A large pine tree fell into my pond a couple months ago. Decided to work on it today. Its pretty steep around the pond. No issue for the crawler. I wouldn't even think about taking my ford 4WD in that area. So I got the crawler down there and I begin to see that the ground may be to soft for this but I don't give up easy. That was probably the fist mistake! The tree is about 24" diameter. I cut 2 14' lengths off and chained one up. I had no where to go but up. She started Pawing and I was locking one track then the other. Before I realized it the left side buried up. Then I couldn't steer it to the right it pulled hard to the left making it worse. Things were going south real quick. I thought my steering band broke. I cut a couple 10" logs and laid them in left trench and pulled up on it. Had to fight hard to get it out. Got some of the mud off then it seemed ok. Backed her back in and pulled the logs out. I thought I had a real problem but then it cleared up. Do you think all the mud packed in the track caused that? I grew up with this tractor and haven't that much fun in several years! ;D
Ron
Papadiver,
Thanks for sharing, the visual I had of when things were going "south real quick" made me chuckle..as I have been there....sounds like that pine might have become waterlogged?
I don't have any experience with running a crawler, I am getting ready to pick up an HG, not sure if it is a 60 or 68, I hope to be learning in the near future.
Was the ground frozen under the first couple of inches and that is what led to the slipping?
Sounds like you had a little too much tree for the tractor! If you get into a situation where one track spins freely while the other stops, pull the lever on the one that is stopped. It will then have power put to it at a reduced steering speed.
Quote from: Blake Malkamaki on April 01, 2015, 08:45:35 PM
If you get into a situation where one track spins freely while the other stops, pull the lever on the one that is stopped. It will then have power put to it at a reduced steering speed.
The left one was spinning freely. And the right one was stopped. I grew up with this tractor and I have seen my father have it in all kinds of situations. I don't ever recall seeing one spin and the other one stopped. I thought something broke for sure. What causes this?
Ron