Stuck?

[tcreeley]

Some years ago I got the bosses tractor stuck spreading manure in the fall on the "manure road". We couldn't pull it out with the smaller ford so we hooked the 6 horse van to the ford tractor and from there to the stuck tractor. Everything spun mud. So we decided to wait until the ground froze in a couple of weeks. It did and we were at it again. The horse van's tires had frozen in. The engine revved and the tires spun but the rims were still frozen in the ground. The bolts holding the rims to the axle had all sheared. We had to weld nuts onto the sheared bolts knobs to be able to get a wrench on them to back them out to replace with new bolts. After a bit we got everything out. I'd never driven anything with high low range- just older tractors. The boss said low was for power and I figured I needed extra to get through the muck and manure. I was wrong - I needed just plain speed - in and out before I got bogged down!
Live and learn.

 

[Gizmo2]

Some years ago I got the bosses tractor stuck spreading manure in the fall on the "manure road". We couldn't pull it out with the smaller ford so we hooked the 6 horse van to the ford tractor and from there to the stuck tractor. Everything spun mud. So we decided to wait until the ground froze in a couple of weeks. It did and we were at it again. The horse van's tires had frozen in. The engine revved and the tires spun but the rims were still frozen in the ground. The bolts holding the rims to the axle had all sheared. We had to weld nuts onto the sheared bolts knobs to be able to get a wrench on them to back them out to replace with new bolts. After a bit we got everything out. I'd never driven anything with high low range- just older tractors. The boss said low was for power and I figured I needed extra to get through the muck and manure. I was wrong - I needed just plain speed - in and out before I got bogged down!
Live and learn.

Funny how wisdom always comes too late!

 

[boggen]

Some years ago I got the bosses tractor stuck spreading manure in the fall on the "manure road". We couldn't pull it out with the smaller ford so we hooked the 6 horse van to the ford tractor and from there to the stuck tractor. Everything spun mud. So we decided to wait until the ground froze in a couple of weeks. It did and we were at it again. The horse van's tires had frozen in. The engine revved and the tires spun but the rims were still frozen in the ground. The bolts holding the rims to the axle had all sheared. We had to weld nuts onto the sheared bolts knobs to be able to get a wrench on them to back them out to replace with new bolts. After a bit we got everything out. I'd never driven anything with high low range- just older tractors. The boss said low was for power and I figured I needed extra to get through the muck and manure. I was wrong - I needed just plain speed - in and out before I got bogged down!
Live and learn.

been in both situations. extremely low gear and low idle and 1/16" baby step per minute.

then other times. start out a gear or 2 below were i can just release the clutch button or left off the clutch peddle without stalling out the tractor. and hammer things home. and if need be keep on shifting up to a higher speed. those tires can get rather thin, just from centrifuge force. and you do leave rubber skid marks in dirt, errr i should say mud. granted you may not be able to tell. right off

 

[Gobblin Tom]

I have gotten stuck quite a few times already on my property, being that it is all valley it is very wet with springs, etc. I am however trying to get my logging roads straightened out and leveled so I can hopefully avoid getting stuck in the future (And not slide off them in the winter) but that is a long way down the road!!!

 

[whitedogone]

Stuck the 4120 a couple weeks ago about like that. Albeit it was not on the camber that one was. I tryed to use the bucket roll to no avail. It just dug it's own muck hole. I then started to cut brushy limbs and throw them down under the bucket. As soon as I had made a Mat for the bucket giving it a solid base, I lifted the front tires out of the rutts by lifting the front of the tractor with the loader. When she was in the air, I cut 6-8" round logs and tossed in the rutts. I continued to "crib" the front end at least this way. Then hooked the log chain the the rear and to the truck. She came right out then.