[AT] Speaking of Stuck

[charlie hill]

In the mid 50's one summer was very rainy.  We had one spell
while we were harvesting tobacco when it rained every day, almost
all day long for about 2 weeks.  I was only 7 or 8 years old so my memory
of it isn't perfect but we were using a Farmall A and an Allis B to pull the
tobacco "trucks" to the barn.  Late one afternoon the Farmall got stuck
up almost on the top of a ridge in a place I've never seen so wet since.
It spun down to the axle and we left it there overnight thinking we'd get it
out the next morning.  When we went back into the field the next morning
it was sunk in the ground so far that only the seat back, steering wheel and 
top of the
hood were visable.  It just sat there and sank.   A couple of days later 
after the
rain stopped the men dug out around it and we got a wrecker to pull it up 
out of the hole.
I don't remember that there was much if any damage to it other than being 
muddy.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Hass
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 8:25 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] Speaking of Stuck

Years ago we had a IH No. 64 pull type combine with a cub engine on it.
We always (for 30 years) pulled it with a IH Super C. Well, one year it
was real wet, I was quite young at the time, and we kept getting stuck
with the combine. At that time we only had two tractors, the super C
and a Farmall M. I asked my dad why he didn't put the M on the combine
as it was much bigger and more powerful.  His answer was that if the C
got stuck he knew the M would pull it out, but if the M got stuck then
what would we do. Now that I'm MUCH older I see his reasoning.
     Greg Hass
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