Posted by blinwmi on February 09, 2009 at 20:50:35 from (24.231.255.33):
In Reply to: stuck and troubled posted by ken in texas on February 09, 2009 at 08:33:23:
Had 2 bad situations that I got mired down in. First one was about 15 years ago. I had went to a job interview at a dairy farm in Capac Michigan. After I left the farm I saw there was a Deere dealer in town. I pulled in the lot and after looking at the equipment, noticed they had a pile of parts tractors out back. I drove my 80 Cutlass Supreme out behind the building to get a better look for parts. Well it just so happened it was wetter than heck and the car sunk down to the frame. I was scared I might get in trouble for being out back, and it was getting late and I had a 3 hour drive home that night. I went looking around and found they had left all their load binding chains on the semi over night so I went looking for a tractor to borrow. I found a Deere 2350 that had the keys in it so I fired it up and hooked up to the Cutlass. Even with the Cutlass in nuetral it wouldn't budge and the 2350 sat there spinning. When I unhooked the chain the 2350 wouldn't even pull itself out. So I went snooping around the lot again. This time I found a 8870 with the keys in it yet( this dealership was brave). So after borrowing another chain from the semi, I hooked to the 2350 to get it out if the way. Once it was gone, I pulled the Cutlass out like it wasn't even hooked up. I put the tractors back and used a hydrant on the side of the dealership to wash the chains up a bit. I put everything back and left a letter on the door explaining and thanking them, and then signed a fake name,lol. It took me a good hour right at dusk and no one ever stopped to see what was going on. The other time was when working at a dairy in Shelby Michigan. I was using a 2+2 pulling a 4500 gallon liquid spreader. We were spreading out of the slurrystore and hauling it about 6 miles from the farm. I had run about a dozen loads that day and as I got to the east side of the field found a wet spot that had never been there before. I got into it and the 2+2 sunk in a good foot. I stopped and emptied the tanker before trying to keep going. I tried crawling out but within 10 foot it had the tractor setting on the rails. I knew it would be a long walk back to the farm so I unhooked the tanker. I managed to crabwalk the tractor out but it was sure throwing some mud to get it out. I took the tractor back to the farm to get chains. By the time it was all over with it took the 2+2 and a 4840 to get that tank out on solid ground.
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