Got my BIL lined up to help next Saturday. I've got 4 or 5 good heavy chains and my and his pickup trucks. I think the plan will be to hook a "safety" chain to one p/u to keep it from going farther over. (Don't think there's a big enough tree close by to hook to). Thinking grab up high on the roll bar with the "safety" chain? Then hook the other p/u to the brush hog support structure, thinking that if I hook to the tractor, mower will probably wander around back there while we're pulling and get in the way. I'm going to start out with keeping it hooked up for "ballast" and going the way I came in. (When I took a boating class, they always said back out of trouble, going forward will most likely get you into more trouble.) When I've been pulling bushes, small trees lately, I've been leaving the brush hog hooked up and attaching to it. Much safer and the structure hasn't deflected at all, even when I've pulled tough stuff where the rear wheels were spinning and starting to dig a hole. With any luck, it'll come out under its own power and the p/u's will be there for "moral support". :lol:
farmerwithmutt,
I'm going to remove the logs under the tractor first. I'll have a prybar, shovels, etc and my chainsaw there as well. Don't think I'll need to build any structure under it. I've had to do that with my backhoe using planking, bricks, logs, etc. to get it out of the mud. Hasn't happened in a while as I've gotten smarter and avoid using it in areas that are "iffy".
My guess is that we may have to "adjust" our plan as we go, depending upon what happens each step of the way. It seems like I'm overthinking this but I'd rather do it slow and easy with a lot of forethought than end up saying "wow, didn't think THAT would happen" and end up with a tractor on its side in the ditch. :roll:
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