Stuck

[Magicman]

OK, I well know when you get your truck stuck, you generally made a foolish mistake.  Mine was not thinking that maybe the Tree Farm got more rain this weekend than we got at home, and also, I did not get out and walk the area out where I attempted to back the trailer.  When the truck slipped sideways a bit, I knew that I was stuck.  I unhitched the trailer and tried to ease out forward.....nope.  Next it was hooking the tractor to the truck.  Again, nope.

Thankfully, a couple of weeks after I got the new truck, my grill guard and new 12K MileMarker winch came in.

 
Today would be the day to try it out.  I set the brakes on the JD and chocked the wheels to keep it from skidding backwards.


 
Then chained my snatch block to the tractor.


 
The double line and the 12K MileMarker worked fine.


 
About now is when I smiled.


 
A mighty fine investment ready for it's next job.   

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Is your truck not a 4x4?  :-\

[chevytaHOE5674]

One of the reasons my pickup has locking differentials and mud tires, so I don't get stuck multiple times daily around the farm.

[okmulch]

It is better to have ,then not to have. :D
MM good thing you put that winch on right away.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Let's give a little credit to John Deere!  :D

[WDH]

I like the supplemental brakes on the JD  ;D.

[nas]

Kinda reminds me of this song
http://youtu.be/pDY6bWT5oTM
Now we need a picture with the mud on the truck 8)

Nick

[shelbycharger400]

now u have to get the trailer out..lol

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

now u have to get the trailer out..lol

say_what  I forgot about that.

[WDH]

Step one.

1).  Get the Jeep stuck



 

Step two.

2).  Get the tractor stuck trying to get the stuck Jeep un-stucked.



 

Step three.

(Requires at least one more tractor  ).

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Y A W N .......I'll bring my NEW HOLLAND.  :D

[WDH]

It must be a Real Tractor  ???.

[Magicman]

Yes, 4X4, limited slip & locking differentials.  The factory tires certainly are not good grip tires, but I may have spun deeper if they had been, but I usually know when to stop trying.  If it ain't moving stop spinning.

I backed the JD down to the unloaded trailer and easily pulled it out.

Without those highly engineered wheel chocks, I was simply winching the tractor backwards.   :-\

[red oaks lumber]

2 things you need
1) mud tires
2) 4 wheel drive :(
i just read your post if thats 4 wheel you need driving lessons

[Bill Gaiche]

MM, make sure there is a tree nearby when you do get stuck.bg

[beenthere]

Now you can change this thread to "Un-stuck"  8)

[Magicman]

i just read your post if thats 4 wheel you need driving lessons 

Meaning??

[Okrafarmer]

i just read your post if thats 4 wheel you need driving lessons 

Meaning??

He's from Wisconsin. He doesn't know your soil type.  :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

   Danny......pass the POPCORN.

[Corley5]

I hate it when that happens  ;D

[chevytaHOE5674]

He's from Wisconsin. He doesn't know your soil type.  :D

Assuming that is clay we have Plenty of it in Wisconsin and Michigan. Could start making flower pots and roofing tiles from the stuff around here. hahaha

Thus the need for aggressive tires that don't turn into glazed donuts as soon as they make one revolution.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

The "Engines" used to mix red clay and straw to make bricks. 

[sandhills]

MM definitely get the mud grips that way next time you'll be twice as stuck  .  A couple winters ago when we had snow in feet all winter long I spent most time driving my IH 1486 with the three point gnuse loader on the back, someone said to me I guess you aren't planning on getting stuck, I said no that's just assurance I'll get another 20 yards into the drift before I have to call for help, I was right on several occasions  :.  That slimy stuff is definitely worse than deep stuff IMO.

[Magicman]

Four to six inches of topsoil with blue "pipe" clay underneath.  No rocks.

[Warbird]

Good job getting 'er unstuck.  Your driving skills are fine.  Sometimes, mud happens.