[AT] New tractor shed

[Ralph Goff]

On 12/17/2010 11:38 AM, mpnc282 at juno.com wrote:
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> Ralph, it looks like you had enough smarts to realize you were not going to get out, and shut it down. Some of the other pics look like the operator just put the hammer down hoping they could make it out, until they were resting on both axles. Mike M

Mike I think I was a bit lucky too. My fields seemed to be a little more 
solid than some and I could spin my wheels like crazy without going too 
far down. In that picture I had done a lot of back and forth spinning 
before giving up. Didn't want to unhitch the anhydrous cultivator and 
tank but eventually had to when my brother's 830 Case could not pull me 
out. Once I unhitched the cultivator I was able to drive away and with 
the aid of a neighbour's 50 foot tow rope, pulled the cultivator and 
tank onto solid ground.
Many were not so lucky. Driving along with no concerns and suddenly one 
wheel of the combine just dropped and it was all over. Trying to back up 
only made it go deeper. In many cases even a four wheel drive tractor 
would not pull the combine out. Trackhoes and crawler tractors even met 
their match in some cases.
On another subject  , although its hardly an antique, here is a little 
video I shot the other day while plowing snow with my 30 year old Case 
2090.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdfCZItTq0o

Ralph in Sask.
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