Posted by docmirror on November 23, 2021 at 19:50:00 from (75.3.255.251):
In Reply to: Buried farm machinery posted by Charlie M on November 22, 2021 at 06:33:35:
My sinking feeling story is not so dramatic. We have a lake house, and in about 60 feet of shoreline we had sedge grass and reeds. My wife didn't like not seeing the shore, and asked me to brush hog a clearing. I only had an 8N with new back tires. I walked it first, through the grass and reeds, and didn't note anything to concerning.
I got hooked up, and spinning and took a small cut at it, no trouble, swung a circle and took another bite across the sedge and reeds. I figured, no problem, I'll knock this down in 30 min and be back watching football and drinking beer on the Barcalounger. So - I took bigger bite right down near the shore line.
It bogged, I clutched(8N live PTO) tractor stopped dead. Unshift the PTO drive, lift the brush hog, and that was the end of that. As soon as I started to move off, the rear wheels just headed for China. Stopped when the lower rims were shipping water, and I stepped off a very short drop down.
Four hours later, I'm covered in sand, mud and two trucks and 40 feet of chain, finally back on dry land. I learned the right way to do it. Face the house, back to the shore, brush hog up, and back into the reeds. Spin the brush hog, drop it on the reeds, and catch 1st gear quick. Then move over, back down, drop it and do it again, and again.
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