Stuck Kubota

[hagman]

Duly noted Schmism. I'll add them later tonight afetr work.

Hagman

 

[jbrumberg]

Glad to hear you are out.

It's odd that there are more cases of "mobility impairment" early in the ownership of one of these 4x4 tractors. Seems the body remembers all the hard work needed to loosen the grip of being "closely earth cradled" and then tells the brain to be more careful!!

If you've ever jacked up a vehicle with a bottle jack on top of a stack of wood you scrounged by the road then pushed it foreward and off the jack to gain 6" of progress, you know what I mean.

jb

jb: I repressed painful memories of having to do the "bottle jack dance" with my old Ford 1100. I never got stuck that way again . I always feel better after exhuberant abreaction of my repressed hostilities . Jay

 

[sandman2234]

I buried my Ford 1100 in a pond that I was filling. Water up to the floorboards and the left one stuck inside an old tire somebody thru in the pond. Box blade hung up on the edge of the bank. I got frustrated and started trying to "make it come out", and ended up with a destroyed gear in the font reduction unit. Parts had been discontinued, so I had to order a bunch more to get the updated style. Lesson learned about what not to do to a stuck tractor.
David from jax

 

[George2615]

Hagman,

Renob wasn't referring to your wife when he asked if she helped push. He was referring to Mwark's statement of another great use for his logging wench (instead of winch). I'm not picking on anyones spelling but had to set you and the wife straight.

 

[hagman]

George,

My bad. I thought Renob was referring to my wife. No offense was taken however. If I thought that having her push would have gotten the tractor out push it would have been. (When she sees this there will be hades to pay)

Hagman

 

[hagman]

Here you go fellow TBNers. As you can see it wasn't buried just too much ice underneath the snow to get enough traction to get out. That plus it's at the bottom of a hill that's approximately 10 ft tall.

 

[pat32rf]

Surprising how slippery snow gets when it is warm and wet, instead of cold and dry.....Tire chains are the way to go.
We only have about 12" of snow this year but it is all dry powder, haven't had a warm spell since the snow started so there is no frozen crust to contend with. As a result we can drive almost anywhere that we can in the summer, long as the grade ain't too steep.

 

[Thomas]

It happens...doesn't take much when tires make ice and off balance just little.

 

[jbrumberg]

hagman:

Thanks for the pictures ! I noticed that your ROPS was folded down I hope it was up when you were sliding on it! Very good chance to roll when sliding downhill ! I would recommend chains for those R-4's, I got my old Ford 1100 stuck in snow after sliding down my icy driveway with R-1's and chains on my weighted rear tires . I was able to push and FEL +15" with drifts>2' "uphill" on my driveway with R-1's (weighted rears) with my NH TC29DA with this recent snowstorm ! I will admit that this snowstorm was a "dry" snow with snow mixed with some sleet (no ice) and my driveway is surfaced with riverrun fine gravel which provides great traction. Jay

 

[Renob]

Hagman,

Please excuse my poor attempt at humor.

My comment was, as George2615 explained, directed towards Mwarks misspelled word in his post that I found funny. (Wench/Winch).

No offense to you or your wife.

 

[john_bud]

Seems funny that such a benign looking place should be able to trap your tractor. Well, from this side of the computer anyway! Not so much funny from your side. Couple questions, do you have your tires filled with fluid? The extra weight is helpful. You were in 4x4, right (just had to ask!) and you did use the differential lock?

Here's how I would have attempted to get out. First, I would have raised the box blade up all the way. Then made sure that the tractor was in 4x4 (yes, I "forgot" a couple times in the past....), in low range and would have stood on the differential lock. Then slowly slowly slowly put pressure on the peddle to go back wards.

If it made it back out to solid ground - great. If it starts to slip, I would raise the FEL some, un-curl the bucket so it was all the was down and then lowered the arms and curled the bucket to help push the tractor back wards. It takes some coordination to do it all at the same time!

There are more advanced techniques that use the FEL bucket with a chain. You then curl the bucket to get either forward or reverse (chain under the tractor) progress. You typically have to block the wheels as you reset the chain.

Tire chains would be good, but for snow and ice you absolutely need to have the links interconnected. H-bar chains and chains with circles are good. Otherwise there is little to no resistance to sliding sideways. Trust me, it draws a large negative pressure to have forward and back ward traction but have the tractor sliding sideways downhill whenever you move!

jb

 

[hagman]

Renob,

No offense taken. Even though I took the comment differently than intended I still thought it humerous. I have found most if not all fellow TbNers to have a great sense of humour and have not seen anything but good natured ribbing to date. My wife and I are quite capable of dishing it out as well as receiving it. Bottom line is please don't think you insulted me. I had quite a laugh when I read your post.

Best Regards,

Hagman

 

[Deadman]

Looks like the FEL should have been able to push that right out backwards. Might of had to cut a little brush, but thats minor.

 

[teach]

Tire chains.
Teach

 

[sandman2234]

I am with Deadman, as it appears that the FEL would have had enough to lift the front axle, while the boxblade is raised, putting more weight on the rear tires, and then uncurling the bucket should give it a starting bit of motion. Might take several thousand trys to get it far enough to allow it to move under it's own wheel power, and a little practice to get it going, but the FEL should bring it out.
David from jax (where there is no snow, most of the time)

 

[Hard]

Here you go fellow TBNers. As you can see it wasn't buried just too much ice underneath the snow to get enough traction to get out. That plus it's at the bottom of a hill that's approximately 10 ft tall.

That's exactly how my 2320 was stuck on Wednesday. Sideways, down a hill, brush and some trees on one side. I went to my JD dealer and bought chains. They only had the fronts, so I took those home. Put'em on and managed to get out.

I ordered the rear chains too while I was at the dealer.