They were calling for no rain until Wed, so that half a field that we had left to plow looked like it might get done. It is a pretty wet field at the best of times, and has a bit of a natural water course that goes through it when it is really wet, so we were just lifting the plow when we crossed through the water and left the water course in grass/hay. This however left marks crossing it, and it was pooling in every track. So I thought I would just drive the length of the water course ( which has a few inches of water flowing through it) and leave tracks the other way. Worked like a charm until I got to the far end and decided to drive just out of the field. When I went to back up, the tractor wheels spun. After going forward and back again, I was a little farther, but a lot deeper too! A couple more forward and back’s and I knew I wasn’t getting out on my own.
A call to Mom to come get me was lucky enough to find her at home, and back came Dad and I with the other tractor and a chain. By the time we got back to the stuck tractor and plow, the mud that had been up to the step of the tractor, was now up to the platform! Without a long enough chain to really get out onto solid ground, and less than great tires on the tractor, we couldn’t seem to pull it out!
Take two involved borrowing Willowtree’s brand new 4wd tractor, and getting a really long chain. Luckily the brand new tractor had lots of lights on it, because by now it was getting dark. Several tugs one way, and a few more the other, with the 4×4 on and the differential lock on, and we finally got it to un-suction out of the hole and back out to solid ground on the field.
Needless to say, the field didn’t get finished that day. And then it rained (drizzled really) the next morning, but since it wasn’t actually raining after lunch, I went back to see how much more I could do. And I got it done! I was pleasantly surprised at how well it went, and now we can put the plow away. All we have left is corn ground, and the corn isn’t off yet! (and we use a disk, not a plow, on it)
You are having a bit of trouble with the generation thing…you called Grandma who brought Dad…I am sorry to say, your Grandma passed away a few years ago, and that was actaully your Mom who drove the car with your Dad.
K