Helping out an orange neighbor

flyngti · May 27, 2009

So I get a phone call this past weekend from my neighbor. Seems he was tending to his giant manure pile and got his Kubota stuck. Not only stuck, but REALLY stuck -- as in down-to-the-axles stuck. Being a helpful green neighbor, my wife and I drove our 2320 over and pulled them out. Here are some photos of the event.

Man, I love owning a tractor.

Ductape · May 27, 2009

I like your neighbor's style. When he decides to do something...... he does it ALL the way !

JohnDeere4300 · May 27, 2009

Glad the green could pull out the orange

Man that's some deep ****

megotatractor · May 27, 2009

That is some deep.... stuff.

Johndeere3720 · May 27, 2009

Im waiting for that day myself..... Green towing an orange that pushed itself to far.

x595 · May 27, 2009

Hi flyngti ,

How did he react when you brought out the camera and said you were
posting it on a JD forum ???

Later,x595

flyngti · May 27, 2009

x595 said:
How did he react when you brought out the camera and said you were
posting it on a JD forum ???

Well...he doesn't actually know

He had to run an errand and we pulled his tractor out while he was gone. In defense of his little Kubota, the s*** was really deep and squishy. He probably didn't realize just how soft it was until he was (literally) in deep doo doo. We've gotten our 2320 stuck before up to the axles in mud and it's no fun. It's surprisingly easy to underestimate the suck factor of mud.

kennyd · May 27, 2009

That stinks! Glad the JD could save the day for him

Nuru · May 27, 2009

LOL!, now that is pretty entertaining

How would the Orange threads enjoy seeing this? LOL!

JohnDeere4300 · May 27, 2009

I got stuck in mud once and had to call a wrecker....glad there wasn't no orange or blue tractors around

workmytractor · May 27, 2009

Boy...that is a big cheese eating

on your face in the last photo.

My Uncle had to come pull me out of my pond the other day...he has a green tractor and mine is orange... he had that same cheese eating

the whole time.

I wasn't stuck...but I was about to fall in the pond. Everytime I moved it slide farther and farther in.

I am still waiting on the day I have to come pull him out, but I will have my camera

Rob-D · May 28, 2009

He could have gotten out if he knew how to use the FEL to push as he went in reverse. Do it all the time here, getting stuck is part of owning a tractor! You can get out with the FEL and even the BH.

Rob

Gizmo2 · May 28, 2009

Rob-D said:
He could have gotten out if he knew how to use the FEL to push as he went in reverse. Do it all the time here, getting stuck is part of owning a tractor! You can get out with the FEL and even the BH.

Rob

Maybe?
I have been stuck in our manure pile plenty of times, not a fast learner. It always seems dry and firm but yet the closer you get to ground level the more you realize that there is no bottom (usually too late), just really soft manure that goes down forever. Still beats a shovel!

Gizmo2 · May 28, 2009

It is a good day when you can help out a neighbor.

slowzuki · May 28, 2009

I've had a 10,000 lb tractor stuck in a manure pile. Not fun. The more you thrash the deeper you go!

flyngti · May 28, 2009

Rob-D said:
He could have gotten out if he knew how to use the FEL to push as he went in reverse. Do it all the time here, getting stuck is part of owning a tractor! You can get out with the FEL and even the BH.

This was actually the first thing I tried. Unfortunately, the poor little Kubota (ahem) didn't have enough power in the FEL to lift the front end of the tractor, nor did it have the power to push or pull. I think the key here is knowing when it's time to get out. Once you're in that deep, it's way too late.

laen64 · May 28, 2009

Now Really: That's true tug of war competition. LOL

Like a good Neighbor J.D is their!!!!!

ME83 · May 28, 2009

We all have had our days. My worse one (by far) was when I was a teenager on my grandparent's farm. I was doing some work with an older ford industrial loader when I got it stuck, so my grandfather tried pulling me out with a belarus farm tractor, which then got stuck. So we then went and got the payloader which proceeded to get stuck, but in the end the TD15 dozer they also had had no problems getting them all out. You just need to have an arsenal if you want to fight a war

nunyabinis · May 28, 2009

For some reason I keep thinking Biff in Back To The Future.

My dad and I have ribbed each other over trucks for decades. He's a Chevy man and I've owned nothing but Fords. One day I was cutting across a sloppy field in my F-250 when one of the front auto-lockers failed. Dad pulled me out with his Chevy. I have NEVER lived that moment down. I installed manual hub lockers the next week. That ain't gonna happen to me again!!!

.

kthompson · May 28, 2009

Never seen a better looking JD than the one that pulled my Orange out of a bog with boom mower on it. If you are in a real bind a pink tractor would look good if it gets you out.

ME83, know the feeling. Thankfully I was smart enough to stop with just the second one bogged.

Then there was the wrecker when NO ONE I knew with a tractor could be found. Boy those side mounted cutters are tough with right rear wheel in soft dirt.