stuck in the mud !

[11redrex]

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]

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]

'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 :sly Maybe :augie

 

[11redrex]

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

 

[makeitfit]

:clap:clap good luck :thumbs

 

[Fez_uk]

pics

 

[11redrex]

got plenty on my phone, will have to upload them later when I'm back on dry land

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

pics

just had a look at your pics link mate, some good shots on there :thumb2

 

[11redrex]

I'm free !

Bloody hello that was a right palava . Now I've got to clean the bloody thing. Only got about 6 inches of mud in the cab, lucky there's a river nearby :augie
Got to turn the air box back up the right way as well. Engine was fully submerged at one point but it's still running. Where's the "whistle and walk away quickly" smiley ?

 

[solarman216]

Well done mate, I used to do recovery, biggest I had was a 43 ton mobile crane completely bellied, had a Drott pushing the rear and a 20 ton winch with three sheave blocks attached to two big oak trees at their bases, shear pleasure when it slowly inched forward, but I failed on a D8 Cat far too soft in the middle of nowhere, had to dig it out with a JCB in the end, great days, Rick

 

[11redrex]

Ahh, the middle of nowhere, what a great place to work. No-one about, no-one to see when you get it wrong. Until you get it wrong, then 14 people are suddenly standing there with cameras.
Pulled it out with a big chain on the other digger in the end, Never know ground to be so soft. Just endless bog !
Just ordered a lead for my phone so I can upload the photos

 

[zippy656]

pics

please

 

[solarman216]

Ahh, the middle of nowhere, what a great place to work. No-one about, no-one to see when you get it wrong. Until you get it wrong, then 14 people are suddenly standing there with cameras.
Pulled it out with a big chain on the other digger in the end, Never know ground to be so soft. Just endless bog !
Just ordered a lead for my phone so I can upload the photos

Just reminded me of the time I was in the middle of a field in the 70's with an artic picking up hay bales in the summer, got half loaded and farmer disappears for lunch, we had no lunch with us, plenty of drink though (soft) so to bide the time wife and I get on top of the load, having a good time, and wtf a helicopter started hovering overhead talk about a put off, Rick

 

[Fez_uk]

the bogs around here are renowned for taking vehicles. once a big digger and a tank at different times.

 

[spiderpig37]

Nice one will be thinking of you when i am sat on nice hard concrete in mine tonight throwing wood into crusher to fuel steam boiler that heats greenhouses and powers steam turbine
saying that heater packed in last night at 2am only minus 7
cheers Andy

 

[11redrex]

My heater packed up today (although the aircon/heater control panel still lights up), the windscreen wiper fell off, the door's broken, the window covers don't fit any more, there's still 6 inches of mud behind the seat, and I lost my rubber mat in the snow.
Still, got an extra 2 days work out of it reinstating the river bank, and I was allowed to knock a tree over, which was nice.:thumbs

 

[11redrex]

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)

 

[11redrex]

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]

And this is the rest of my handy work

 

[11redrex]

Mud and water in the wrong place...