4:20 method helped us dig our rental tractor out of the high desert's sandy terrain. Probably saved us hundreds if not thousands to avoid calling the rental company for reinforcements. Back to the drawing board. Lol. Thank you so much for this video!!!

Good tips, Ed. Most important thing to do is when you get stuck is STOP and ASSESS and not bury yourself deeper! Been stuck many times and most of the times if you stop and work the problem, you can get out on your own. Also been pulled out a few times too!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad. Great point!

Thanks Ed! I have heard some of the tips you went over but it was really nice to see them in action. I would add that it would be good to notify a family member or friend in case things go sideways. I appreciate you tearing up your yard for us.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe. Great point. And I’ll tell my wife that I tore up the property in the name of science. 😄

@joepiazza3817

Жыл бұрын

For the betterment of man kind!

That’s for willing to get it stuck for us. Definitely learned what to do. Get my tractor Friday. 🎉

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations Stuart. Try not to get stuck! 😄

Nice demonstration Well done

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank Brock!

Nice job, Ed.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad!

Good tips Ed. I agree with Brad@ Piney Grove Homestead. Stop and check things out before you get buried. That is one of the reasons that I leave my loader on when I mow my pasture. There is over 100 acres that I mow with my Kubota L2501. There are stumps, holes, rocks, ditches. You name it, that obstacles is hidden in the weeds and brush just waiting to ambush me. Having the loader on has saved me from damaging the tractor and having to go get a pickup or another tractor to pull me out. It does make it more difficult to see but well worth the trade off for me. Thanks Ed. See you tomorrow night 👍🏻

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary! So true!

Plain old common sense will go a long way !!!

Good day Ed! Great video to help show folks options for getting free from being stuck. Cheers and thanks!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gord!

Loved this video. We are constantly slipping and sliding when our property is wet. These tips will really help. Thank you!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard. It’s that time of year here for sure!

Great tips Ed! The front end loader has gotten me unstuck more times than I can count. Very useful! Have yourself a great week!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks JCDF! You too!

Some great tips, thanks. As you mentioned, we often forget about the diff lock. I expect this video was a lot of fun to make

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you GTB. Yes it was fun. Gotta love playing in the rain! 🤣

Thank you

Great video Ed. Some really good tips especially using the loader to push yourself out. Thanks.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John. But which way should I install an outlet? Ground up or ground down? Haha. Keep up the great work!

@BackyardMaine

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage I'll have the long form video on that subject out in a few days. lol

Thank you kindly. I was stuck today and almost went over a steep edge. Great tips and wisdom. Appreciate your post.

Thanks so much for this video! I stuck my Kubota BX2610 pulling out a tree root in the soft muddy rain-drenched ground on the California Central Coast (Paso Robles, CA). I should have waited for things to dry out after our big storms. I tried everything including using the loader as a jack so I could push wood beneath the front wheels. I gave up then watched this video. I came right back out even though it was nearly dark, and used the loader "biting" maneuver to back the tractor up. It worked immediately! In three "bites" I was out before the tractor was even fully warmed up! Thanks My Cluttered Garage!!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ronald. That’s great! Thank you for your kind comments! -Ed

Great video thanks

@MyClutteredGarage

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great tips Ed, especially for first time tractor operators.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob!

Sharing this video with my neighbor. He stays stuck like Chuck a lot!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😄

These methods also work well in snow and ice. Thanks for sharing, Ed.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Thanks for watching!

I appreciate the fact that you tore up parts of your property, just to show us how to get out of the situations. Best advice I can give, whenever you’re stuck, stop what you’re doing and asses. It’s better to look at it from all angles before you really bog yourself down.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! You’re 100% right!

Well done Ed, great helpful tips on getting our tractors unstuck!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ross!

