[TheForge] wheel out of the mud, sort of on topic

[Jerry Frost]

What a bummer Lee, I suppose the backhoe bucket is 
facing downhill so you can't pull yourself out with it?

If you can afford to wait letting it sit till the 
ground firms up is a lot better than breaking it, then 
having to let it sit till it dries out.

I wish I had a backhoe, even an itsy bitsy one. 
<wistful sigh>

Frosty
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it ain't real.
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From: "lee robbins" <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com>


>
> Frosty
>
> last month the water was pushing into the barn so I
> tried to open up the diversion ditch i had
> inadvertently filled last summer. In the process i 
> got
> the backhoe submerged in the mud and then myself to 
> my
> thigh. I laid down and pulled out horizontally. A
> mechanic friend and i put wood and rocks under the
> wheels lifted with the hydraulic feet but we just 
> sunk
> deeper and finally i admitted defeat and bought a
> tarp.  We have waited for real frozen weather but the
> water and mud still flow.  we are on a shallow 
> slope.
> In august it should dry. i am afraid that i will snap
> something from the tractor using it to pull. Pushing
> wheels from above and guarantees wetter mud.
>
> Lee
>
>
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