Hi Guys,
We have had rain 19 out of 21 weekends this year. Needless to say, places are wet that have never been wet before.
I had to get my field mowed and I managed to get my 3020 stuck while pulling the mower yesterday.
I tried pulling it with my skidsteer...no go. I'm going to need to get the rear wheels up and some planks under it. I prefer to lift it and add the planks if I can. I'll reserve chaining planks to the rear wheels for the last resort.
My question has to do with where its safe to lift on the tractor. Can I put the skidsteer bucket under the axle shaft (where it sticks outside of the wheels) and try lifting there or am I going to bend the axle? I can't imagine an axle that thick could bend but since I've never lifted a tractor I didn't want to assume I'm not going to cause damage. I doubt the skidsteer will lift it anyway, but it might.
The other thing I wondered about is placing a railroad tie under the hydraulic 3-point lift and then dropping the lift. Will that lift the tractor? I've never used the 3-point and really don't know how much downward force they have.
I do have a highboy jack and I have a lot of timbers and planks available. The problem is the axles are right down on the mud so getting under them with a jack would be a challenge.
One railroad tie under each wheel would get it up off the frame and then I'd be able to pull it out with another tractor.
We have had rain 19 out of 21 weekends this year. Needless to say, places are wet that have never been wet before.
I had to get my field mowed and I managed to get my 3020 stuck while pulling the mower yesterday.
I tried pulling it with my skidsteer...no go. I'm going to need to get the rear wheels up and some planks under it. I prefer to lift it and add the planks if I can. I'll reserve chaining planks to the rear wheels for the last resort.
My question has to do with where its safe to lift on the tractor. Can I put the skidsteer bucket under the axle shaft (where it sticks outside of the wheels) and try lifting there or am I going to bend the axle? I can't imagine an axle that thick could bend but since I've never lifted a tractor I didn't want to assume I'm not going to cause damage. I doubt the skidsteer will lift it anyway, but it might.
The other thing I wondered about is placing a railroad tie under the hydraulic 3-point lift and then dropping the lift. Will that lift the tractor? I've never used the 3-point and really don't know how much downward force they have.
I do have a highboy jack and I have a lot of timbers and planks available. The problem is the axles are right down on the mud so getting under them with a jack would be a challenge.
One railroad tie under each wheel would get it up off the frame and then I'd be able to pull it out with another tractor.