Posted by Dan T in MO on October 27, 2013 at 22:55:14 from (166.181.3.16):
In Reply to: How stuck were you? posted by notjustair on October 27, 2013 at 18:16:21:
I threw a load of firewood onto my 2WD SuperDuty over on the North end of the field. I had done this several times over the Winter, but this day, it had warmed up, and what had been firm, frozen ground was now slick mud. I eased the clutch out and quickly sank to the rear axle.
After a few "I told you so"s. from my brother and a few "what were you thinking's from Dad, we tried to get it out. Dad was on the 9N, my brother was in his 318 4WD Dakota and a buddy was on a Cat skid steer pushing. 24 cylinders and 12 drive wheels couldn't budge it. We figured it'd be there 'til Spring or maybe Summer.
Then a few days later, I had another idea. We scrounged around for every link of chain on the farm plus a 100 foot nylon rope. My brother put his Dakota up on the gravel road and gave her $#@%, and didn't back off the throttle 'til I was also up on the road.
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