stuck

Kemper · January 11, 2013, 12:01:43 PM

Had a little trouble a few weeks ago. Enjoy : )

Bill Johnson · January 11, 2013, 12:31:29 PM

I see what the problem was...not enough wood on the back tier :

Ron Scott · January 11, 2013, 12:54:14 PM

Not good! Makes for an upset owner of the field. ;)

coxy · January 11, 2013, 01:15:27 PM

hate whene that happens to much cow crap on the field lol

g_man · January 11, 2013, 01:50:36 PM

Not fun.
I am glad our ground freezes up. At least some times.
I have to admit I did enjoy the picture but feel a little guilty about it. ;D

CTL logger · January 11, 2013, 02:35:55 PM

Been there before I got a pic when mine fell through a rusted out culvert can't believe it didn't flop over I'll see if I can find it.

Kemper · January 11, 2013, 03:21:08 PM

Quote from: Bill Johnson on January 11, 2013, 12:31:29 PM
I see what the problem was...not enough wood on the back tier :

I was actually headed to the next log pile to finish her up. The land owner isn't to bothered, I have two dozers & track hoe that follow me around cleaning up my mess. The 850 JD actually got stuck pushing me.

clww · January 11, 2013, 04:07:02 PM

You need some more ice and snow down there.

T Welsh · January 11, 2013, 04:44:59 PM

Glad to see I am not the only person that plows a field with a log truck ;D. Tim

lumberjack48 · January 11, 2013, 05:32:52 PM

I got stuck with my Ole Autocar just about that bad on a logging road for two weeks one day. There was no way to get the loader truck close to it to unload it, the bottom just dropped out of the road.
My dad told me i wasn't going fast enough, that was his logic. 8) We made a road around it to get in and out of the job with the pickups. The ground was sugar sand, Jack Pine country over by Decker Lake. We hooked two skidders on it, no way was that sand going to give-er up, bust-en rigging up thats all.
So in stead of fighting with it, i told my father lets leave it there until it dries up. The wood wasn't going anywhere and in no hurry to move it. It took two weeks for the sand to setup, backed up to it with the loader truck, took half the load off. Then it easily came out of its resting place.

Krieger91 · January 11, 2013, 07:08:45 PM

We did something similar to that out on the farm, sank a Case 580 Super L backhoe up to its' axles. NOT a fun day. Hopefully y'all got it out with minimal damage to any equipment or the land?

JohnW · January 11, 2013, 07:40:42 PM

I'm probably the last one to figure this out, but I rencently discovered that mud is slicker than grass. So I guess when you get past the grass with your log truck, you need help.

What'd you have to do anyway, unload?

Kemper · January 11, 2013, 08:06:22 PM

I'm glad you asked. After the 850 JD dozer got stuck pushing us, we pulled it out with the skidder. We then took a track hoe & unloaded the truck, lifted the trailor out of the ruts then pulled the semi with skidder & pushed with the track hoe. Move the truck about 20 yards away & didn't have any problems the rest of the day.

Quote from: JohnW on January 11, 2013, 07:40:42 PM
I'm probably the last one to figure this out, but I rencently discovered that mud is slicker than grass. So I guess when you get past the grass with your log truck, you need help.

What'd you have to do anyway, unload?

Ed_K · January 11, 2013, 08:45:06 PM

I spent a day with a dragline digging an 850 out,when the operator thought he could cross a dry stock pond

:D

Al_Smith · January 12, 2013, 08:35:06 PM

Yes indeedy you can swamp a dozer then you have problem .Fact I swamped a D4 in a creek bottom so deep the fan was throwing water on me .Three days later it was out .Another small dozer and a wrecker with a 6 part line and a bunch of snatch blocks .

sawguy21 · January 12, 2013, 09:36:09 PM

Been there, done that, wore the t-shirt. I hate it when that happens. :

Ed_K · January 13, 2013, 10:57:26 AM

After the 2nd time the 850 was stuck,I welded a large steel rebar on the outside of a track pad on each side so we could chain a rr tie to it,it's slow but it walked out on it's own the next time ;D .Operator gets to dig mud out from under blade arms to slide tie in ;).

Al_Smith · January 13, 2013, 11:29:46 AM

Walking out with ties will work if you can get it chained to the track .I've done so several times myself .

The Cat D4 carried 13" wide tracks which were not enough to run in swampy conditions .The little Oliver HG only weighed maybe 4 or 5 thousand pounds but had 10" tracks but would walk over mire that would swamp the larger Cat .I've used the little pup more than once to rescue the larger machine .

Best one I ever saw was a swamper owned by Welded Construction of Rosebud Mich .Long track D6 with basically a D8 6 or 7or 8 roller track frame and 36" pads .Widest pads I'd ever seen except on a tracked crane .

That swamper could get a good enough grip it was used several times to rescue the big side boom tractors on a 42 mile of pipeline I worked on one winter .I might add the coldest winter I can ever remember in these parts and me right out in it like I was an Eskimo or something .Not my idea of a good time .

CTL logger · February 02, 2013, 04:58:06 PM

I finally found the photos when my western star broke the boards someone put over a hole in a 24" culvert pipe this was a fun day thank goodness it had chalmers suspension probably would have tipped over the rear left bunk was almost on the ground.

Autocar · February 02, 2013, 05:17:28 PM

OOOOOOOOOO my those pictures gives me cold chills, been there done that !

Jeff · February 02, 2013, 05:20:57 PM

Yikes, that must have been nerve racking not only going through, but then climbing up and moving the loader over!

JuniperBoss · February 02, 2013, 05:40:41 PM

Getting stuck is always my worst fear. If I had a big rig like that, I'd be so upset. That goes for all these pictures. Probably would never happen to me though because I'm always super cautious in muddy or snowy conditions ;).

CTL logger · February 02, 2013, 05:47:17 PM

Quote from: Jeff on February 02, 2013, 05:20:57 PM
Yikes, that must have been nerve racking not only going through, but then climbing up and moving the loader over!

If I remember the loader wouldn't swing on its own had to coax it that direction, the worst part was getting the straps off so i could get the loader moved stood in three feet of water to loosen winch didn't give it a thought til right after i was standing on wrong side. I don't think I was as worried as the guys logs I was hauling he was pretty excited when he got there.

lumberjack48 · February 02, 2013, 07:48:32 PM

Reminds me when my dad dropped in a old beaver tunnel with the Mack. It was just like this, could tip at any time. Dad got up on the loader and got the biggest bucket full of wood he could and swung it out, and left it hang in mid air. This took a lot of weight off the down side. Then i got up on the load and started sawing blocks to put under the out rigger. So we could use the out rigger to lift the drivers up, it didn't take long before he drove out.