stuck in the mud !

11redrex · 07-02-2012, 09:23

not the maverick , got a 13 ton digger sunk up to its engine in some really Boggy stuff. Can't start it because the air intake is submerged, can't spin it round, can't move it backwards or forwards as it just digs in deeper.
Anyone got a crane handy ? Oh no I forgot, can't get a crane in becuase (wait for it) the grounds too soft.
Help.

rayf3262 · 07-02-2012, 10:05

guy I knew used to recover a lot of diggers that had gotten themselves into precarious situations.
Where the diggers engine was unable to start/run, he used to connect a portable hydraulic power pack to the diggers hydraulic system and then self recover it.
These power packs where about the size of a 5KVA gen set, so relatively easy for two people to man handle on site...

makeitfit · 07-02-2012, 10:22

'd be looking at sorting out an alternative air intake if at all possible. that way you could use the diggers hygraulics to lift each end out and put something under the wheels etc. Even if only engine working you could effectively winch with the hydraulics a metre or so at a time

Maybe

11redrex · 07-02-2012, 10:40

won't even lift itself its that Boggy. Got another digger trying drag me/out now

makeitfit · 07-02-2012, 10:41

good luck

Fez_uk · 07-02-2012, 11:41

pics

11redrex · 09-02-2012, 21:10

1. Part of the pond I've been clearing (It was choked with reeds and a big patch of willow, and had a foot of silt before)

11redrex · 09-02-2012, 21:30

2. The rest of the pond. The piles of snow are the reeds ready for use. The posts are chestunt, and have hazel weaved into them to form a natural barrier. The reeds and silt from the pond are placed behind it to form a natural environment for water vowls to live in. Yawn.

11redrex · 09-02-2012, 21:32

And this is the rest of my handy work

11redrex · 09-02-2012, 21:35

Mud and water in the wrong place...

11redrex · 09-02-2012, 21:37

I suppose you could say I puy my foot in it.

07-02-2012, 09:23	#1
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	stuck in the mud ! not the maverick , got a 13 ton digger sunk up to its engine in some really Boggy stuff. Can't start it because the air intake is submerged, can't spin it round, can't move it backwards or forwards as it just digs in deeper. Anyone got a crane handy ? Oh no I forgot, can't get a crane in becuase (wait for it) the grounds too soft. Help.

09-02-2012, 21:10	#7
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	Pics ! 1. Part of the pond I've been clearing (It was choked with reeds and a big patch of willow, and had a foot of silt before)

07-02-2012, 10:05	#2
rayf3262 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Norfolk, Poringland NR14 Vehicle: Terrano 3.0 SVE 2002 Posts: 1,549	guy I knew used to recover a lot of diggers that had gotten themselves into precarious situations. Where the diggers engine was unable to start/run, he used to connect a portable hydraulic power pack to the diggers hydraulic system and then self recover it. These power packs where about the size of a 5KVA gen set, so relatively easy for two people to man handle on site...

07-02-2012, 10:22	#3
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	'd be looking at sorting out an alternative air intake if at all possible. that way you could use the diggers hygraulics to lift each end out and put something under the wheels etc. Even if only engine working you could effectively winch with the hydraulics a metre or so at a time Maybe

07-02-2012, 10:40	#4
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	won't even lift itself its that Boggy. Got another digger trying drag me/out now

07-02-2012, 10:41	#5
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	good luck

07-02-2012, 11:41	#6
Fez_uk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mid-Wales Vehicle: Maverick 2.7 - Patrol 4.2 Posts: 5,645	pics

09-02-2012, 21:30	#8
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	2. The rest of the pond. The piles of snow are the reeds ready for use. The posts are chestunt, and have hazel weaved into them to form a natural barrier. The reeds and silt from the pond are placed behind it to form a natural environment for water vowls to live in. Yawn.

09-02-2012, 21:32	#9
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	And this is the rest of my handy work

09-02-2012, 21:35	#10
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	Mud and water in the wrong place...

09-02-2012, 21:37	#11
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	I suppose you could say I puy my foot in it.