"........but sometimes wheel tractors are the best option. And sometimes they go down in the mud belly deep......."

Ain't that the truth. We had an old Buffalo wallow on our farm in Illinois right in the middle of a field. Every few years when the weather conditions were right dad would end up burying the tractor in it when plowing. It usually happened so fast that that he didn't have a chance to shut it down till he was almost up to the axles. Fortunately the wallow was rather small so another tractor could be set on solid ground to pull him out. Those years the Wallow wouldn't be planted LOL.

I've heard about the log/fence post trick but never seen it used.

And in case anybody is interested what a Buffalo Wallow is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_wallow

or that there were Buffalo in Illinois:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/bison-bellows-9-16-16.htm



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