Great video, Ed! I’ve had to use all those tricks on a few occasions to get my tractor unstuck. I’ve also used my backhoe to get unstuck when I happened to have it mounted on the tractor. It’s great because I can often reach beyond the muddy area and bite into solid earth to pull the tractor out. Thanks for sharing!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin. The backhoe can be super handy for that, but can also be tricky!

ive always been told when i first started working with big logging equipment is to know when to stop its better to stop and call for help rather than keep making it worse the thing is this machine doent weigh a fifth of the weight of the equipment i ran and there is a diffrence on 3 rotations of the tire if you start getting stuck just stop and see why you getting stuck ive been pulled out multible times because the machine was getting stuck and the first time it was a heavy pull the other times basically the pulled some inches and i was driving out beacuse if you dont have solid ground under the soft its better to stop than keep trying its okey to try the tools you have in the machine like 4wd and diffs and loader and it they dont work out stop youl can pull out a tractor that size with a pindr and chain and two people so what i want to say is its better to call help and waste max a hour and cost maybe a sixpack of beer than be stuck to belly and need to call some expencive help

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Hi Karl. You’re right that it’s sometimes better to quit while you’re ahead! Thanks for your comments. -Ed

Two tricks I've used is for tractor with rims you can slide a chain through. First is using a 4x4 and a chain to walk tractor in deep mud. The best is using a recovery strap take one end and hook it to itself. Then take the other end and tie it off to something it will act like a wrench when wrapping around the tire.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. There’s always a way, right? 😄

Great job Ed...all great tips! 👍

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Chris!

Here's another trick: Let's say you're stuck in the mud and you want to drive out (forward). First back up as far as you can, maybe dig out any mud, then take a bale of hay or straw, break it up into little flakes, place in the trench in front of the tires, put in a higher gear and drive out. It always works unless the tractor is hung up and can't move.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan!

@bridgettebailey4697

Жыл бұрын

Why Dan

@bridgettebailey4697

Жыл бұрын

Smart ass way saying your better than them. Great idea

@bridgettebailey4697

Жыл бұрын

Everyone smart even kids women and guys old and young learn from parents or Google it up

Great knowledge,thanks

Thank you for the demonstration of how to get out of STUCK. When I worked Union sewer Jobs on mostly Case 580-C ( shows you how old am) One Case I ran, you had to engage the Diff. lock just to go anywhere, a really messed up backhoe. The front bucket curl/pushed, a great tool for walking backwards, many, many times for me, in my Rainy State. Every time reposition with my personal 1900 pound Dynahoe-190. The two wheel drive one.( For me back in the day, just the operator of them they were beasts. Backhoe end part of mainframe of tractor) If I am digging in my garden I use the backhoe to push me to the side.Or push me forward to my next close dig. I have been stuck many times, pulling the garden dirt pile up around back tires (am then stuck) so I always have to push the Beast forward to flat level smooth ground outside my garden area.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Great points RP! Thanks for sharing. -Ed

Excellent video!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Good demonstration! This works most of the time. I’ve been in a situation twice where I couldn’t push myself out. Only because it was so steep I couldn’t maintain my position while repositioning the loader bucket.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben. Yes this works if you’re not too far gone!

My dad used to unstick his Farmall B & C by laying an old fence post in front of the rear tires while being chained to them. He’d just put it in gear, and they would raise right up out of those ruts.

Great tips! I got my BX23S stuck in mud just off my driveway. ‘No problem!’, I thought, ‘I have the loader and the backhoe on. I can get this out! I’ve done it before!’ Well it didn’t matter what I did with the loader and the backhoe and differential lock; she wouldn’t get out of the slippery mud. Disappointed, I finally hooked a rope to my truck and pulled it out. I felt like a failure! 😂 A note that for the BX series of tractors at least, the brake is on the driveshaft before it comes out of the transmission. As a result, if you’re in 2WD, you have brakes on two wheels, and if you’re in 4WD, you have brakes on all 4 wheels. But it’s like the transmission locking the driveshaft of a car; if I lift an axle and spin one wheel, the opposite wheel will turn in reverse.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks CC. Great job. And good point about the drawing drivetrain acting as front brakes. I actually talked about that in an earlier video. I probably should have mentioned it here. 👍

the diff lock has helped me out of several situations, it's as valuable as. 4x4

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

I was probably talking to myself when I said “sometimes we forget it’s there” 🤣

@no_handle_required

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage Oh, I think I resembled that remark on more than one occasion. 😂

Good video and tips, hopefully you were not in too much trouble for messing up the grass. I have done all those and when those are exhausted I have lifted the front wheels and put sticks under them, this can be really useful when the ground is too soft for it to just be a traction issue.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin!

