Testing the water... er Mud
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jenkinsph
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Looks pretty steep to me even if it wasn't soft underneath. I would consider cutting the trees off and pulling them out with cable or chains with the tractor up on the top flat area. That would atleast get most of the problem slowed down till you can get a larger long reach excavator in there.
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Sorry to hear it didn't work as planned. But at least you know what you're up against now.
Is there any other approach closer to the actual trees that you could use a winch and whatever to get the trees out?
Could you get a wrecker or another tractor with a winch already on it to access the trees without sinking into the bog?
Could you cut up and burn the trees in place instead of trying to get them out?
MR. yote out.
Is there any other approach closer to the actual trees that you could use a winch and whatever to get the trees out?
Could you get a wrecker or another tractor with a winch already on it to access the trees without sinking into the bog?
Could you cut up and burn the trees in place instead of trying to get them out?
MR. yote out.
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Beltzington
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Sunday I was trying to explain to my wife, who can out work me on her worst day, why we couldn't remove any more trees from the pond because I didn't have enough chains to reach. She looks at me and says "what about the strap in the bottom of that bucket in the back of the truck?" Oh you mean my 30' tow strap I had completely forgotten about?
Wouldn't try lifting much weight with a tow strap but it worked fine for dragging limbs closer to the edge to lift them up with up using just the chain. With this method I should have all the big limbs out before the pond refills this winter and dredging will have to wait until next year. Proving necessity continues to be the mother of invention.
Wouldn't try lifting much weight with a tow strap but it worked fine for dragging limbs closer to the edge to lift them up with up using just the chain. With this method I should have all the big limbs out before the pond refills this winter and dredging will have to wait until next year. Proving necessity continues to be the mother of invention.
Dr_Zinj
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I'd have to side with Short Game on the cheap old fashioned methodology.
A walking bucket with a cable and winch would keep your tractor out of the slop. You're going to get covered with it walking the bucket back and forth though.
I've got a couple acres wet pasture I want to dig out; but the only way I can avoid big bucks to the EPA is to dig it by hand. Once the material is shoveled out, then I can use the bucket to move it to the garden.
A walking bucket with a cable and winch would keep your tractor out of the slop. You're going to get covered with it walking the bucket back and forth though.
I've got a couple acres wet pasture I want to dig out; but the only way I can avoid big bucks to the EPA is to dig it by hand. Once the material is shoveled out, then I can use the bucket to move it to the garden.
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I had the feeling that you weren't even thinking about the Fetal position...At Least all the answers had you considering most of the angles. That is the Mob mentality at its best?If two heads are better than one then, 500 people read your problem, and many leave suggestions? great...
Short Game
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500 people with shovels and buckets would be okay too. With not too much chain, they'd get those trees out of there too. Though, a few of them would insist their job was only to write the software.
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Look up Wikipedia 'corduroy roads'. I've come accross old corduroy roads laid down by loggers to traverse wet spots.
Or this
Part Three
Or this
Part Three
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I got a BUNCH of old roofing tin that the cannery was going to bury as shipping is too much for recycling. I wanted it to sheet my root cellar and to build a bearproof smoker.
I used some of it to walk the tractor thru knee deep muck to where I wanted to do some work and it worked so well I am going to use it to make some roads across the muck, just cover it with gravel and have a road. I hope it will last 20 yrs or so before the metal is gone but I know it would last long enough to clean up a pond.
Rick
I used some of it to walk the tractor thru knee deep muck to where I wanted to do some work and it worked so well I am going to use it to make some roads across the muck, just cover it with gravel and have a road. I hope it will last 20 yrs or so before the metal is gone but I know it would last long enough to clean up a pond.
Rick
When I tried just what you are suggesting, I found that the layer of silt I could stand on was about 2 feet above a water table. Picture a bowl 1/3 full of water and 2/3 full of sand with the top of the sand dried out and "solid", the bottom third sorta like quicksand.
My Dodge did get me out just fine though.
My Dodge did get me out just fine though.
