Stuck tractor - ways to lift?

[roamerr]

I've used the Log chained to a wheel method and it works. Just find a good size log and chain it in front or behind the wheel. The tractor can then lift it self onto the log. Note that of the 4 or so times I did have one time where it knocked the rear tire off my Dad's MF245. Unseated the tire and filled it with mud. A mess but it was out....

 

[mdelmarcelle]

Two things I've done in the past successfully are the trick of running a chain through an opening in the rear wheel and the other end of the chain taught connected to something. and then slowly rotating the tire to walk the tractor out. Requires a lot of repositioning of the chain.

The other approach, use a cable and one pulley and a tree to double the pulling power of the pulling tractor. Or two pulley to increase the pulling power even more. I've used this solution to pull out rocks several times too.

 

[wolc123]

Try this next time: I have never had a case where a pulley and wire rope didnt do the trick. This is also a lot cleaner than methods involving wrapping a chain around or chaining a log to a wheel. or putting planks under the wheels. Hook one end of the wire rope to a tree or fixed object, run it back to a pulley attached to the stuck tractor with a stout chain, then back to your tow vehicle which is now able to exert double the normal pull force enabling a light machine to dislodge a heavier one or one that is really hung up like yours. To pay for that, your tow vehicle moves twice as far as the stuck one. If you do it right, the cable dont even need to get muddy. just remember to use your heaviest chain between the pulley and the stuck vehicle as that leg sees double the load that is on the wire rope.

 

[foggy1111]

We had our CX80 stuck like this a couple of times and ran chains across the diameter of the tires then hooked chains to them that had been anchored, locked the differential and backed up winding the chains around the tires and pulling the tractor up and out. You can use boards, limbs, etc. under the chain if needed.

I'm trying to picture this method for future use. I don't see how you can hold a chain "across the diameter of the tires"

I think I must be off on another tangent. Some of us folks need a picture.

 

[MNBobcat]

The part about getting unstuck has been pretty well covered by others.
Next work on the concept of "having to mow" when you have no business driving your tractor in those areas. Keep out till it dries.

Rick,

I hear ya. Problem was the grass was so tall I couldn't see that it was wet and this field has never been wet before. Neighbor said in the 20 years they lived in the area they had never seen water in the field.

Oh...and the reason I had to mow is because its an airstrip.

 

[aczlan]

Oh...and the reason I had to mow is because its an airstrip.

Well, better you getting stuck there than a plane getting stuck and tearing itself up on landing.

Aaron Z

 

[North Country]

Oh...and the reason I had to mow is because its an airstrip.

If a tractor's getting stuck, nobody wants to land there. :laughing: I almost spent much longer than I wanted to here (Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) once when I landed too early in the spring.

Which strip?

 

[TripleR]

I'm trying to picture this method for future use. I don't see how you can hold a chain "across the diameter of the tires"

I think I must be off on another tangent. Some of us folks need a picture.

You can use a load binder or come-along, all you are doing is creating a point of attachment, you can also just run the chain through your wheel if it has a slot.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Better get that huge hole filled in and levelled off before it fills with water or you will have a bigger mess especially if it is in the middle of a grass airstrip.

 

[MMH]

Good post - learned alot. I just got my tractor unstuck myself. My tractor is a compact (Kubota B9200) & I cheated - got my neighboor to come over with his backhoe. We hooked up one end of the chain to my drawbar & the other to the backhoe on his bucket. He'd start off with the backhoe fully extended & curl the backhoe on in (pulling my tractor out a little bit), I'd then lock up the brakes to keep my tractor from sliding back down, and he would extend the backhoe back out & I'd recinch the chain. We had to repeat this 4 or 5 times before I was on ground solid enough that I would not get stuck again.