Stuck in the pond

[ptsg]

Even full size backhoes just run R1 tread these days. Same for Ag telehandlers.

 

[Hay Dude]

A full size backhoe weighs substantially more than a farm tractor. Of course they get stuck worse. All R4 an aren’t equal either. Some have huge block treads with maybe an inch between them. Those are pretty useless. Others have fairly skinny lugs with a big gap between them that are pretty comparable to R-1s.

Does it? Can men have babies, too?

I’ve got 2 farm tractors one weighs 19,000 and the other weighs 24,000.
My Case Super M didn’t weigh that much. Maybe 17,500.

https://www.ritchiespecs.com/model/case-580-super-m-loader-backhoe

R4’s are NOT comparable to R-1’s. Ain’t no way in hell. If they were, farmers would run them In muddy fields, but they don’t.
Anytime you want to compare traction between what you got with R-4’s and what I got with R-1’s in mud, let me know. I want to be there.

 

[Hay Dude]

Even full size backhoes just run R1 tread these days. Same for Ag telehandlers.

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Now that’s a really smart option for users who are primarily in dirt, fields & mud.

Would love to have an AG telehandler!!!

 

[Hay Dude]

I did that 60 years ago with Grandad's Farmall mowing too close to lake. All it takes is one revolution of mud in tires and you have drag slicks regardless of tread. We were close to a tractor dealership and owner felt sorry for the kid!. He used a '30s John Deere 2 cylinder, large chain. Sounded like engine was running about 300 rpm (putt-putt-putt)...never changed pitch. Dragged it out & I forgot leaving it in gear!

Sorry, but I don’t agree with that. I have decades of experience using both types of tire.
First, the AG tire in that 1st revolution will get much more traction and probably get you out of the mud Where the R-4 will more likely sit & spin. The reason is the cleats are much taller and more angular.
Second, once the mud begins to pack, the AG tread will throw the mud out better and do a better job of cleaning themselves out.

 

[workinonit]

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.

This depends on what damage you are talking about. If you are referring to rutting when the ground is wet then maybe the R1s will be worse but probably not. I don't cut grass when the ground is wet enough that tires are going to tear it up. If you are referring to mashing the grass down ahead of a finish mower or bush hog then that statement is absolutely not true. R1s have less surface area touching the ground if the ground is not wet. R4s have much more surface area and mash much more grass down. I've run them both as well as turf tires and give me R1s any day. Besides I have to have R1s for farming.

 

[Pearlsnaps]

Well I appreciate all the replies. Especially about the tire choice. The deal I got on the tractor says it came with R4's instead of R1's. My old yanmar gray model tractor had r1's and I never got it stuck, but it was also a 25 horse. My intentions were just to clean the bank out a little bit so the meat pigs didn't have to be manually watered every single day. We live mostly off grid and pumping water to their old pin would have been cost prohibitive instead of just adding them some access to the pond.
And the mud was that nasty, greasy muck mud that even barefoot I would sink to my knees. When I went to stop the first time I tried it, my tires just went all the way down to the black clay underneath all that muck. I immediately tried going backwards, and that's what loaded all the tires.
Thanks for the replies everyone!
Happy Friday

 

[dieselscout80]

Even full size backhoes just run R1 tread these days. Same for Ag telehandlers.

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I am not sure those are R1 tires.

My rear BTK RT 747 tires look like R1 tires, but they are R4 with a R1 tread pattern.

Michelin is another tire manufacture that has a R4 tire with the R1 pattern lugs, but they were way more $,$$$.

17.5LR24 Tires w/ R1 Tread

I had Titan 17.5L24 R4 tires on my New Holland TC45DA and they provided terrible traction, so I set out to find a R1 type tire. I only found one 17.5LR24 / 460/70LR24 tire with a R1 tread pattern the BKT RT 747. https://www.bkt-tires.com/ww/us/rt-747-agro-industrial The RT 747 is a radial and...

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[2manyrocks]

The words winch and recovery have been used here so many times I can't find the thread that was posted here within the last six months. It linked to a YT video discussing a recovery accident where a truck was stuck in the mud, and the driver was killed when part of the hitch flew into the vehicle's windshield.

Anyway, when something is stuck in the mud, there's a heck of a lot more force required than simply pulling a 5,000lb tractor on flat, dry ground.

But if someone else can link to the previous thread, there was some good information there about avoiding a very bad recovery accident.

 

[Atypical_decorum]

Sorry, but I don’t agree with that. I have decades of experience using both types of tire.
First, the AG tire in that 1st revolution will get much more traction and probably get you out of the mud Where the R-4 will more likely sit & spin. The reason is the cleats are much taller and more angular.
Second, once the mud begins to pack, the AG tread will throw the mud out better and do a better job of cleaning themselves out.

They didn't with mine. And in as fast a gear as I had, it didn't clear the tread. 2/3rd of my tire had sunk in as it slid down the side. And I have wide tires, about 2x wider than stock,

 

[WranglerX]

Really don't think it has anything to do with tires, think it has to do with the mud.... Crossed a soft bottom of a seasonal creek maybe 5 times, on last crossing tractor just sunk into bottom mud, tire type has little to do with situation the front axle is buried and up to chassis in really soft mud..... Tractor was literally cemented in mud, no tires in the world was going to get it out, even trying to lift with FEL failed, pulled up jeep with 10,000lb winch, and tractor was so anchored it slid the 4,500 pound JEEP across the ground and had to block all four wheels to even get tractor to move.... And it is a small tractor....