Just a funny pic...First time getting her stuck

[Greenfield Dave]

Welcome to the club...I buried my L4400 that deep in SNOW and mud this winter, pulling a full manure spreader...SHE said "it does not look that deep!!"
Bu11sh** I said when she was buried...Thankfully I got out with the bucket in an hour or so.. Then, I did it again this spring pulling a fertilizer cart...misery loves company!!!

 

[Redbug]

Hi AndyMA...and the gang...I probably could have gotten out if I had unhooked the boxblade. It was hanging up in the goo and helping to hold the tractor back. But...it was easier to just go and get the surburban instead...unhooking the BB, dragging it out and getting muddy hooking it up again seemed like more hassle than it was worth. If I were alone, I may have done that, though.

I plan to finish filling in that wallow later this week.

 

[Turkeyman]

Nice pictures!
Use the curl and open the jaws of the 4 in 1 which will give you another 10-12" which may get you out. In real suppy mud you may need to push the jaws against a 3-4" vertical log.

 

[kbota]

Have been in similar situation, and could not release the attachment. Recently, I needed to haul a downed pine tree. It had been limbed, so I only needed to move the 85' of trunk which varied from about 10" to 30". I sat the bb on the small end, and chained the tree to the bb. Lifted it with 3ph, and proceeded to move the tree. Worked great until I started over a knoll when the bb lifted the rear end of the tractor. Front axle just dug in. Couldn't go forward, couldn't go back, couldn't release the bb. Working alone. %$#$*&(*&(* !

After a small tantrum, I started looking at things logically......*#%@*! anther trantrum. Didn't have my chainsaw with me - (that won't happen again)

But, I did have my trusty double bit axe. I am sooo glad that I had sharpened that puppy the day before. Took about an hour of serious logging work, but finally got the log to yield so the chain could get a little slack.

message - never bind the bb to anything the bb is sitting on. Works fine as long as the plane of the tractor doesn't change. Otherwise you could be in trouble.

After reflecting, I'm fortunate that I didn't overload the 3ph arms or worse !

k