got it out before the snakes claimed it as their territory !

 

[3RRL]

I think a pressure wash will do fine... bearings should be sealed

Yeah, I agree with John.

 

[VABlue]

They probably are sealed, but why not be safe? Pull the tires and inspect hubs and axel parts as best you can. If any moisture got into the bearings it could displace the grease and allow the bearings to operate without lubrication. If any particals (dirt, stone) gets in the bearing it could screw up the works, also. These would be extreme cases, but it's worth taking a look-sy after getting into that amount of muck.