Stuck, really stuck

[Alan46]

My mistake... the pole caught traction, the tractor flipped over in the mud and crushed him.

Story here. Warning, graphic content. Sad.

On cam: Mud-stuck tractor flips upside down, killing laborer on steering wheel

In a tragic incident a laborer lost his life while working on the field after the tractor he was trying to pull out of mud flipped over. A video of the tragic accident surfaced later. The laborer, Sanjeev Kumar hailed from Pendurula village in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh and worked as an...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Wow

 

[I Piddle]

Digging a watering hole for deer (low lying land, water table is just six or so feet down). Going great, hit the water - now to clean up the dug out slop. That’s where the “fun” started. Using the bucket to smooth it out and 1.5’ from the hole was too close, all tires stuck and just a bit of spin and I slide backwards/left into the hole. Three tires are out of the hole - but rear left and the backhoe are in the hole. LS 342 shuttle shift

Tried hooking a chain to my 2500 Cummins but couldn’t get enough traction.

Debating whether my 12k warn and a snatch block will do it. Oh! And now it’s raining so move quick before half the tractor starts practicing to work as a submarine…

I have been there and done that. It is tough enough getting a tractor out of muck without a backhoe hanging on the back. A small crawler is about the only thing that will yank it out of there.

 

[sailonner]

I got stuck near the creek in very muddy soil. 4WD and all four slipping. Added a Harbor Fright 12,000 pound electric winch to the rear Roll Over frame, working shin deep in the mud! Unstuck!