Ande
Well-known Member
Mine, well it deals with a "2670" sitting in a highway ditch of a busy road, and a wet field. It had a broken trunion and the wheel and dual were in the wet field. My understanding is the tractor had been there for 2 weeks.
I got there with the semi, and one man. And scratched my head, thinking, how in the H__l am I going to get this on the truck. Ditch was wet, (water running, big rain) Move the truck in the direction of the highway to try and winch out of ditch, couldn't winch, cars coming all the time, hired man was directing traffic well I attempted to pull the 26 out of the ditch. Nothing worked. If I can say I was unhappy would be a understatement.
All of a sudden my Dad showed up out of no where, looked at the situation, and said get the truck off the highway, and to the side of the road. Which I did right away. Then Dad walked down to the 26, and looked at the damage, which was basically the trunion. Walked around, climbed aboard the 26, and fired her up. Within seconds he backed her up the ditch, then off he went up the deck, and the hired man almost messed. But I knew to expect the unexpected with him.
The owner of the "2670" showed up after we had it secured on the deck and said how did you get it out of the ditch. Dad said, simple, just how it got down in the ditch! He was laughing so hard he said the loader is on the way to load the wheels, ( Everyone said he was a tough guy to do business with, we didn't have any trouble with him, always paid the bill)
I got there with the semi, and one man. And scratched my head, thinking, how in the H__l am I going to get this on the truck. Ditch was wet, (water running, big rain) Move the truck in the direction of the highway to try and winch out of ditch, couldn't winch, cars coming all the time, hired man was directing traffic well I attempted to pull the 26 out of the ditch. Nothing worked. If I can say I was unhappy would be a understatement.
All of a sudden my Dad showed up out of no where, looked at the situation, and said get the truck off the highway, and to the side of the road. Which I did right away. Then Dad walked down to the 26, and looked at the damage, which was basically the trunion. Walked around, climbed aboard the 26, and fired her up. Within seconds he backed her up the ditch, then off he went up the deck, and the hired man almost messed. But I knew to expect the unexpected with him.
The owner of the "2670" showed up after we had it secured on the deck and said how did you get it out of the ditch. Dad said, simple, just how it got down in the ditch! He was laughing so hard he said the loader is on the way to load the wheels, ( Everyone said he was a tough guy to do business with, we didn't have any trouble with him, always paid the bill)