Seen some large backhoe/ excavators that get into quicksand, and only the arm and perhaps the cab roof are sticking out. They get stuck, keep trying & sink in until the engine swamps, then they continue to settle in the sand until something bigger gers set up to go after them. Now those are stuck!
I got the Ford 7700 stuck in a clay seep hole where it was setting on the belly, tires really were not more than barely touching. Had a semi mounted plow on the back that was in the ground when it was all the way up, and jammed so in the mud that couldn't really unhook it. Took dad & mom on 2 other tractors to pull that out. Dad might not have been happy, but he'd done about the same in the same spot.
Worst for me was getting the combine stuck in the same spot 20 years later. All alone, had to inch the combine out by pulling with a long chain, resetting brakes and shortening chain, took _many_ trips between the combine & tractor.
Was very tuckered out, went to the other side of the field, drove 1/2 way back & sunk in a hillside on that side of the field. Took 3/4 as much effort to get the combine out again.
I drove back to the house and sat for an hour. It might not have been the most spectacular looking 'stuck', but it was the most memerable for me.
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