Sometimes it all doesn't work out!

[ctgoldwing]

My #2 son lives in Upper Marlboro, MD (S.E. of DC). He just sent me some pix of yesterday's storm at his house. He was plowing with the front loader and when he was dumping the bucket he went too far over the edge of the driveway. The tractor was stuck. He got his 4X4 to pull it out. Let's say he wasn't successful. Its still stuck after 4 hours of digging

 

[jenkinsph]

Chains might help next time. There are good days and bad days and yeah I am getting tired of the snow right now.

 

[Shmudda]

They make shovels every day for this kind of activity!

I know the feeling, I spent Saturday digging out of 22" here in Western PA. It was tough going for awhile until you got a start then was manageable. I had ATV, BX24 and the truck stuck at one point, needless to say the shovel was the only thing working at the time!

At least he has that little roof attached to the ROPS to keep the sun and snow off him!....hahahaha!!

Been there stuck that!

Craig

 

[manganos]

WOW! That is an awesome pic

 

[flyingcow]

i agree cool pic. BUT it also looks aggravating as heck!! Not a good day to say the least.

Been there, done it, and will be doing again sometime. Last yr had my MF1135 w/9ft blower off the edge of a friends driveway. This is about a 14,000lb tractor. Rt wheel not touching, ditch to deep. Had to have a nieghbor with a cable skidder go to the other side of driveway(which was in a swampy part of the woods) drive out into swamp and winch me 90 degrees to get me back on. Bad day, but part of the fun.

 

[Scotty370]

Hey, At least the sun is shinening. "Murphy" would have done that to me at 11PM! ~S

 

[ray66v]

I do that all the time pushing drifts back.

Curl the bucket down, put it on the ground, uncurl it, and repeat, until your out.

 

[dave1949]

Yeah, we've all been there. He should have left the truck sit and used a come-along and cable from the tractor to that big tree.

I bet he would get one at the hardware if he could get out of his driveway

It can be maddening As a father you just tell him it builds character
Dave.

 

[AchingBack]

Stuck in snow? I thought bobcats could climb trees.

 

[TripleR]

While I have used a come along in some instances, I find a chain hoist hooked to a tree or other anchor point works really well, slow as heck, but those things will really pull.

 

[ctgoldwing]

I do that all the time pushing drifts back.

Curl the bucket down, put it on the ground, uncurl it, and repeat, until your out.

me: did you try lowering the fel & rotating the bucket to force the tractor back?
Adam: Yep, and managed to dig a nice hole with it and the right rear tire. If I could get to home depot I would buy one of these weed killer flame throwers that runs off propane. Shoveling sucks.

Yeah, we've all been there. He should have left the truck sit and used a come-along and cable from the tractor to that big tree.

I bet he would get one at the hardware if he could get out of his driveway

It can be maddening As a father you just tell him it builds character
Dave.

Adam: Totally screwed. Tractor got stuck. Got truck and chains to rescue it, got truck stuck. Love the ride and lack of noise from the tires on the truck, but they are fair at best in the snow. If I could get out, I could get a come along and drag the tractor out anchored to the truck. But..don't have one. Crown of driveway is making truck slide towards fence (also why tractor is stuck). If we need to get out, we're taking the tw200 (the little bike). I shoveled for 2 hours to try and get the truck out, but no joy. It's still snowing like a mother out here and we've got close to 30" now. we are seriously not going to be able to leave the house for 3 days at the least. Not going to be over freezing until Monday, and then a whopping 35. Same for Tuesday and Wednesday it goes crazy - 36 predicted. I'm seriously not sure we'll be able to get out this week!

Stuck in snow? I thought bobcats could climb trees.

Its a Bota

I do feel for him - and agree, adversity builds character (and a sore back)

 

[SPYDERLK]

looks like its wearing R4s.
larry

 

[jenkinsph]

Best cure would be to buy a brand new top notch snowblower and tire chains for the tractor and truck. That way it won't snow again for 10 years.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Duallys are the worst in snow. He would have had better luck in a Honda Civic. I drove a 97 GM 3500 Dually 4x4 pushing snow. It stunk. You could go lots more places with the 99 Dodge 2500 4x4 and the F-150's which were also 4x4 as plow trucks. As a matter of fact the Dually GM was the second worst vehicle I have driven in snow period behind my F-150 Lightning.

Chris

 

[E/S]

Looks like its time to make a hole in the fence.

E/S

 

[zzvyb6]

Given about 30 - 40 feet of rope, chain or cable, there is a pretty easy way of extracting that tractor. No come-along required. Hint: That tree on the right is positioned perfectly for it. No you don't run the rope from the tree directly to the bucket. It's a little more convoluted than that...

 

[ray66v]

me: did you try lowering the fel & rotating the bucket to force the tractor back?
Adam: Yep, and managed to dig a nice hole with it and the right rear tire.

He may very well be correct, but you should be able to get it out with the bucket, even without putting it in gear. I guess it's possible the back end is bottoming out.

We had a big time snow fall years ago at our business. the whole back yard parking lot, (gravel), was drifted about 4 ft deep. My father rented a bobcat, and went back there. About a half hour later, he walked in and said it was stuck! And it ain't coming out. I said, you can't get a bobcat stuck. He said bull. It was really buried, but It walked it right out for me.

I think it's about 30% machine, 60% operator, and 10% luck.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Had mine stuck once yesterday on level ground. R4's don't work well in snow. tires spun a hole down in the snow, was in an ice hole. Chains would have made all the difference. I couldn't use the loader to curl it out until I got off and dug some of the snow and ice away. Not nearly as bad a position as the OP, hope he got his out today.

 

[taborekle]

My sons 4 wheeler is 4wd. He got that stuck. His Uncle got out with his 4x4 PU to pull out the 4WD. That got stuck. They had to get a huge John Deere from a neighbor to pull them both out.

I have almost been stuck in the same situation twice with this snow fall. Both times a little slow foot work helped on the fwd and reverse hydro pedals.

Using the FEL and curling the bucket can be used in most instances.

Good luck. It's tough out there.

 

[dave1949]

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Using the FEL and curling the bucket can be used in most instances.

Good luck. It's tough out there.

It can work if you don't slide back into the same hole everytime you go for a new bite with the bucket curl. That's what I have had happen on ice or snow packed to ice then slicked up by tires .
Dave.