Posted by Janicholson on November 22, 2021 at 07:24:38 from (199.17.6.141):
In Reply to: Buried farm machinery posted by Charlie M on November 22, 2021 at 06:33:35:
Saturated soils, especially sand can be solid and supportive for half a field length then liquify and become quick sand in the next 5 feet. My uncle had a field like that, there was a annual water drainage from a mile away through beach sand across and through a swampy area then across his field. The sand as 50 inches deep on top of a clay base. He hired a 18 year old non farm kid one summer. The kid was a good worker but had initiative where it was not needed. My uncle told him to put manure on the first 1/2 of that field, but not go past a fence row rock pile. He did. The Farmall H front wheels started into the soft (invisibly different) soil and began sinking. By the time the young man pushed in the clutch, the rear tires had made a half revolution spinning. He put it into reverse and the rear wheels went down immediately. It was now down 3 feet on both ends. He sat there for 30 seconds deciding what to do with the engine running. The engine vibration sank the tractor to the fan shroud in front and the platform in the rear with the manure spreader pretty much sunk on its front half. He was bright enough to reach into the slurry and pull the pin on the spreader. It was deeper than his whole arm, but sloppy. He used the tongue of the spreader and the side boards to get to solid ground. After retrieving the spreader, it took a F-400, a Super-H and a 350U cabled and chained to the tractor to pull it out. The kid spent the next 5 hours cleaning the sand out of the clutch housing and mechanisms. He learned to listen better after that. Jim
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