Well, yesterday my BIL (Paul, old fart Canadian :lol: ) and I went out to pull it out with my p/u, bunch of chains, pry bars, etc. While we were just getting set up, neighbor Jim called my cell and wondered about the strange p/u (BIL's) in the drive and my p/u not there. Explained what we were doing, he offered to come with his tractor and pull us out. Told him thanks, we'd call if we needed it.
First we Cleared the logs from under the front end and it looked like we'd get it right out.
1st try:
Chained the brush hog to the p/u and pulled rearward while I was driving the tractor rearward. Moved about 3 ft, stopped dead with the front right tire slipping down the bank.
2nd & 3rd try:
Called Jim, brought his tractor over and we hooked his front to the brush hog, put a chain from the left top of the roll bar on mine and hooked it to the rear of the p/u parked to the side. Idea was to give us a safety anchor to keep it from rolling over into the creek. Raised the brush hog, put both tractors in reverse and it started to move and stopped with both tractors' tires spinning and digging holes. It was obvious we were still hung on something. Cleared some brush from the creekside of the mower and saw the right side was laying on top of (3) 8-12" logs that went into the creek and across. These were remnants of the deadfall I had cleared from the path and the source of the logs I had originally hit. Hooked a chain hoist to the roll bar and to the mower and we lifted it up further. Still wouldn't move, tires spinning. Got the chainsaw, standing on the slippery bank (did I mention it had poured buckets the last few days?), up to my waist in thorny brambles, brush and mosquitoes (humidity was so bad BIL's glasses kept fogging up whenever he got out of the p/u), feet slipping down into the 4 ft of water in the creek ( Did I mention it had poured buckets? :( ), cut up the 3 logs, had to crawl under the mower some and kick the pieces out.
4th try:
With the mower free and clear, we pulled with Jim's tractor while I drove mine in reverse and the p/u backing up to keep the safety chain in position and it came out pretty easily.
Took about 2.5 hrs. We took it slow, discussed every move and what each one's job was during each try so we were all in sync. I was standing with both feet on the left foot pad (out of the seat) facing the creek after the first try, as I realized then that if something went wrong, there was no way I was getting out of the seat, right foot over the trans, between the gear shift levers, under the steering wheel and between the left rear wheel and the hood as I pushed off with my left foot off of the slippery foot pad trying to stick the dismount, all while the tractor was moving down the bank. I'm no Olympic gymnast. :lol:
Decided to do some mowing (kind of like getting back in the saddle after falling off a horse) but figured I'd do it in a nice flat wide open area :D so I did about 5-6 acres the rest of the day until the skies opened up again around 4:00.
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