Stuck. And I mean STUCK

Mac AR · May 6, 2017

Well, I just couldn't wait for it to dry up all the way here, so I figured I'd start on some ground work. So I finished one field and was almost done with the second, then WHOOSH! The ground fell out from under me and I was drawbar deep before I could grab the clutch. I had to phone some help and go back home to get the Farmall.

In the end we got er out, and the harrow too. I went back up and finished the last round late this evening.

Hopefully pictures are attached...

Mac

Hayfarmer · May 6, 2017

Not really and adventure unless you get the other tractor stuck too

504 · May 6, 2017

Dad picked me up at Moms one Friday night and said he was stuck. The next morning we went out and the top of rear axle of the JD 70 was 18 inches under the mud. If I had done that he would still be cussing! (I was about 13)

JMOR · May 6, 2017

Nah! That is just a 'little bit' stuck! This is "stuck". the hay mower was stuck & the other two "tried" to rescue him.

paul · May 6, 2017

In my younger days, dad sent me out to harrow a field with the old IHC 300. He said there might be wet spots, go around them, this is just an early harrowing.

I drove out to the field, we had had a strong dry wind all forenoon, and the whole field looked dry, the surface got blown dry. Couldn't see any difference, as you typically can.

So i drove about 500 feet and buried the tractor.

Walked home, get dad, I could tell he was perturbed and said told you to go around the wet stuff. Gathered a chain and another tractot and we headed out there. Dad drove across the field and the bottom fell out, he sunk. He did keep going and get to firmer ground, but he wasn't pulling anything. I may have pointed out about then, see the ground all looks dry on top, but it isn't underneath. Hard to tell isn't it?

It was kinda quiet on his side of the conversation.

We got my tractor pulled out, meandered back to the field road, and went back home for another day.

Mom thought it was a funny story. I told it when dad wasn't in ear shot.....

Paul

flying belgian · May 6, 2017

Been there, done that==easy to do. Nice looking B. The other one a 400?

Mac AR · May 6, 2017

Thank you! That's my 300. I disked this field an hour before this incident with the Farmall, and only slipped a bit. That's why i figured it was ok. Where it sank was about where a tile is (or was) and I think that's what caused it. That and the 12" of rain we've had. My brother (who's looking at the camera) thought it was funny, since he had to come to my rescue.

Mac

Mac AR · May 6, 2017

Me and Dad did that one once, years ago. Stuck a Super M and an 8 foot disk in a sand bed and the old man exploded. Jumped on the old JD A and promptly sunk it to the drawbar. Things sure were quiet at home that night! Good story Paul, thanks for sharing.

Mac

Mac AR · May 6, 2017

Glad I wasn't there for that one. I take it they got em out?

Mac

Mac AR · May 6, 2017

If he was like mine, I guarantee you he would be!

Mac

Mac AR · May 6, 2017

No, but I've been there and done that. It ain't no fun I promise.

Mac

jeffcat · May 6, 2017

That is the best way to tell a story. Tell it to mom and you get a little sweet revenge by giving the old man a good poke in the rump. Every once in a while I would get stuck and STOP!!!! The old man most of the time would try to POWER his way out. Now 40 years later in the lower medow you can still see traces of those ruts! Stuck a 460 so bad the rear wheels were hanging in the air.

Dick2 · May 7, 2017

We got the G stuck first, then the 400 trying to pull out the G, then the MMGBD, then the D4 and finally the HD7. Let them all set a couple days and then the neighbor winched all 5 out one-by-one with his implement trailer.

larry@stinescorner · May 7, 2017

thats not that bad,,,nice tractors!!

Bret4207 · May 7, 2017

When the hubs can't be seen and the whole frame is sitting in mud, and the tractor is sinking further in, that's really stuck. :shock:

jddrawbar · May 7, 2017

Nice B.......

SDE · May 7, 2017

I hauled a stump over to my burn pile, but decided to just drop it in the swamp instead. I found a hole with the front tires of my 400. I could still drive forward, but the front tires would not come back out of that hole. I got my other 400 out and we managed to dig that one down also. I got that one out and moved it over to the side and then shoveled out the muck from the front tires. After we got them out. My son asked if the winch would have worked better. He doesn't complain about helping me, but he absolutely DOES NOT want to drive tractors. I guess I will use the winch from now on. When it dries out I have some ruts to fill in.
SDE

Donald Lehman · May 7, 2017

I had my 1955 4wd stuck so bad I had to use our TD 14 to push dirt out of the way in front of it before we could winch it out. The worst part of it is I did it TWICE over the years before I wised up.

the tractor vet · May 7, 2017

That ain't stuck that is momentarily delayed , Being STUCk is when you have to step up to get off the tractor.

George G · May 7, 2017

I'm not stuck, I just can't move.

Will Herring · May 10, 2017

I almost got a JD 4430 stuck with a field cultivator on the back. Hit a wet spot and the front tires weren't giving me any guidance and the rears were flinging mud over the fenders and steering with the wheel was a no go (only brake steering). Quickly raised the implement and turned and headed for firmer ground and figure I barely made it out. All that saved me was brand new tires at the time, otherwise I think I'd have had to have a buddy pull me out with an 8100.

IaLeo · May 10, 2017

Dad's '51 B had Rolomatic and everytime I drove through soft stuff, one front wheel went down and the other side went up! Leo

oldtanker · May 11, 2017

When I was teaching Armor tactics at Ft Knox we took the students to the field. We could tell the students that they would get a tank stuck but we couldn't prevent them from trying to cross an area. One day I told a student he'd get the tank stuck going through a certain area. He replied "Sgt it's a tank". I had to step up off the fender about 18" while we waited for the M88 tank retriever!

Then shortly after I retired near Mayville ND I saw a JD 4X4 with triples on that you could just see the tops of the tires about ground level.

Rick

kcm.MN · May 11, 2017

Hey Rick, maybe that tank sank so low because it had a little of that Ft Knox gold weighing it down? *lol*

Wish you could have gotten a pic of that JD. That would have been impressive to laugh at.

Inno · May 11, 2017

This time of year it doesn't pay for me to even get on a tractor. For some reason that doesn't stop me. I'm usually stuck once a week.
Last week it was my 1 ton with a load of "muck" I had scraped off an area where we're putting a new chicken coop. I ended up dumping my load where I didn't want it and cutting down a few small trees to get the loader in behind it to push it out.
I wasn't in the mood to take pictures!

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