[AT] Tractor story

Edward Tabor edward.tabor at zoominternet.net
Tue Mar 9 21:15:01 PST 2004


My next door neighbor has a dually Ford flatbed buried up to the axles 
in his back yard.  Problem is, he won't move it early in the am, while 
the ground is hard, he tries mid afternoon when the sun is out and the 
ground is mush.  I had offered to pull it out with a tractor, but he was 
not happy with the paper I wanted him to sign saying that I would not be 
held responsible for damage to his vehicle or property.  (I have anyone 
I pull out or jump-start sign this.)  I learned the hard way that being 
a Good Samaritan will get you burned.

Ed

Ralph Goff wrote:

>Kyle, we are in the same boat here with this past two mild days. The ground
>that is exposed is now wet and muddy. Theres  only a couple of inches or so
>of thawing on  the surface but theres plenty of mud to make a mess of the
>yard and driveway. Wouldn't you know this was the day I had the semi come in
>to the yard to haul canola. At least it was only two trips but I imagine
>theres some bad tracks on the driveway especially where its short of gravel.
>Heres a trick I use when a tractor (or truck) is stuck on ice , might work
>in mud too. I happened to get stuck on a downhill slope while piling snow
>yesterday with the 2090 and blade. This tractor has excellent traction and
>pushing power but its not invincible. Sure enough , when I went to back up
>the icy hillside, it spun out, even with the diff lock on. I couldn't go
>forward as the blade was up against the snowpile. Its a little hard to pull
>a tractor out with another one when you are the only driver available so I
>used my handy traction aids, a couple of 4 foot lengths of expanded metal.
>This stuff is light yet strong. When its laid behind the tires I was able to
>get rolling without a problem.
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kyle Sands <willys_46 at mail.com>
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:30 PM
>Subject: [AT] Tractor story
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>>   Just thought I'd share my recent tractor experience with you all.  Some
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>of you may remember my success last summer getting my '47 M-M RTU running.
>It was stored over at my neighbor's place during the summer, but last fall I
>drove it home so I could use it to haul firewood.  We had a freak fire last
>winter that consumed all of our reserve wood supply, so last fall we had to
>gather more than we usually do to stock up and of course work later into the
>season than we normally do.  As a result, the tractor was left outside with
>a half-ful trailer when the first snows fell.  Rather than move it, I
>decided to leave it parked and there it sat all winter in the yaerd behind
>the house.  With the spring thaw now setting in, I realized that if I didn't
>move the tractor soon, it would have to sit there until summer when the lawn
>would finally dry out enough to drive on.
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>>   Last Saturday, I decided it was time to move it.  The house was built
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>up on a gradual slope, so driving around to the front required some
>sidehilling and eventually I would have to drive up a short incline - maybe
>20 degrees of slope, but only about 15 feet long.  It was this slope where I
>ran into problems.  I almost made it to the top where I spun out.  Back up,
>try again, spin out.  What happened was the ground is still frozen with a
>layer of mud about 2 inches deep.  I would spin down to the "ice" and that
>was it.  I had to unhook the trailer and use ashes from the stove to gain
>enough traction to make it up.  By the time I was back on the driveway, I
>had slipped and slid enough to really  trash the lawn - exactly what I
>didn't want to do in the first place.  Oh well...I was able to use a rake to
>knock down the ruts and smooth the surface back down.  Grass has never grown
>well here anyway, so I don't think the scars will be very visible.  The good
>news?  After sitting
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>> for several months, the R started right up without any problems!
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>>Kyle Sands <>< Huntley, MN
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