sunk jinma

[minidozer]

Adding fuel to the fire...

I have been very close to being stuck in my light weight 25hp 4 wheel drive tractor but with locking rear wheels and or dumping the bucket I always managed to get out. I will say, had I become "stuck" I would have been really stuck.

I had a slide on an old logging road that was steep and had a spring running across it. My neighbor in his heavy MF 2 wheel drive tractor was usless. He could barely go down the hill with an empty bucket. My little tractor cleared the road. What I am trying to say is that my tractor will do alot more work before it will ever get stuck. Would never buy a 2 wheel drive tractor.
(The spring now runs across the road in a pipe.)

I do have a problem with my 4 wheel drive tractor and that is its high center of gravity. Had it on two wheels before which is why I purchased a chinese dozer with its PTO/Cat1.

 

[ejtaylor822]

I almost had my Jinma stuck but good. I was helping a neighbor spread some grit - very coarse sand - on a trail he made from his house to his garden to drive his JD gator. The trail followed where the underground power line had been ran. I first began by smoothing out with the box blade and leveling.

I soon discovered that one part of the trail, down a little hill that ran between several trees forcing me to take the same path each time, was very damp; looked like it was a dry spring. After several trips through this section with a fully loaded Koyker 195 bucket, I had created some really good ruts.

On one of my last trips, I went through the rutted out damp section when the right front tire got stuck. The top of the axle was even with the ground and just pushing dirt. The left rear wheel was just barely touching the ground. I tried to reverse but no go. I then dumped my load, tried to reverse - no go. Put her in 4WD, realizing that if this did not work I only had a few more options left, the 4WD did not get her out. I locked the rear axle and she pulled out without spinning a wheel! Amazing what a locked axle can do.

I brought the remainder of the grit to this one section of trail /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[SPIKER]

Yep Been there nearly done that:

Mine I ahve had burried to the axel (front one) several times, always managed to DRIVE it out (or back it out) each time, worst was when I high centered it on a pile of goo I was pushing upo to let dry * burn, combo of mud grass weeds and brambles... then slid into the creek with the pile in front and no way to back out as i was by the bridge...


anyhow more than likely it was inexperiance on the operators part... who in their right mind puts BIG ruts into the pasture???

Markm

 

[JINMA224XR]

<font color="blue"> Guess the poor owner of the jinma missed the rain report that day!

I sure hope it dry's up some. . the tractor was clean looking except for the knee deep mud... This was meant to be a 'I saw a jinma today' post.... you know.. light hearted.. fun... guess that went out the door ....The only tractor I've ever stuck was my only 4wd tractor.. a NH 1920... As for heavy equipment.. I'd say it's pretty much even numbers... when the grounds wet.. everything sticks.. even some narrow tread dozers..</font>

Hey SoundGuy,

Sorry SoundGuy, didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I guess I was feeling a little bit sad for the Little Jinma, that was stuck in the Mud. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Where I'm at in the Bayou/Swamp/Marsh, when it is wet, then the land clearing is not done with the narrow track dozers. We use Wide track or swamp Track Dozers, with at least 24" wide Tracks or we use TrackHoe's. On my place, we used a TrackHoe, and even it almost got stuck a few times. It was a really scary situation for me as an investment owner. Almost at every step, seeing my money's in the land evaporate. Before I moved here, I wasn't aware of the Wide Track Dozers and TrackHoe's, and even though, they cannot walk on water, they can actually go, where the water is oozing out from underneath their tracks.

As far as a 2wheeled tractor, It would have pretty much been useless here on my place most of the time. It is just too boggy in too many places here on my place.

I think that it is about time for you to get your own Chinese Tractor, so that you can give us your Professional Comments about the Chinese Tractors from an Owners Point of View. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Get your Tractors Running &
Have a nice day,
Joe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Soundguy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( and even though, they cannot walk on water, they can actually go, where the water is oozing out from underneath their tracks.
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We use lots of LGP dozers, and trackhoes, and also use dragline matts for real wet areas.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I think that it is about time for you to get your own Chinese Tractor, so that you can give us your Professional Comments about the Chinese Tractors from an Owners Point of View )</font>

I'm working on it .. I'm investigating one of those walk behind tractors.

Soundguy

 

[JINMA224XR]

<font color="blue">I'm working on it .. I'm investigating one of those walk behind tractors. </font>

Hey SoundGuy,

Walk Behind!!!! What!!!

That's Walking, Not Riding. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Anyway, whichever way that you go, just make sure that you follow Greg's Instructions on Flushing. Get's the loose metal out, that blocks the oil passages.

Get some of that Chinese Oil Tween your fingers and you'll be hooked for good then. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Get your tractors running &
Have a nice day,
Joe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[TJW]

I have a real swampy field and I have been stuck several times with my JM284LE. I am getting more careful and I hope to avoid it in the future. Usually happens when I am going too fast and hit a soft spot and dont't realize it until my rear wheels are in too. If I am going slower and the front wheels sink in, then I can back out. I have had all kinds of machines stuck in my field, there are springs and seeps lurking in the grass. I am trying to mow it all now and will put in some ditches with my Jinma backhoe in the next few days. Might make it better next year?? We'll see.
TJ

 

[JINMA224XR]

<font color="blue">I have a real swampy field and I have been stuck several times with my JM284LE. I am getting more careful and I hope to avoid it in the future. Usually happens when I am going too fast and hit a soft spot and dont't realize it until my rear wheels are in too. If I am going slower and the front wheels sink in, then I can back out. </font>

Hey TJ,

My little 224, isn't as heavy on the front end as your 284, but it also has the 16 inch tires on the front. So far, I have been having good luck with my 224, as long as I have it in 4wd. The skinny Ag tires that come on most of the Chinese Tractors, will sink down much more easily than a wider tire. You might try a wider tire up front on your 284. On your type ground, I would think that a tire that is twice as wide, might just do the trick. It is amazing how much difference a tire that is twice as wide can make in boggy ground.

Get your tractors running &
Have a nice day,
Joe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[kidney]

quote "It's been my opinion that 4wd vehicles just get stuck 'farther from home' than 2wd vehicles."

Isn't the point of 4wd is to get you farther from home? Operator error is usually a bigger factor when one gets stuck.Here in snow country in the winter 4wd is a God send. Plowing snow with a 4wd can do so much more than 2wd. But not impossible to get stuck but a great advantage over 2wd. I would not own a 2wd tractor after having a 4wd one.

 

[RonMar]

Funny this post is active right now, I sunk my Jinma this afternoon, pushing back the limits of my jungle with the brush hog. I lost track of where I was and didn't realize how close I was to the swampy spot. Looked back to check the brushog height and when I looked back forward, both front wheels were burying themselvs and the rear tires were sunk in befor I could get her stopped. The brush is so thick I couldn't see it till the wheels were in. Unfortunatly I was heading down a slight slope anyway so there is no way this thing is comming back out without assistance. I got the mower off and dug out a ton of dirt in the back to make a shallower ramp untill it got dark. I have my neighbor lined up tomorrow to give me a tow.