BAD, BAD Idea!!! - I WAS going to answer your original post.. I actually started typing with "this SHOULD go without saying, but don't ever tie to a tree..." but I erased it not wanting to sound too preachy.
I don't blame you for trying it,if you don't think it through, it sounds like a great idea.
Especially if somebody with more experience told you to. Many people have done it that way.
The problem is, some of them died doing it.
There was a guy in town here that did, so I know this for fact.
The problem is, what if it DIDN'T free up.
If you're VERY lucky, the wheels will spin on the ground and you won't go too high.
But what's more likely is that the tractor will flip right over backwards. And that happens a lot faster than you'd think. You're not jumping off out of the way, you're going with it.
You think you can be quick enough to shut the tractor down before you go too high, but by the time you know you have to do it, you're already half way over and might not be in a position to do it.
Remember when you see the guys pulling, with the front ends lifting slowly, that clutch is slipping, or being feathered purposely. Your clutch was frozen directly to the flywheel, there's no slipping there. It's just up, up, and up.
You said it was a jolt, imagine trying to turn the tractor off a split second after that jolt!
Man oh man- now I'll be preachy: don't ever do that again!!!
The RIGHT way to do it is to pull a heavy weight, but one that you know you can pull safely even if the clutch doesn't free up.
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