Well I managed to bury the tractor to the running boards yesterday. It's been raining here but I have a pasture that is about to be overrun by weeds and we also have 100+ acres of hay that needs to be cut. The logic (I never said it was good logic) was to bush hog while it was wet and we obviously couldn't cut hay and then hit the ground running as soon as the hay fields dried up. Two tractors. One pulling a 15 foot hog. Shouldn't take any time. I had made a couple passes trough the same place and she never bogged down and never even stirred any mud like it was bad. Next round I guess I came at it form the right angle or something and the next thing I know I can barely see the top of the front tires on a four wheel drive 70 horse tractor. No big deal right? The front end just found a soft spot. I've got a loader. Been stuck worse than this before. Put the bucket down to push myself out and engage the diff lock. The bucket sinks like a spoon in a bowl of chocolate pudding. :bang: Make the call of shame to brother man to bring the chain and come give me a pull. We hook up chains and give her a go. Not happening. Try it a few more times and finally decide that his 2wd isn't gonna get it. Walk to barn and get the landowners 4wd. Still not happening. It's dark at this point...and raining...and the girls are calling saying supper is ready...and did I mention it's raining?
There's a pretty good size stump in line with the stuck tractor. Put the bucket of the landowners tractor against the stump. Run the chains to the bucket. Idea is to pull the chain tight and hook it on the bucket then curl it back to pull the stuck tractor back a little and then set the loader down on the stuck tractor, hope it stays in place, and readjust the chain. It's a slow process but I've made it work before. All I'm gonna say is I'll never going to buy an LS. Weakest hydraulics I've ever seen. It's still raining. I'm aggravated. Brother man is aggravated. We finally decided we were screwed and to take another stab at it the next day. So when I get home I'm going to load up all the chains block and tackles and the big come-a-long and go get the thing out. If that doesn't work I may be making the call of shame to a friend to borrow his dozer.
This could turn into some pretty good stories here. What's the worst you guys have ever buried one up?
There's a pretty good size stump in line with the stuck tractor. Put the bucket of the landowners tractor against the stump. Run the chains to the bucket. Idea is to pull the chain tight and hook it on the bucket then curl it back to pull the stuck tractor back a little and then set the loader down on the stuck tractor, hope it stays in place, and readjust the chain. It's a slow process but I've made it work before. All I'm gonna say is I'll never going to buy an LS. Weakest hydraulics I've ever seen. It's still raining. I'm aggravated. Brother man is aggravated. We finally decided we were screwed and to take another stab at it the next day. So when I get home I'm going to load up all the chains block and tackles and the big come-a-long and go get the thing out. If that doesn't work I may be making the call of shame to a friend to borrow his dozer.
This could turn into some pretty good stories here. What's the worst you guys have ever buried one up?