Please post your worst mud experiences

[Firefighter Kubota]

BX25 in the mud by a stream. R4 tires, 4wd + diff lock and I just dug myself right in... Deep enough that the mud was coming over the sides of the deck.

That's when i found out the hydraulics won't really lift the whole tractor up, especially not when its stuck in like that.

I broke my winch trying to get it out then sank 1/4 face cord of firewood into the mud trying to get traction.

I eventually got it out using the FEL and backhoe (which, thankfully, was attached) and a few well placed logs and 2x6x12 boards.

My girlfriend was sworn to secrecy since she's the one who said "why are we carrying this [shovels full of mud] all the way over there, just bring the tractor closer".

I allowed no photos to be taken.[/quote]


Thank goodness the satellite wasn't pointed in your direction...

 

[amg280]

R4's clog pretty easy....they are great in snow though.

 

[manganos]

I've had all my tractors stuck except my new Mahindra (She is still super clean).

Here is my BX22 stuck -

 

[Evil the Weasel]

Whoa! Did the hydro fan survive that?

 

[General Lee]

Manganos - ****! I won't need to go through mud like that.

After reading these posts, I don't think I'll try my tractor. I will just have to cut the wood up and haul it on my 4wheeler racks, a few pieces at a time.

 

[manganos]

LOL - YES I WON! ... all kidding aside. Yes the hydro fan made it thru that particular incident but it did loose to a tree limb a little after that.

If I had taken off that box blade I would have made it just fine. The box blade got me stuck

 

[TRACTORMAN-DOWN]

if you have a wet or mud place and you have some old logs around lay them cross ways across the wet spot so you drive on themat a 90degree they will push down in the mud and if you need to keep adding them, this is called cordroding your road way and if after a while if you have dirt put it on top of the logs and mudd and it will harden up so you can keep using it. xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[TRACTORMAN-DOWN]

why is it poeple have tractors with buckets and stuff on there tractors but they need a truck to pull it out of the mudd

 

[638]

Because they got stuck!

 

[hydrology_joe]

While I was a young know-it-all, I managed to get my dather's B7200 MMM 2WD stuck right in the middle of the lateral field. The turf lugs managed to get get filled with mud in 0.2 seconds flat and just sat there and spun on the slick muck. (never really sank in... just the thick grass held it back) So I put the tractor in low R and got off and went around front to push the tractor out of the tall grass. Of course, the folks were in the house watching the entire debacle unfold. I pushed, the tractor moved back, caught and continued to reverse without me. My center of balance was now beyond upright and I face planted straight into the "mud". The folks said they could hear the "Oh $&@#" from the house!

 

[brin]

I once used my 3020 JD with FEL to fill in an inground swimming pool in a rental house I had bought ...I did not want the swimming pool due to liability issues if a tenant drowned.

We drained the pool and then back filled with Ga. red clay and then came the rains...I still drove onto the now back filled pool to pack and grade out the clay soil...Ugg ! If I had not had a front end loader to get me out a dozen times I would have been completely sunk and stuck up to the bottom of the tractor frame...the pool was 24 x 36 but I got it done...If you don't have anything on your TPH then your FEL will get you out..I have been stuck a few times since then and the FEL with thought and patience has always eventually gotten me out.. I have filled rear tires on the JD 3020 as well.

 

[manganos]

What a most excellent third post. Welcome to the forum.

FYI the bucket wouldn't pull me out since my box blade was stuck. PM me your phone number and maybe you can come get it out next time ?

why is it poeple have tractors with buckets and stuff on there tractors but they need a truck to pull it out of the mudd

 

[bstrom]

Sometimes the pickups get stuck and the tractors rescue them.

I once got a pickup stuck on a wood road way back in the woods. It was
up to the floor in mud. I almost wanted to cry. No AAA out there. I walked for a few miles before I found a guy with a tractor and a logging winch to haul it out. He was scared to go in there (smarter than me) but with the winch he didn't have to get that close. He hauled me out backwards through a lot of mud and almost wrapped me around a tree but I was still grateful. The whole event probably took half a day, pretty much a nightmare but I learned a lot about mud and springtime in Maine.

 

[ToadHill]

Just got my back 40 and was driving the 8N around looking over the land suddenly I'm up to the belly in some muck. I got off and got the MF 85 to pull out the Ford. Well the tires spun in the mud and now both were stuck. I got off and unhooked the chain and went back for the Oliver OC3 crawler. I hooked the MF to the OC3 and the tracks started to dig then spin and wouldn't budge the MF. I unhooked and was able to get the OC3 out . I ended up having my neighbor bring over his logging machine and we had to winch out both tractors.

I've avoided that piece of ground since then.

 

[fishpick]

why is it poeple have tractors with buckets and stuff on there tractors but they need a truck to pull it out of the mudd

Someone wiser than me once said -
"The great contribution of four wheel drive is the ability to get man and equipment stuck farther away from civilization than ever before"...

 

[manganos]

ROFL!! That is the truth!

Someone wiser than me once said -
"The great contribution of four wheel drive is the ability to get man and equipment stuck farther away from civilization than ever before"...

 

[crazyal]

I have a few spots of mud that I've started filling with rocks. I have lots of 100lb semi-flat rocks that fit nicely into the FEl. I just lay them in the ruts and before you know it you can drive right across it. I've done two holes now and can even pull a 3x5 trailer across them with an old 250 three wheeler.

 

[patrickk123]

never underestimate mud you don't want to get into a situation like this where you need a tow truck to get un-stuck. it probably did not look muddy at first .(I know this thread is old but this could be useful information)

 

[kevin37b]

What is on top of that rig?

 

[aczlan]

What is on top of that rig?

Looks to me like a manlift bucket (AL basket point backwards) and a grapple (black and pointing forward) for the rear backhoe.

Aaron Z