Don't care for that method and would never recommend it to anyone. Yes, I have tried it without success, snapping an 8" diameter hardwood log, cinching the tire so tight it should have popped off the rim or damaged the tire and tube. Both happened quickly and without warning. Had there not been a loader on this one,using forward gear could have flipped it over, which to me is like a human snap type mouse trap. Using the loader to push it out did not work this time, but I had done it once in about the same place 10 years before. This tractor was bottomed out front and back and at that point the method of chaining a log to the rear wheel was a bad decision that could cause serious injury or death. It's evident that under more ideal conditions, that it can be successful, but not every tractor operator is going to know the difference. The method has definitive limitations, which when exceeded, can and will have consequences. If the operator does not consider the reactions that can happen, its a bad decision to make.
What worked FAR better was a chain hoist connected to the very base of what was a 4" young black cherry tree. It also helped that dry weather improved the ground conditions. If it happened again and there was no tree to rig to, I'd set multiple deadmen at an opposing angle and rig off the base of them with a chain hoist. No matter what, there is going to be hand digging, might as well make it count.
All I needed was that small tree, never thought it strong enough until I tried. It never budged.
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