My tractor is STUCK

[J Wendt]

If you can find another heavy tractor or maybe even a grain truck and park it sideways to the rear of tractor, as far away on dry ground. If the tractor that is stuck has an axle sticking out the side or if tires way out and there is axle inside. you can take a good 1 .5 inch cable or I have used 4 inch flat straps. One on each side of the tractor. slowly back up and let it wrap on the axle. I did this a couple times and was amazed how smooth it came out.

Explain that to me, if you wrapped it around an axle you could get maybe 10 inches of pull per revolution, tire would move ten feet. Before you get the cable tight you would have buried yourself to china. In theory maybe , practically no way would that ever work. Let alone getting a cable or strap to stay on the axle to wrap. And if you had a inch and half cable you couldn't pull it to the tractor with out a crawler so us e the crawler and pull it out. Be Safe.

 

[bc]

"U need a couple ft of slack then pour the coal to her."

I have never liked that approach.

Good way to break stuff or get hurt or both IMO.

That's just me though.

Naw. That is just what Rustred's wife says to him every night. The older you get the more slack you have.

 

[showcrop]

We got a Ford 6000 tractor stuck real good up to the axles in a field. ;
My dad did something very dangerous. He chained a log to both rear tires and very gently pulled forward. It lifted the tractor out of the hole. Then he filled the hole with other logs. The 6000 had the SOS and was very slow in first gear. Again it was very dangerous.

Yes, pulling forward is VERY DANGEROUS and should NEVER be done you must back out over the log. That is not dangerous.

 

[641Dave]

like others said you need a bigger tractor with long chains to get them away from the wet spot.

sunk my IH 444 last spring in a wet spot (and it was a dry year too) and got the neighbors tractor (4x4 with loader/backhoe) stuck too as he had too much weight and sunk in and the backhoe was about 6-8 inches closer to the ground than the tractor frame so it didn't take much to get him on the ground. took quite a bit to get him out luckily he could kinda pick himself up with the loader and hoe but still needed beams and planks to do that even.
ended up getting a tow truck out. he was reluctant to go off road but it was close to the farmyard and grassy pasture so he agreed. took him 15 minutes from the time he got there to the time he pulled out of the driveway. cost a ton since it was a Sunday and I was going to be out of town for awhile so i didn't want it sitting out.

neighbor back home used to dig out some in front of the rear tires and put planks in to help the tractor drive out. seen it work a few times. I tried that but the heavy heavy thick grass did not allow for hand digging.

Yeah, the first photo I was able to pull it out with my truck giving consistant pressure while I worked the bucket to push me backwards. The pic with my older neighbor cost me 6 nice cedar post that I had stock piled from this summers cuttings. One under the bucket to keep it from sinking and two under the front tires and three more post sacrificed in there somewhere. The photo is right after I got the back tires on solid ground and we were able to pull it the rest of the way out. I just ordered Wyeth-Scott power puller and a couple of snatch blocks for future boggery endeavors.

 

[cjunrau]

Explain that to me, if you wrapped it around an axle you could get maybe 10 inches of pull per revolution, tire would move ten feet. Before you get the cable tight you would have buried yourself to china. In theory maybe , practically no way would that ever work. Let alone getting a cable or strap to stay on the axle to wrap. And if you had a inch and half cable you couldn't pull it to the tractor with out a crawler so us e the crawler and pull it out. Be Safe.

when you spin your tire you only go so deep. I know it worked for me. I had to pull myself 10-15 ft before the tractor started riding higher as it was getting into drier ground. I was at least 30 ft away with a 1 ton pulling sideways on it. I had to move the truck once after the first pull as the front tires of the tractor were still in mud. I needed a second truck to pull out the one ton but that was easy as I had good ground to work on. In some places it may not work but I haven'e found one yet. even when a tow truck with winch pulls and you spin to help it does come out but not as fast as the wheels are spinning.

 

[RedMF40]

The OP may be gone but some of us are still out here trying. lol
Going down the electric winch rabbit hole today. Right now the Harbor Freight 12,000lb Apex winch with wireless remote has my attention. My four wheel drive is an '02 toyota tundra and makes for a pretty good anchor to have a winch on with the tires chocked. I figure with a wireless remote in one hand and me back on the tractor would be a pretty good 1,2 punch of getting out of these messes. Bogged it twice this year and plan on more.

I did this recently. Stuck in the woods, just needed help getting up a very steep hill. Used my F250 as an anchor and an $89 HF winch with wireless remote. The remote worked over 100’ from the winch. With the tractor and winch working together, I was able to get up the hill. Wouldn’t trust that little winch for a tractor that’s “buried,” though.

 

[JMOR]

One thing for sure....................keyboard solutions always work!

 

[tractorford]

ive seen this combo work

get a few long pieces of the widest treated lumber planks you can find at lowes or home depot

..2 or 3 of the 16 footers should do...

use a sawzall to rough cut them for transport

use 3-4 ton floor jack... place one of the treated planks under it and maybe some thick wood blocks on the lifter face....

lift........, stick the planks under the tires... front and rear and either go forward or back

remember to claw out excess mud from
ag treads as you maneuver out...

you will repeat the process.....

and you will get unstuck....

and youll have these ingredients at the ready for next time...

heheheh...... yep.... wont forget that fun any time soon... given the circumstances it can be rather pleasant

 

[ed12345]

Hey All-

So We have had a very wet spring/early summer, and I was trying to get something done a little too fast after the rain and have sunk my tractor pretty good.

I buried it more trying to get unstuck. This is a 2 wheel drive Ford 4500, and i have a hay spear on the loader right now.

I have tried the trick attaching logs to the wheels like a paddle and all I have managed to do is dig out a deeper hole with those.

Im feeling like I am at the point where I don't have any other ideas and am going to need to call someone for help.

What kind of person do I call to pull my tractor out of the pasture?

Had a 966 stuck in the swamp - real stuck. - mud suction had a firm grip

Chained A 12 foot 6x6 across the rear wheels and backed up to raise it up out of the mud.

Unchained the 6x6 then chained it to another tractor with duals And pulled it out.

 

[flying belgian]

Had a 706 with plow stuck in a swamp years ago. Had neighbor come with dueled up 150 White and 100 ft of cable We unhooked the plow and pulled 706 out. Then hooked cable to plow and dragged it out.

 

[showcrop]

Had a 966 stuck in the swamp - real stuck. - mud suction had a firm grip

Chained A 12 foot 6x6 across the rear wheels and backed up to raise it up out of the mud.

Unchained the 6x6 then chained it to another tractor with duals And pulled it out.

Yup, that is the way it was done 50 years ago.

 

[37chief]

Hey All-

So We have had a very wet spring/early summer, and I was trying to get something done a little too fast after the rain and have sunk my tractor pretty good.

I buried it more trying to get unstuck. This is a 2 wheel drive Ford 4500, and i have a hay spear on the loader right now.

I have tried the trick attaching logs to the wheels like a paddle and all I have managed to do is dig out a deeper hole with those.

Im feeling like I am at the point where I don't have any other ideas and am going to need to call someone for help.

What kind of person do I call to pull my tractor out of the pasture?

 

[37chief]

I hate it when that happens. Stan