Looked like a good idea at the time!

wore out · Nov 7, 2022

Cause

Effect

Traditional Farmer · Nov 7, 2022

Open it wide open and drop the clutch

old · Nov 7, 2022

I've done something sort of like that with my 1935 JD B which is on steel wheels. Got it stuck so took a couple 2X4s and chained them to the out side of the wheel and engaged the clutch slowly and got out of where it was stuck

BillinCentralMO · Nov 7, 2022

Is the tractor a Minneapolis More-Lean ?

showcrop · Nov 7, 2022

Nothing wrong with doing that for BACKING out of the mud.

560Dennis · Nov 7, 2022

Darwin Awards finalist

paul · Nov 7, 2022

Thats dangerous any way you do it, but only Ill try it anyhow way to try is to back out with an attempt of that. Gonna flip over on you most of the time trying to drive
forward.

Paul

paul · Nov 7, 2022

It looks like he lived, got the clutch back in in time that somehow the fenders caught enough dirt to hold the tractor vertical? Glad they didnt show his pants in the pic, Id bet they are the same co,or as the mud...........

Paul

BarnyardEngineering · Nov 7, 2022

Hey, you do what you gotta do, and accept the consequences.

There wasn't another tractor or other capable machine anywhere nearby to pull it out. It's not like here in the USA where we take things like that for granted. Either you have another tractor or six, or the neighbor 1/4 mile down the road does, or you know someone with an excavator. Worst case you can call the local contractor and have him bring his machine in or call the nearest heavy wrecker service for a winch-out.

Ultradog MN · Nov 7, 2022

I got our old Allis B unstuck several times
that way as a kid.
An old IL farmer taught it to me.
The most important thing is to BACK UP -
not go forward.
It is not a big deal.

led · Nov 7, 2022

I watched my older brother do it with an f12. Soil was pretty much sand.
Sometimes you have to go with what you got.

Bruce(OR) · Nov 7, 2022

ROTFLMAO !!!!!!

Bruce(OR) · Nov 7, 2022

Well, I do have another tractor, Or the truck with the 12K Warn Winch or the '78 Cat D4 weighing in around 21K# with the 58K# winch on the
back of it.
Funny part on the Cat is when the wife was determined to use it shortly after we got it. I told her it wouldn't be a good idea on a muddy road
but she was determined. She got the one track about 75% buried and after getting it out, got smart and gave up until it dried out a bit.
I just kinds looked at her and had to say it.
Told~ja~so. Wanna do it again?
Next time, if you get it stuck, will either take a much larger machine to get it out or two of them. Sure you don't wanna do it again?

caterpillar guy · Nov 8, 2022

Not like that but hooked a chain to the rear casting then other end to tree wound the chain around the rear axle to pull me out as it wound up. Worked with none of that business.

Longknife · Nov 8, 2022

That why you always get the comment """"them tractors are DANGEROUS"""""". No, it's NOT the tractor!!!!

John in Mich · Nov 8, 2022

Very lucky if he only walked away with a full load in his pants. I cannot count the number of
times that I had gotten a tractor stuck. First, STOP SPINNING THE TIRES AND DIGGING DEEPER. If
alone, we would hand dig in front of the rear tires and put old tires down to climb onto. If the
front was also down, dig out any dirt immediately in front.
You don't do that very often and not know where the soft spots are located.

showcrop · Nov 8, 2022

(quoted from post at 16:23:33 11/08/22) Very lucky if he only walked away with a full load in his pants. I cannot count the number of
times that I had gotten a tractor stuck. First, STOP SPINNING THE TIRES AND DIGGING DEEPER. If
alone, we would hand dig in front of the rear tires and put old tires down to climb onto. If the
front was also down, dig out any dirt immediately in front.
You don't do that very often and not know where the soft spots are located.

Then after you dig for a few hours and need to be somewhere chain a log to the rear tires and back out over it.

John in Mich · Nov 9, 2022

Was never a problem, definitely not hours and NEVER, EVER chained a log.

olgentdc · Nov 10, 2022

Back Up ,,, Thats right ,,,.No problem that way ,

showcrop · Nov 10, 2022

(quoted from post at 17:55:41 11/10/22) Back Up ,,, Thats right ,,,.No problem that way ,

There are a very few younger guys around who have never heard of chaining a log on as was standard common place practice back in the day.

Looked like a good idea at the time!

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