The forum to the rescue again!!!

[Typhoon]

Well, today something happened to me that has never happened before. I was on my TC29D, loading out firewood in a creek bottom. Well it was very muddy. But things were going well, I was making some deep ruts, but wasnt getting stuck. Well on my last load out of the day, I had the loader full of firewood and while backing out, the ruts got a little too deep, and before I knew it, I had sunk it down to the front axle!! And the back tires were really starting to sink at this point too. UH OH!!! I went forward, reverse, forward,reverse several times to try to work my way out, only making it worse.... I was really buried now. The tractor was not moving anymore because the front axle was sitting on the ground now and the some of the bottom of the tractor was also. Major pucker factor, I didnt think I was getting out of this one. Then I remembered some posts on here about people using the FEL to push out. I quickly dumped the firewood load, and stuck the toothbar and lip of the loader straight down into the mud, then curled my bucket while stepping on the reverse pedal. I couldnt believe it, but after doing this about 5 times, I was out!!! It worked like a charm! So hopefully if you are reading this post and you don't know this trick, you do now!! And believe me, it WORKS!!!! Because I was buried BAD! I had almost the entire frame sitting on the ground and it worked. Thanks to the forum!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[txdon]

Typhoon, The same happen to me for the first time last weekend in deep sand. I have alway been able to use the differential to lock the wheels and back out but this time I just dug in deeper with all 4 wheels. (R4 & 4 wheel drive) So like you I dug my forks straight down into the ground and slowly backed while tilting the bucket forward and backed right out. I had the backhoe on and that was my last line of defense. With a backhoe on do you just pick up the back of the tractor with the bucket and boom and tilt the boom in or tilt the bucket in, or how do you do it? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[44trxfun]

Had to do that in the snow a few times in the early winter (don't think I was in as dire straits as you though /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif). It's a good trick and beats the heck out of the alternative. Glad you made it out safely!

 

[ScottAR]

What I've seen before is to lower the outriggers to the ground like training wheels on a kid's bike, plant the bucket teeth, lift up the rear of the tractor a little and pull in the bucket.

Another method, which is a little more unsettling, is to swing slowly with the backend off the ground just a bit. Wouldn't try it on any slope though.

 

[RonL]

I was up in NH at my property last week. Fired up the Cat 416 to clear the snow and access my trailer. Lot of ice under the snow. At one point I slid sideways into a boggy area. Even in 4WD with the dif locked I was spinning my wheels. I spun the seat around and reached out to solid ground with the backhoe. I pulled myself back and sideways. Unfortunately I went up in an arc a little higher and a little quicker than anticipated and almost dropped myself on my side. These things have incredible hydraulic power. Next time I do that I'm going to modulate it slower and maybe put out my stabilizers.

RonL

 

[JDgreen227]

Glad to learn the knowledge the TBN members share helped you out of a tight spot. I am hoping if the same situation ever happens to me, I will recall how it's done. Mud has to be the worst stuff to get stuck in....next time take a picture to share with us. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[keeney]

I have gotten my JD 4100 stuck in the sand down near the lakeshore while trying to pull back a bunch of the sand that had washed out into the lake during a heavy rain.

The wheeles where barely able to move the tractor around, and any spinning would quickly cause it to bury itself.

Trying to use the loader to move the sand around would quickly result in the wheels spinning, burying, and getting really stuck.

I used the loader a lot to push the tractor around.

I ended up using an inching technique of driving forward to the edge of the water and planting the bucket edge vertically into the sand in the water a few inches. Then un-curling the bucket to pull the sand back about a foot. Then I would push the bucket edge deeper in to get a better bite and curl the bucket to push the tractor back while also giving a little reverse thrust (without spinning) on the wheels. Repeated this a few dozen times to get the tractor and a few hudred pounds of sand up the sandy shore.

- Rick