Stuck in the pond

[Pearlsnaps]

Well, it finally happened. I've only got about 100 hours on my yanmar YT 359 tractor. Just long enough to feel comfortable and try and do something I probably shouldn't have.
I was adding a run for my meat pigs to have access to the pond for water. I got a little too aggressive on how far I could drive out and scrape backwards with the bucket. My pond has a lot of that super sticky, gross, squishy, black muck, and I sure enough got stuck.
I tried all of the tricks with pushing the bucket down and lifting the front and going backwards and everything I could possibly do. I had it in four-wheel drive and the diff lock engaged, everything to no avail.
I ended up getting my farm truck out with a long chain to help move the tractor backwards. The wife was kind enough to steer the truck while I worked the tractor backwards.
Moral of the story, don't bite off more than you can chew, or dig!!

 

[JCoastie]

dang, in deep!

 

[Pearlsnaps]

Yup.... Thankfully, there's a large plate underneath the oil pan that stopped me from going any deeper... It was not my finest hour for sure.

 

[Jstpssng]

At least that lesson was more embarrassing than it was painful.
I'm glad that I've never done anything like that. I'm even more thankful that when TBN format changed a few years ago it destroyed any evidence, including pictures, of my tractor being stuck in the mud for 2 weeks.

 

[WranglerX]

I have a 4WD with 10,000lb pull winch just for those type of occasions....

 

[Williy]

I don't recommend that way to wash your tractor

Glad you got unstuck!

willy

 

[seville009]

I think probably most of us with tractors/equipment have “been there/done that”…….

That kind of mud is like driving on ice.

As long as you have another vehicle and tow strap like you did, then it’s just an issue of taking the time to pull it out.

If you had had more weight on your 3 pt (and therefore the rear tires), you possibly could have had a better chance, but hindsight is 20/20…….

 

[Hay Dude]

AG TIRES!
Those R-4’s are useless

 

[mikester]

AG TIRES!
Those R-4’s are useless

Ag tires and even tracks won't help in some types of mud. Ask me how I know...

 

[workinonit]

Ag tires and even tracks won't help in some types of mud. Ask me how I know...

You are correct about that but if he had ag tires I don't think that tractor would have ever stuck. Of course all that depends on just how far into the pond he was planning on driving in the first place.

 

[Atypical_decorum]

A small winch with 3 snatch blocks would help too. But your pictures don't look like there's many trees. Glad you got out. I got stuck in the same type of pond with the left front and rear. Lucking a neighbor has a bigger tractor and massive cahones to drive in the spot he to pull me out.

I'm investing in a winch that can mount on a 2 inch hitch I have on the front and back of my little tractor. My new big tractor will have one bolted on. All my land is steep and slick.

 

[Hay Dude]

Ag tires and even tracks won't help in some types of mud. Ask me how I know...

We don’t know what the difference would been for the OP. He may also have been able to walk right out of that mud.

R-1’s MUCH better than R-4’s in mud though.

Outside of using a tractor on pavement a lot, I cannot fathom why people buy a 4 wheel drive tractor, then slap useless tires on them that literally steal traction away from the tractor.

 

[mikester]

We don’t know what the difference would been for the OP. He may also have been able to walk right out of that mud.

R-1’s MUCH better than R-4’s in mud though.

Outside of using a tractor on pavement a lot, I cannot fathom why people buy a 4 wheel drive tractor, then slap useless tires on them that literally steal traction away from the tractor.

Personally I like my R4's on my CUT TLB for loader work. I prefer soft squishy R1's on Ag tractors pulling implements in the fields.

Once your machine is up to its belly pan in mud or snow no tire will help. Same goes for tracks.

 

[Hay Dude]

Personally I like my R4's on my CUT TLB for loader work. I prefer soft squishy R1's on Ag tractors pulling implements in the fields.

R-1’s don’t have to be “soft squishy” they can be had with stiff sidewalls and inflated with air pressure to make them stiffer. I do loader work with my R-1’s in the 3 ton range and the tires are excellent.

Once your machine is up to its belly pan in mud or snow no tire will help. Same goes for tracks.

That’s just an assumption because the R-1’s would give you a much higher chance to be out of the mud before you ever get stuck in the first place.

I have run full size backhoes with R-4’s and they get stuck easily in 4WD. I‘ve also run R-1’s and R-4’s on farm size tractors.

Night & day difference.

 

[NoTrespassing]

We don’t know what the difference would been for the OP. He may also have been able to walk right out of that mud.

R-1’s MUCH better than R-4’s in mud though.

Outside of using a tractor on pavement a lot, I cannot fathom why people buy a 4 wheel drive tractor, then slap useless tires on them that literally steal traction away from the tractor.

R-4's are much easier on the lawn, it's a compromise for me. If I need more traction, step one, FWA, step two, Chains, step three, get out the ice melt and go in the house.

 

[oosik]

AH - yes. I recognize that condition. A couple times with my first tractor. Out with my cable come-along. So far - not with the second tractor. Learn.........and remember.

 

[kenmbz]

Catch any fish?
Glad you got the tractor out ok.

 

[rockinbbar]

Tractors are heavy. Mud is soft. R1-W's make a bit of difference in those conditions...

 

[Smokeydog]

I’ve got mud and then there is that grease-like mud down by the lower pond where the creek comes in. Black and sticky like moly grease. Pond level fluctuates so where you could go one day, the next your stuck like fly paper. I had ag tractors stuck with both types of tires, truck, four wheeler, a cow, deer and a goat. Best bluegill fishing in that part of the pond. It will suck the shoes and boots off your feet too. That’s why I try to mow close to the water cause you need to see where you’re stepping and who you might be stepping on.

 

[Jstpssng]

A small winch with 3 snatch blocks would help too. But your pictures don't look like there's many trees. Glad you got out. I got stuck in the same type of pond with the left front and rear. Lucking a neighbor has a bigger tractor and massive cahones to drive in the spot he to pull me out.

I'm investing in a winch that can mount on a 2 inch hitch I have on the front and back of my little tractor. My new big tractor will have one bolted on. All my land is steep and slick.

I had my winch on, both times that I got badly stuck. Both times it was useless. The second time it was part of the problem as it was dragging on the ground. I had to drop it and drag it out of the way with my ATV winch before I could back out, pushing with the bucket at the same time.