Our Stuck In The Mud Thread

[Newlyme]

The BX will do what you want - when the ground is dry.

Working in the mud will make a bigger mess fast. Any tractor can get stuck in the mud. Another tractor forum has a stuck pictures thread.

That sounds like a good idea.

With the way the weather has been going, (Global Warming and all ), for All of us it looks like the mud is a going to be the new norm.

So why not have a few laughs and just maybe help somebody too!

 

[Newlyme]

So I'll be the First!

A picture is worth a thousand words.
Plus the Seven you can not say on TV.
Looks like I am waiting until the Mrs gets home.
Anyone want to trade places?

 

[SidecarFlip]

Said before, wrong tires and if they are loaded, wrong contents too.

I farm so all I run are R1's and....I never, never go afield when the ground is wet. No need to. Rutting any field (I run a commercial forage operation) is disaster. Ruts never heal and it destroys the crop too.

I have to honestly say, I have never been stuck in 25 years. Maybe a little gooey at times but never stuck. Cannot say that for my wife, she stuck her van in the round about to the barn this spring. Had to winch it out, wasn't about to get in there with a tractor and get it stuck too.

Unless you row crop (I don't) or have a little tractor and need loaded tires for ballast, I see no genuine use for loaded tires at all. My 3 M's have the cast iron discs on the rear, plenty of extra weight for loader operations.

Besides, you aren't really stuck, drop the batwing and drive out in 4wd with the differentials locked (looks like an M9 so you can lock the front and rear axles and leave the batwing for a later date. Every time you drive past it you can look at it and think about your haste and the results.

To me, stuck is down to the frame and waiting for a track loader to yank you out.

Pardon me, M4900 so no front axle lock. You are screwed....lol

 

[Holleyman]

Said before, wrong tires and if they are loaded, wrong contents too.

I farm so all I run are R1's and....I never, never go afield when the ground is wet. No need to. Rutting any field (I run a commercial forage operation) is disaster. Ruts never heal and it destroys the crop too.

So what do you do if your front pasture has large tire ruts in it? We bought our property with them and would like to patch up those areas. Is running a disk or tiller the best option? How long before the prairie grasses come back?

 

[Newlyme]

Said before, wrong tires and if they are loaded, wrong contents too.

R4's, not loaded.

Besides, you aren't really stuck, drop the batwing and drive out in 4wd with the differentials locked (looks like an M9 so you can lock the front and rear axles and leave the batwing for a later date.

That is what I did. Dropped the batwing, locked rear Dif, (no front lock), all four wheels spinning and barely made it out. Didn't think I was going to make it out that day. Drove out on the road, grabbed some chain, and with good traction pulled out the mower.

Every time you drive past it you can look at it and think about your haste and the results.

Everytime I drive by and see the new grass instead of the weeds like the rest of the front yard I'll get a good chuckle and memory from that day.

To me, stuck is down to the frame and waiting for a track loader to yank you out.

Been there too on the BX24.
Didn't need the track loader though.

 

[SidecarFlip]

R4's, not loaded.

I thought so. They had that 'doughnut' look. Never had R4's always R1's and not radials either, always bias ply.


That is what I did. Dropped the batwing, locked rear Dif, (no front lock), all four wheels spinning and barely made it out. Didn't think I was going to make it out that day. Drove out on the road, grabbed some chain, and with good traction pulled out the mower.


Everytime I drive by and see the new grass instead of the weeds like the rest of the front yard I'll get a good chuckle and memory from that day.


Been there too on the BX24.
Didn't need the track loader though.

You got lucky. Just kick back and wait for it to dry out and think about all you'll have to do to fix the ruts....lol

My hay customer is bugging me for round bales (jokingly) however. He knows I cannot and will not even attempt to get in the fields, besides, it would never dry down enough to bale anyway. Might be a 2 cut year instead of 3 but I'm not getting out there and destroying my alfalfa just because. He'll take all I run anyway, always does. I can run 1000 rounds and he takes them all. Pays me in full in November, every November, takes my squares too. I dealt with horsey people for years, no pay, slow pay, always crying (like posters on here do...), no more. One customer, no crying, hauls all of them himself, I load in the field on his trailers, money is always there. I have it made now and to think I went through the horsey grief for years. Can you tell I don't care much for equine owners?

 

[Newlyme]

I went online that day swearing I was going to purchase a set of R1's. I am sure I would not have gotten stuck. My rear R4's are worn out.
Once I saw the load capacity difference between the two I think I am going to stay with the R4's.

 

[D2Cat]

You got lucky. Just kick back and wait for it to dry out and think about all you'll have to do to fix the ruts....lol

My hay customer is bugging me for round bales (jokingly) however. He knows I cannot and will not even attempt to get in the fields, besides, it would never dry down enough to bale anyway. Might be a 2 cut year instead of 3 but I'm not getting out there and destroying my alfalfa just because. He'll take all I run anyway, always does. I can run 1000 rounds and he takes them all. Pays me in full in November, every November, takes my squares too. I dealt with horsey people for years, no pay, slow pay, always crying (like posters on here do...), no more. One customer, no crying, hauls all of them himself, I load in the field on his trailers, money is always there. I have it made now and to think I went through the horsey grief for years. Can you tell I don't care much for equine owners?

Is this statement an indication of dislike for your wife also?

 

[SidecarFlip]

Is this statement an indication of dislike for your wife also?

I like her just fine, don't care for her nag (she's down to one and I'm waiting patiently for the last one to expire) or her cats but comes with the marriage....lol

Least the cats keep the mice out of my wiring harnesses in the tractors but they do leave paw prints on the hoods and sleep in the seat on my zero turn.

Besides, after 35 years, the choices are limited and.... The farm is in her name and the ground too.

I don't like horses or horse people in general. not dislike actually, just became less than enthused with them after years of dealing with the whining, slow pay, no pay for hay.

One thing about hay, it turns to shitte so the payment also turns to shitte as well. Not always but even once is too much.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I'll take your mud and raise you!

 

[Tarmy]

I'll take your mud and raise you!

I just want to know how you get that far in...before you realize that it was a bad idea...that thing must of been hauling arse to get that far in...

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I just want to know how you get that far in...before you realize that it was a bad idea...that thing must of been hauling arse to get that far in...

Oh no, it wasn't stuck at all, I just stopped to take a photo, it walked right out of that.

I did it on purpose, that was the driveway, I was breaking up a frost layer that was stopping it from draining, week later it was dry and vehicle drivable again.

The driveway has since moved to a much better location!

 

[Kurtee]

I don't like horses or horse people in general. not dislike actually, just became less than enthused with them after years of dealing with the whining, slow pay, no pay for hay.

One thing about hay, it turns to shitte so the payment also turns to shitte as well. Not always but even once is too much.

Ya got yer belly full of the 10 cent Millionaires did ya?

Aint got a dime but act like millionaires.

 

[bearbait]

I like her just fine, don't care for her nag (she's down to one and I'm waiting patiently for the last one to expire) or her cats but comes with the marriage....lol

Least the cats keep the mice out of my wiring harnesses in the tractors but they do leave paw prints on the hoods and sleep in the seat on my zero turn.

Besides, after 35 years, the choices are limited and.... The farm is in her name and the ground too.

I don't like horses or horse people in general. not dislike actually, just became less than enthused with them after years of dealing with the whining, slow pay, no pay for hay.

One thing about hay, it turns to shitte so the payment also turns to shitte as well. Not always but even once is too much.

Can always count on ya my friend.