It takes a lot more oomph to pull a stuck truck than most people realize. When my son first got into feed hauling he called me one winter day to ask if I could run up the road a few miles to pull out a stuck feed truck. The tractor I had was a 135 HP 1086 with lots of weights and a loader. The snow was warm and slick and snow at the hog site was just hard packed, not deep at all. The truck made it into the site just fine loaded but after it was empty it was worthless on that warm snow. I hooked the chain up with the smug feeling a simple tug would do the job. I couldnt move him, I just sat there and spun my wheels. I finally did get him moving but it was tough. Another time I had plenty of traction in hard dirt but I just sat there digging a hole and again I was pulling an empty truck sunk slightly in the mud. I had my pride lowered again. LOL.
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