Will they grow if you plant them?

Fordfarmer · Oct 26, 2014

One of my cousins came home over the weekend and was cutting and hauling out dead trees. I got a call while I was fail chopping, "I'm kinda stuck...could you pull me out?" He had gone through there with the 850 with half-tracks with no issue whatsoever. Even the 1st time through with the 7710 was OK. Not so much this time. They just don't move well when the front axle is pushing mud and the drawbar is deep enough to not be visible. TW pulled it out with no problem, though.

Tim23 · Oct 26, 2014

I think Fords are a summer crop. Might have to cover it on the cold nights this late in the year.

Robert NC · Oct 26, 2014

That like something I did years ago with a Super 55 Oliver and bushhog. Mowing corn field and next thing I knew the tractor was sitting on it's belly in mud. Forgot there had been a train wreck several years before when I was out of country and they buried several car load of feed in the field. Sure was a mess.

maxwell99 · Oct 27, 2014

Glad you got it out with no damage.

Does the old tractor have any weep holes in the bottom of the clutch bell housing,

If so, Sometimes when you get one stuck like that mud will stop up the weep hole and in time oil can build up and get on the clutch.

That happened to me once with an old Ferguson TO 35, got it stuck, mud plugged the weep hole, a few months later I was replacing a perfectly good clutch that got soaked in oil.

Good luck.

showcrop · Oct 27, 2014

Waaaaaal sonny, the way us old timers did it when there was no other tractor for miles around was to cut a tree with about an eight inch trunk, long enough to be four feet longer than the outside tire tack, then chain it to both rear wheels, behind the tires. One would then just back up over it and out of the hole, unchain the log and find a better route.

Fordfarmer · Oct 27, 2014

I've done that a time or two.
But if your cousin is nearby, and has tractors available... it's
easier to call for a pull, right?

Fordfarmer · Oct 27, 2014

Yes, there is a weep hole in the bellhousing. Unlikely it got plugged, as the driveshaft for the front axle is below it. The cotter key is in place as well.

showcrop · Oct 27, 2014

(quoted from post at 08:46:50 10/27/14) I've done that a time or two.
But if your cousin is nearby, and has tractors available... it's
easier to call for a pull, right?

Yup, but us old geezers are still obligated to tell how we did things in the olden days.

maxwell99 · Oct 27, 2014

Mine had the cotter key in it as well, but I did not check it and did not drive through and weeds and grass for a while to turn the key. It was plugged with mud.

Just a heads up!

Fordfarmer · Oct 27, 2014

Always good to double check stuff. Thanks!

Ultradog MN · Oct 27, 2014

So what do they look like when they begin to sprout? 9Ns?
Maxwell99, that's good advice to check the weep hole/cotter pin.

FarmerBlair · Oct 28, 2014

sounds like you need another tractor to bring the
tree trunk to the rescue.

Brian Allen · Oct 29, 2014

Fordfarmer
As long as the sprouts don't come up green! LOL!
Brian

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