ALMOST Stuck in the Mud

[California]

Some darn fool thought he could compact the backfill after removing a stump, just by driving across it.

That worked fine last summer when the ground was dry ....


This time I sank like I drove off the end of a pier.

It took 20 minutes of setting and un-curling the backhoe bucket to inch the rig forward to where it could catch some traction. The diff lock didn't help. As a last resort I could have taken the forks off the loader and used its curl at the same time to drag the thing out. (4x4 wouldn't have helped since there was no weight on the opposite front tire).

 

[MF1433V]

Some darn fool thought he could compact the backfill after removing a stump, just by driving across it.

That worked fine last summer when the ground was dry ....


This time I sank like I drove off the end of a pier.

It took 20 minutes of setting and un-curling the backhoe bucket to inch the rig forward to where it could catch some traction. The diff lock didn't help. As a last resort I could have taken the forks off the loader and used its curl at the same time to drag the thing out. (4x4 wouldn't have helped since there was no weight on the opposite front tire).

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Great photo! And nice set up too. That looks like a rugged worker. I am not too familiar with those YM models, I assume that is your YM240? What backhoe is on it? Looks like a 9 foot?

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

I have been clearing my building site and removed about 60 trees some 100-120 ft oaks and hickory and this past Sunday afternoon I found myself IN DEEP ! a few times working some of the smaller stumps with my JD 855 and had to use the bucket more than once to get out !, Today I plan on getting serious with a 941-b track loader on the larger stumps and start digging for the foundation . Looks like your Yanmar did a good job getting that stump out !:cool2:

 

[Thomas]

Its a great feeling when the tires finally get traction...

 

[careyo63]

I desided it's best to postpone some seat time on the 5103 for the exact same reason. Wet and muddy. Just need fill in and grade were a water line to the Well was broken and repaired. Hopefully I can get to it next week. I've came real close to sticking it in mud a few times.

 

[bcp]

Stuck is when you have to walk away and get help. If you ended up driving away, you were delayed, not stuck.

Bruce

 

[Car Doc]

Nice least it was where you could fix the dirt afterwards! btdt :laughing:

I wish I had a pic of the time I decided I would mow the 5' deep steep shouldered county owned ditch in front of my house (that they never mow) with my tractor and 5' bush hog after a few beers. yeah I was stuck awhile too and I messed the ditch up pretty bad & wife was not happy with me.

 

[California]

Great photo! And nice set up too. That looks like a rugged worker. I am not too familiar with those YM models, I assume that is your YM240? What backhoe is on it? Looks like a 9 foot?

Thanks! Yes, YM240, and rugged. About 1981. I like to think this was the model that spooked Deere into contracting Yanmar to build Deere's compacts. This seems to be indestructible; it hasn't needed anything beyond maintenance and replacing torn-off loader hoses etc that were my own user abuse, in the nine years I've owned it.

The backhoe is a US model that was labelled by Yanmar-USA as YBH-600, and by Kubota as K650. I wish it were 9 ft! The spec sheet says 6' 4" maximum depth. It's a 3-point mount so I think anything larger would risk damage to the tractor.

One more stump to go! Its on more of a slope so hopefully the ground is drained better than here.

 

[Trkrd]

I didn't see your carry-all in the pic. Did you lose your golf bag?

 

[California]

I didn't see your carry-all in the pic. Did you lose your golf bag?

Hiya!

The golf bags in my sig photo are still on there. The shovel that's always in the back bag was essential for this episode.

The front bag for my tow chains is a little hard to see so here's a better picture from when I first installed it.

Back platform? I use it mostly on the little tractor. Here's an old picture. And here's the last time I used it - harvesting a family Persimmon tree in November.

How's your YM240D working? I wish my 240 had 4wd!

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[BC Dave]

Yes; nice feeling when you get traction again ... I'v been stuck in different ways ...

I'v played in the snow a fair amount now. Adding rear chains has helped get traction; along with weight in the bucket and on the rear box grader and then at last resort curling the bucket ... when I was in a rush this summer backfilling a foundation the front 4WD shear pin - sheared- I used it a couple of days without 4 WD on a steep slope where I kept losing traction with the rears; ended pushing up the slope with the bucket.

Im considering a backhoe; can you mount that one on your 186??? (....maybe I can borrow your backhoe ... .... there so expensive)

 

[California]

Im considering a backhoe; can you mount that one on your 186???

I don't know about this one. Yanmar recommended it for 19 hp and up, and they were generally sold with YM240. My YM240 can barely lift it and the hydraulic bypass squeals while I drive around.

I intend to try it on the little YM186D some day. But I think there is a substantial risk of ripping the back out of the transmission, on a tractor as small as YM186D. I was warned by two dealers that they had seen this happen and they recommended against any 3-point backhoe under any circumstances. The shock loads from driving around are apparently worse than operating loads.

There was a smaller BH that Yanmar sold with YM186D. YBH650 Operator's Manual.