Ice-Wheely
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Inspector507
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Re: Ice-Wheely-SUCCESS!
What.......no pictures of the extraction????? /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
What.......no pictures of the extraction????? /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
Youare
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I had the same thing happen many years ago when plowing a small pond so my kids could skate. I was using my Ford 8N with a snow plow mounted on the FEL.
The ice was considerably thicker where I checked it is was 10 inches so I thought I was safe. The pound is 10 feet deep in the deepest spot luckly I was in the 3 foot deep zone on the last push when the rear end broke through, the front tires stayed on the ice.
I had a 3PH winch mounted on the back so I quickly hooked to a tree behind me and started pulling. The ice broke unevenly which allowed the tractor to tip more than I was comfortable with.
By now the exhaust pipe is under water and the water is over the rear axles. I called a local contractor who had a lagre front end loader. He came right away with a long lifting beam in place of the bucket. Once the tractor was chained by the rear end he lifeted the whole thing out of the water and back up to dry ground.
If the tractor had weighted just a little more I don't think it he would have been able to lift it and back up in the snow. The first thing I did right there was drain both the transmission and engine crankcase to make sure I got any water out right away.
Every thing turned out okay. The reason I broke through where I did was because the water was not deep, the bottom of the pond was warm enough to keep the ice from getting as thick as it was in the deeper area I tested.
The though of driving on the ice again brings back visions of this experience. If I had been out just a few feet more I would have been in 6 feet of water.
Good luck drying out your tractor.
Randy
The ice was considerably thicker where I checked it is was 10 inches so I thought I was safe. The pound is 10 feet deep in the deepest spot luckly I was in the 3 foot deep zone on the last push when the rear end broke through, the front tires stayed on the ice.
I had a 3PH winch mounted on the back so I quickly hooked to a tree behind me and started pulling. The ice broke unevenly which allowed the tractor to tip more than I was comfortable with.
By now the exhaust pipe is under water and the water is over the rear axles. I called a local contractor who had a lagre front end loader. He came right away with a long lifting beam in place of the bucket. Once the tractor was chained by the rear end he lifeted the whole thing out of the water and back up to dry ground.
If the tractor had weighted just a little more I don't think it he would have been able to lift it and back up in the snow. The first thing I did right there was drain both the transmission and engine crankcase to make sure I got any water out right away.
Every thing turned out okay. The reason I broke through where I did was because the water was not deep, the bottom of the pond was warm enough to keep the ice from getting as thick as it was in the deeper area I tested.
The though of driving on the ice again brings back visions of this experience. If I had been out just a few feet more I would have been in 6 feet of water.
Good luck drying out your tractor.
Randy
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Re: Ice-Wheely-SUCCESS!
Glad all turn out well for you. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
<font color=blue>TBN Best-Stuck (RobS) award.<font color=blue><font color=black>..guess I'm in the running for award also Rob,for I have some hum dingers when I got stuck. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Glad all turn out well for you. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
<font color=blue>TBN Best-Stuck (RobS) award.<font color=blue><font color=black>..guess I'm in the running for award also Rob,for I have some hum dingers when I got stuck. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Re: Ice-Wheely-SUCCESS!
Mike,
We put a chain on his bucket to my bucket. First, since he was off angle to me, he put on force by trying to swing it left to right. No luck.
Then, he repositioned the excavator inline with my tractor and he went in reverse. Came right out!
Buck
Mike,
We put a chain on his bucket to my bucket. First, since he was off angle to me, he put on force by trying to swing it left to right. No luck.
Then, he repositioned the excavator inline with my tractor and he went in reverse. Came right out!
Buck
RobS
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Re: Ice-Wheely-SUCCESS!
Glad everything worked out for you Buck /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Glad everything worked out for you Buck /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Youare,
If I had been out just a few feet more I would have been in 6 feet of water.
If I hadn't had this experience, I may have had a more dangerous experience on my pond, which gets deep very very quickly. I seem to always learn the hard way.
Thanks for sharing. Someone out there will likely benefit from our experiences!
Buck
If I had been out just a few feet more I would have been in 6 feet of water.
If I hadn't had this experience, I may have had a more dangerous experience on my pond, which gets deep very very quickly. I seem to always learn the hard way.
Thanks for sharing. Someone out there will likely benefit from our experiences!
Buck
