Got my tractor stuck and it didn't get dirty

[Big Bri]

So i've gotten my truck stuck before, and i've gotten a tractor stuck before, but never in my life have i gotten a trailer stuck.

Went to cut a small lot i own a couple miles (4) from the house, put the tractor on the trailer and kiss the wife good by. She tells me "ya know you could have driven there on the tractor quicker than what it took you to load that thing on the trailer" well the trailer is new to me so i like using it, i also hate getting there and need something and not have my truck to leave. so i use the trailer.
anyway i start backing down the driveway, traffic was kinda heavy (i live on a busy hwy) so i thought i'd turn the trailer around in the yard. Big mistake! ! ! i felt the trailer slow as i turned it into the yard, tried to pull forward but it wasn't budging. the tires just spun on the limestone drive. Got out to look and this is what i found.
thought to my self just unload the tractor and pull my self out. . . no that can't work, the ramps won't go down. boy am i in trouble. Thought about driving off the back using the FEL but decided not to (was unsure if i'd clear the bottom of the tractor)
went inside told my wife what i did, ya she laughed, had an i told you so moment. me being a smart butt told her that we need a second tractor or skid steer and we wouldn't have this problem she fires back "if you didn't have the tractor i wouldn't have the problem" well after digging, unhooking and re hooking up the trailer (3 times) i finally got it out. took about an hour and 45 min. to get free.
BTW i did get my grass cut before dark
Brian

 

[JoelD]

Not fun when you get the rig stuck, I got myself stuck when I was in a guy's backyard, and slid on some super soft and wet turf and jacknifed by truck and trailer against a tree. Was totally stuck, I had to unhook and drive out and then come back at another angle. The worst feeling as it is happening.

Glad it all worked out, sooner or later you always get out, just a question of how much damage in the process.

Nice trailer, and tractor for that matter.

Joel

 

[dave1949]

Ouch! Sorry you had to go through that. Was the ground soft from rain?
Dave.

 

[Big Bri]

Not fun when you get the rig stuck, I got myself stuck when I was in a guy's backyard, and slid on some super soft and wet turf and jacknifed by truck and trailer against a tree. Was totally stuck, I had to unhook and drive out and then come back at another angle. The worst feeling as it is happening.

Glad it all worked out, sooner or later you always get out, just a question of how much damage in the process.

Nice trailer, and tractor for that matter.

Joel

thats what i had to do, i think i could have pulled out the first time if i had a concrete drive. The single axle just kept breaking free on the lime.

 

[Big Bri]

Ouch! Sorry you had to go through that. Was the ground soft from rain?
Dave.

Ya we have had a lot of rain. . . i also cut a large oak from there about 2 years ago. . . had the stump ground and i back filled with dirt. guess it hasn't packed enough.
brian

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Still better than forgetting a wrench.

 

[dave1949]

Ya we have had a lot of rain. . . i also cut a large oak from there about 2 years ago. . . had the stump ground and i back filled with dirt. guess it hasn't packed enough.
brian

Seems like medium to large stumps always have a ring of very soggy ground around them during wet periods. I have noticed that too. Not sure why.
Dave.

 

[powerstroke444e]

I have been there but ussually just unload the tractor (reason I don't like flip ramps). It always seems to happen on jobs we have to do the restoral.

 

[Big Bri]

I have been there but ussually just unload the tractor (reason I don't like flip ramps). It always seems to happen on jobs we have to do the restoral.

ya i never would of thought that i would have had this problem. This is the first time i've owned a trailer with flip up ramps, this is a negative side of flip up ramps (that i learned the hard way) but i'm not getting rid of the trailer

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Just thinking out loud so correct me. Could you have backed off the trailer with just the back tires and had the FEL to support the front. Then back off some more until the front wheels had cleared. Then lift the FEL and drive away? I realize you might scratch up the trailer deck a little and the bottom of the bucket..
Like I said just thinking out loud.

 

[ChuckinNH]

See, Ya'all just need a smaller tractor..........

 

[Big Bri]

Just thinking out loud so correct me. Could you have backed off the trailer with just the back tires and had the FEL to support the front. Then back off some more until the front wheels had cleared. Then lift the FEL and drive away? I realize you might scratch up the trailer deck a little and the bottom of the bucket..
Like I said just thinking out loud.

i thought about doing that but was scared that i might hang up the bottom of the tractor the bottom of the ramps (which is the top in the picture) is open
so if i were to back up the tractor the wheels would fall in 3 holes each about 18 to 24" in length. You would have to see it to under stand. i'll take a picture and show ya tomorrow.
i guess i could have put some boards across them. . . didn't think about that

would not worry about scratching the bucket or trailer as i do use my tractor hard and trailer is just that a trailer
brian

 

[JoelD]

All is well that ends well.

Joel

 

[NH-Rob]

do you think if you had of unhooked the tractor and drove it as far forward on the trailer as posible it would have helped? My thinking is it would give the tow rig more traction and take the preasure off of the trailer wheels. Is the spot where you got stuck out in the open where everyone can see you? Drives me nuts knowing people are watching me do stupid stuff.
Rob

 

[Big Bri]

do you think if you had of unhooked the tractor and drove it as far forward on the trailer as posible it would have helped? My thinking is it would give the tow rig more traction and take the preasure off of the trailer wheels. Is the spot where you got stuck out in the open where everyone can see you? Drives me nuts knowing people are watching me do stupid stuff.
Rob

good idea, didn't think of that. i think i just had tunnel vision. . .i thought that i couldn't get the tractor off so lets start digging.
it was out in the open, my neighbor stop by, he told me "boy that sucks, i'll get the beer" He's a smart man, he never came back i with you about people seeing my screw ups, drives me crazy! !

 

[Big Bri]

Just thinking out loud so correct me. Could you have backed off the trailer with just the back tires and had the FEL to support the front. Then back off some more until the front wheels had cleared. Then lift the FEL and drive away? I realize you might scratch up the trailer deck a little and the bottom of the bucket..
Like I said just thinking out loud.

here's that photo of the ramps, after looking at it again today i don't think it would have worked, the tires would fall in the last square and when i try to go over the last angle it would be to hard to go up it and then slow down before the tractor drops off suddenly. i hope i expland that right
thanks brian

 

[tommu56]

pull the pins on the ramps take ramp off and drive off is that possible?

tom

 

[Treemonkey1000]

here's that photo of the ramps, after looking at it again today i don't think it would have worked, the tires would fall in the last square and when i try to go over the last angle it would be to hard to go up it and then slow down before the tractor drops off suddenly. i hope i expland that right
thanks brian

Hey no problem. I see what you are talking about. Seems like there is other ideas that may have worked just as well. My ramps aren't attached and my trailer is lower so I could drive off without too much danger of flipping. Next time just let your wife take care of the matter,

 

[Pops15]

Glad you got your rig out but I like to think outside the box.....I would have unhooked the trailer, driven to the closest dealer and taken a 4wd truck for a test drive. Then after pulling the trailer out with the 4wd tell my wife I need a new truck.

 

[Big Bri]

Glad you got your rig out but I like to think outside the box.....I would have unhooked the trailer, driven to the closest dealer and taken a 4wd truck for a test drive. Then after pulling the trailer out with the 4wd tell my wife I need a new truck.

I like the way you think