The joys of gettin' stuck

A full meter in the muck, all because the lazy previous owners of my property decided to not do any damned land management for 10 years. Got my mower caught on a tuft of marsh grass as I was pulling through the, very shallow, stream that divides my land.

Tried rocking, come-along hooked to a tree, nothing's worked so far. If the angle wasn't as steep on the bank and the mower wasn't caught I'd have the thing out by now. Tomorrow I take out an un-split round and my jack to so I can start putting logs under the tires.

The benefit is I get to drink some of last season's blackberry wine and sit in the setting sunlight admiring the grass I *did*cut.
 
That's what you get for living in some God-forsaken place where the ground isn't frozen in February!

Definitely NOT an issue here!

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This was our Sunday morning temp, it's now warmed up to + 27ºF, a swing of 54.9º!!!
 

Was 58F and sunny all day in the PNW. We're having the opposite of the NE; balmy days tricking the trees and frogs into thinking it's spring a whole 2 months early!
 

Instead of jack and logs take a log 2 feet longer than your tire track is wide, and about a twelve foot chain. Lay the log in tight against the backs of the rear tires. Chain it to both rims by passing the chain through between the rims and centers. Back over the log and out. It is not generally considered safe to put it in front of the tire, but with your mower on the back it should be OK.
 
I got stuck real bad one time, and unhooked my mower to give the tractor a better chance of getting out. After I got out I hooked a chain to the mower and pulled it to a better spot. Stan
 
My old Farmall owner's manual cautions about hitching logs to tires, don't do it, very serious danger of rearing over backwards and overturning the tractor back on top of you.
 
(quoted from post at 00:31:58 02/24/15) My old Farmall owner's manual cautions about hitching logs to tires, don't do it, very serious danger of rearing over backwards and overturning the tractor back on top of you.

The tractor can't overturn backwards on you if you back over the log. You can, however, do some real damage to things if your foot slips off the clutch pedal and you keep backing up, driving the log into the underside of the tractor.
 
(quoted from post at 00:31:58 02/24/15) My old Farmall owner's manual cautions about hitching logs to tires, don't do it, very serious danger of rearing over backwards and overturning the tractor back on top of you.

Very hard to have the tractor "rear over backwards on you" when you are backing out, as I advised him to do.
 
Just go get some one to pull you out. The potential damage you can do to the tractor or your self is NOT worth the Risk !!
 
(quoted from post at 05:47:15 02/24/15) Just go get some one to pull you out. The potential damage you can do to the tractor or your self is NOT worth the Risk !!

Don't be a helpless citiot, be a resourceful YTer!
 
Hard to feel bad for a guy who's out MOWING in February!

Almost makes he happy that he got stuck.


(just kidding of course)
 
(quoted from post at 05:47:15 02/24/15) Just go get some one to pull you out.

If only! It's just me, myself, and I. If I can't get it then I'll call in a tow. Logging trucks pass near the house so we've a local heavy hauler but that's an expenditure I'd rather not invest in.
 
(quoted from post at 01:05:23 02/24/15) What part of the beautiful Pacific NW are you in, Blackthumb?

Up above Portland. Tucked into a river-valley and its really strange micro climate. This year has been really warm for us so far, haven't even gone through a half cord in the wood stove yet for the entire winter! I'd appreciate some frozen ground, wouldn't have sunk in the stream bed. Wouldn't have been mowing then either though, so it's a trade off.
 
Yessirree Bob! Some fun, ain't it? About a year ago I had a 17,000 lb. 4 wd hung up on ice and snow with mud underneath. Yup! Some fun.
 

Woo hoo! Got her out! Only took me an hour. Finally took hooking dual chains and come-alongs, getting the mower detached, and creeping foreward using both come-alongs and low first to gain ground. Got the N out and then pulled the mower out soon after.

Tractor and mower just got a good hosing off and are spending some drying time out in the sun before I re-grease the living hell out of both of them.

Looks like the creek bed is at least a half meter of solid clay. Took the high pressure hose plus a trowel to get that crap out of the rear treads. At least I can finish mowing before the kid gets home.
 

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