Recover a Tractor with my GU?

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Be wary of the fact that tractors flip real easy. what ever way you choose go slow ,go steady and keep every one clear.
DO NOT USE TOWBALL, I know you wont but just a reminder

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I don't have a towball fitted. I have one of these in its place:

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/.../rearhitch.jpg

I was talking to the old man before, and it sounds like it's dropped a wheel into a hole and doesn't have the grunt to pull itself free. Sounds a bit easier to manage than bogged.

Crossed axles so has lost drive , thats what it sounds like.
If in 4wd rear right and front left have drive. Do you know if tractor has a diff lock switch at all??
Grab some pics too it may help others after reading these posts.
Nice and gentle eh

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Crossed axles so has lost drive , thats what it sounds like.
If in 4wd rear right and front left have drive. Do you know if tractor has a diff lock switch at all??
Grab some pics too it may help others after reading these posts.
Nice and gentle eh

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Not sure his is actually 4WD, I haven't seen it. I just know it's a Fiat, and it's Orange.
Yep, I'll grab some pics when I head out there after work.
Picked up a drag chain at lunchtime. Feel a bit safer towing with that instead of using the snatch strap.

As Roofy says just tow it out no jerking etc, Straps stretch .
Find a safe place to hook chain on tractor too

Yep will do, thanks guys.

So how'd it go? Did you get him out?

Cuppa

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Originally Posted by Cuppa

So how'd it go? Did you get him out?

Cuppa

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Nah. Going to have a look at it tomorrow (Sunday). Rain started at around 2pm on the 18th, and didn't stop until this morning.

Taking its still bogged, all alone and cold out in the middle of a paddock somewhere ?

How is this goin?
Youve got some sound advice

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Yeah no dramas at all. Had Faaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr more trouble getting down to it, and then back out again. The land has been grazing land for 11ty billion years, and they've recently divided it into 20acre farmlets.
I just rolled down there in 4-low, and even then she just skated the whole way down the hill.

Recovery went perfectly. Backed up to the tractor, hooked up the drag chain, put the Patrol into 2nd gear 4 low, and casually drove off with the tractor coming behind me.
The hole doesn't look like much in the pics, but it easily swallowed the entire head of the shovel and about 2-3 inches of the handle. To put things better into perspective, that feedbox to the side is about the size of an Esky...