Posted by Ron in Nebr on January 26, 2010 at 19:31:03 from (66.252.114.226):
In Reply to: BAD DAY IN THE FELD posted by JR Frye on January 26, 2010 at 14:28:29:
My brother got a JD of that same vintage stuck just as bad several years ago, early 80's or so...you could literally reach out the back window from the seat and touch the ground. Wasn't pulling anything behind it, had a front-end loader on it and was cleaning out an overflow pond at a windmill tank....His "story" was that reverse went out of the tractor so he was forced to drive forwards through the water, which caused him to get stuck. Kinda guess that he was already stuck when reverse went out of it! That wet soupy sand was just like quicksand with suction on the tires trying to pull it out. After breaking multiple log chains and tow ropes, finally got enough neighbors with big tractors all hooked on at once and got the thing out, loaded on a trailer, and shipped to town for repairs...my brother still hears about that one sometimes...'specially when he's giving my kids crap about them getting stuck!
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