Posted by Billy NY on January 19, 2010 at 09:46:34 from (74.67.3.238):
In Reply to: tire chains posted by dave2 on January 19, 2010 at 03:07:50:
Rich has a good point there, if the conditions you describe were not as so, you can indeed churn your tires right in but good. Oftentimes, that extra bite is beneficial when there is good ground under you, just the top being a problem, frost keeping it from draining etc.
Other times, you may be able to pass a wet area 1x or 2x, then the water pumps up and you'll lose flotation, sink, get stuck or deal with miserable ruts, can't tell you how many times I've experienced that with a backhoe, good thing is you can use the hoe and or the front bucket to get out. I've been in 12" deep saturated ruts with my ole ford 850, places where the top soil was saturated from lack of drainage, but there was good ground underneath, little messy but I always get out, sometimes with a little help from the bucket. Other places around here, especially where the old swamp, now a pond, I get too close, forget it, have to call the neighbor and get his 4440 or 3150fwa to get out, 2x I've done that first time I used the D7 caterpillar, since thats been laid up without a clutch, he's my best bet.
Another thing to be wary of is if one side of the tractor is lower than the other, say a side slope or the edge of a field where it meets a marsh or even frozen snow/ice covered ground, those situations always make it much more difficult than the flat areas.
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