Loader stuck up high

pattycake · Mar 10, 2020

They claim it didn't look like that until they started trying to get out, and surrounding water from the creeks started filling the area.

MH8675309 · Mar 10, 2020

I have plenty of stories from my own miserable experiences with mud. It sucks getting a tractor stuck

thclimer · Mar 13, 2020

pattycake said:
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Oh my that sure looks stuck. I can now understand where getting the loader to work was the key to getting out. Mud/water can create incredible suction keeping you stuck, glad it all worked out.

Corkpuller · Mar 13, 2020

I'd a had to jerk a knot in that boys ***, unless you told him to take that machine in there.

He would also have spent the required time to clean ever last speck of mud off of it.

What the heck, was he trying to get to the back of Housen to look for spawning beds or what???? LMAO

pattycake · Mar 13, 2020

Corkpuller said:
I'd a had to jerk a knot in that boys ***, unless you told him to take that machine in there.
What the heck, was he trying to get to the back of Housen to look for spawning beds or what???? LMAO

I agree... wt f were you even doing back there? And no, I didn't give them permission to take it back there. He has asked if he could use the tractor to till up a motocross track that we had built but that track was way back at the home, and up high - no mud. For some reason, they felt the need to go way deep into the woods/marsh. Crazy stupid.

WranglerX · Mar 13, 2020

The brashness of youth.... Bet he learned something here that will carry through to old age....

Dale

mllud · Mar 14, 2020

I have learned the hard way that if it has a engine or a sharp edge i don't let anyone use it. I hate to say no to people but if they screw something up saying no was the better thing to do. And often bowerer's dont care about your tools/machinery. I often just go and do what the need to get done with the tractor.
I stopped loaning when my neighbor had my chainsaw in the dirt cutting a tree root out.
I'm sure your son inlaw felt bad. It sounds like he was taking responsibility.
Those were some hard hours on your machine. Parts get hot when surrounded by mud. Heat is trapped.
Your a nice guy. I understand not being pleased with who your daughter picked. Sometimes biting your lip is all you can do.
I'm glad to see you succeeded with other forum members help. That's to much investment to let it get tore up.

That mud looked sticky. Of all places for your phone to fall out. Did you say a bad word ? I would have said a few.

polarred21 · Mar 14, 2020

DL Meisen said:
The brashness of youth.... Bet he learned something here that will carry through to old age....

Dale

Yeah I grew up with an 8N Ford. At 12 years old me and my buddy would take that thing on some wild rides when dad wasn't home, down to the creek we went. We had fun but boy how stupid it was.

Peter 315 · Mar 14, 2020

polarred21 said:
Yeah I grew up with an 8N Ford. At 12 years old me and my buddy would take that thing on some wild rides when he wasn't home, down to the creek we went. We had fun but boy how stupid it was.

I guess we did a lot of stupid things when we were kids ,But now kids are eating tide pods and other stuff ......:confused3:

s219 · Mar 14, 2020

I remember getting my Dad's truck stuck when I was a kid and my brother and I had to walk home about 4 miles, at night. Went and pulled it out the next day and spent hours cleaning it up. Ever since then I have a huge amount of respect for mud and haven't gotten anything stuck too bad, knock on wood. There are so many situations where you can just look at the area and know it's not worth the risk.

I have pulled a lot of people out of mud over the years (when homes were being built on our street, I averaged 1-2 contractor vans per week for a while) and the common theme is that it was their first learning experience with mud. I think that until it happens, people just don't get it.