Sunday winching gone wrong...

[doghead]

Im I wrong or did you use the front winch when you should have used the rear.

I have an M819, they do not have a rear winch.

 

[gimpyrobb]

No rear winch on an 819.

 

[Floridianson]

O my bad would have done the job if there was one.

 

[Goose2448]

Hey, at least you did not roll the backhoe......

And I hope you got lunch out of this.

 

[swampzr2]

So did you get the Deere out, or did you get them both stuck?

 

[drgreg]

Should have gone fishin'.

 

[GamaGoatGirl]

last ones for tonight....

 

[Wildchild467]

That sucks breaking stuff like that. That's why I love the snatch block on my deuce winch.... The weakest link is dragging the truck. Dad and I have a "wall of fame" in our shop above the I-beam with all the things that have broken over the years. If you don't have one now, could always start one. May not be much humor in how he day turned out now, but years from now, it'll be fun to look at and talk about

 

[porkysplace]

No, but we put several trees under the track, with my backhoe.


This mud was black sand and about the consistency of mashed potatoes.


I was not the guy that got the excavator stuck. I was the guy they called to get it out.


After about 8.5 hours, we did get it out.

In slop like that you need at least 3 , 4 foot x 20 foot crane mats to hold it up and 2 or 3 more to keep moving with you . Cause it will just vibrate it right out of sight sitin there idling without even digging . I spent a few years working for a pond company , we had a D7 with 1 1/4 cable and it didn't take much to snap it when hooked to a 25 ton dragline.

 

[treeguy]

Sorry to see the damage. When viewing the photos, all I could say was "OUCH!!!!!". I hate when toys break, glad you got it out and no one was hurt. What a heck of a way to spend the weekend. What was the operator thinking???????

Mud=Suction=Big Trouble

 

[treeguy]

What'tl give you more power, pulling with the winch or just hooking up and pulling with the truck? Esp. with the two you have shown, just asking.

 

[doghead]

Amy will post more pics tomorrow.

We did get it out. It just took some thinking and time.

The machine was sinking slowly and we did call for a heavy tow rig, but they were not available, so we had to make do with what we had available.

At first, there was no easy access to the machine, but when we decided it was mandatory, I brought my backhoe in and cleared a road down to the machine. This was supposed to be a low impact project(oops).

 

[drgreg]

When is GL gonna sell some M88's?

 

[Capt.Marion]

I am envious of both your M819 and your backhoe... some people have all the toys. Then again, some people probably also worked very hard to earn the money to pay for those toys, too.

 

[doghead]

We only used winches. I was holding the little truck in place. He had 2 lines (snatch blocked) pulling.

The broken parts all can be fixed. Nobody was hurt (or even came close). We were as careful as we could be. We took our time and made little steps to get to the end.


I think we all guessed the track hoe weighs around 55000 lbs.

 

[NSCoyote]

wow, thats one bleep of a stuck, sucks you broke parts but at least you got it out.

personally when i get to anything in the mud on or the beach it gets doubled up with a snatch block, limits the risk of breaking a bit, im stil lamazed at the damage to the shaft. 8 hours dang, gonna suck for the guy paying that bill LOL

 

[bill2444]

Now thats an adventure!! thanks for sharing

 

[doghead]

Should have gone fishin'.

I said that, more than once today!

 

[doghead]

I am envious of both your M819 and your backhoe... some people have all the toys. Then again, some people probably also worked very hard to earn the money to pay for those toys, too.

Yes, my wife...

 

[trukhead]

Ooh OO spaghettioooos, ThankGoodness no one got hurt by the cable