Thread: Interesting Project (not Mine)

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Originally Posted by rspears

It's good that you're there to give the guy some guidance. Some things are common sense, but some take some ingenuity and experience, too.

Sometimes you don't realise how much you know until you meet with someone who has never struck a particular problem.
I spent most of my life working in the bush. I had bulldozers and draindiggers (back-hoes I think you call them,) but sometimes wheel tractors are the best option.
And sometimes they go down in the mud belly deep.
And always in places where you can't get at them with the crawler machines.
Chain a fence post (or any other solid log,) to your rear wheels making sure you won't rip the tyre valve out, and then back up.
I've never had that technique fail.
Although its been a wee bit fraught at times...
(And I only ripped a valve off once...)

The same trick can be used with crawlers, just don't try to turn as the back end is getting up in the air or it's quite likely you'll throw a track off.

And that will give you more fun things to do for the rest of the day.