Good tips, thank you sir

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary!

I use hitch pins for that exact same problem on kubota mower. They work perfectly also😊

Thank you for the support you have shown for my niece and family. Your prayers, positive energy, and donations are appreciated beyond words. ❤️ gofund.me/b09b43e6

Great video.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank William! Much appreciated.

👍Have a good week Ed see ya tomorrow on the Live

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob!

Well done and outstanding you mention safety items. Great video for any tractor owners. L3902

@MyClutteredGarage

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks Ed- Great tips; I have used them all - including making use of the backhoe and its outriggers as others have mentioned. The rear wheels of the tractor can be lifted using the outriggers, allowing gravel or similar traction material to be shoveled in. It is prudent when using the loader bucket to “walk the tractor” to keep the ground contact of the bucket edge as even as possible - even if some earth has to be displaced. If only one side of the bucket is contacting the ground when performing the “walking maneuver”, it is possible to bend the quick attach cross tube on a Kubota.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kelly. Great points. Not another bent front end loader!?!? 😄

@kellyboles5194

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage The use of a stout tree to realign a quick-attach plate likely exceeds the “For Entertainment Value Only” disclaimer of the channel 😃

Well done

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

@FoodForestPermaculture

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage YW

Good day Sir, Ed you like to play in the mud 😇👌👍 OUTSTANDING informative video 👍👌😇 Cheers 🍻

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you David! Cheers!

@RCAFpolarexpress

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage Yes Sir, I rather play in the Snow than In THE MUD 🤣🥴👍😇👌🍻🍻

Awesome video Ed! But your raincoat clashes with Kubota orange a tad. 😀😀. Now you gotta fix the mess you made on your property, and wash the Kubbie all up! All that for us viewers. Thanks bud. Thumbs up everyone 👍👍

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you. Maybe I need to make a video about cleaning up ruts! 🤣

looks like you had a nice green fence post to impale you as well if the tractor rolls over that way. :) Good info, thanks

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Haha. Oh it was further away than it looked. Camera perspective. 😄

I have been really stuck, there's an easy way to get out when your belly deep in mud

A lot of times you can use your loader to get yourself unstuck.

I shoulda watched before I stuck my Kubota 4060 in a ditch. Thanks and now I am ALMOST looking forward to my next getting stuck. NOT.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Haha. There will be plenty of opportunities. Thanks for watching! -Ed

Do the neighbors think you nuts or just living the dream? LOL

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Maybe a little of both. 🤣🤣🤣

Nice demo on getting unstuck! Had me concerned for a moment on the second one! Now you got a lot of mud to clean off you tractor... 🙁lol

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

I’ll admit, I was a bit concerned too! Thanks for watching! 😄

I really enjoy your videos. You explain things in a way that I can completely understand. I have a new B2601 and live in the NE. So I called and requested chains for the tires from my Kubota dealer. They sold me DooB063 chains for the rear tires. They were pretty heavy duty. During the very first snow storm the rear tire came off the rim and all the calcium went everywhere. What a mess not to mention an expense to get his fixed. Very next storm the other side did the same thing! Any thoughts on this?

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Oh man that’s rough! My first thought is that maybe the tire pressure was too low? It sure seems like it would take an awful lot of stress in a tire to dislodge it from the rim. Unless somehow the chain wedged between the tire and rim?

I’m 13 and often find my self gettin stuck on my dads tractor. My dad taught me the loader trick when I was 9. I now have my own tractor that was my paw paws. I received it in his will when he died. It’s a 2 wheel drive 35 hp tractor with no power steering and no loader. To get it unstuck I put it in low and put a 2x4 in the direction I need to go. So if I’m going forward I put it in front of the back tire long ways so the tire will grip on it and pull its self out of the mud or ditch. I looked at a loader for it but the front axle won’t hold it. The brand is farmtrac. Which I get picked on a lot because it’s a “cheap knock off ford” then I ask them what brand is their tractor in which they usually respond with “ I don’t have a tractor” and the one other kid I know with a tractor has a John Deere 830 and he doesn’t pick we are best friends. Goes to show jealousy is real

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Hey Cale, a tractor is a great tool regardless of the brand. My first tractor was a Ford 9N. It wasn’t great but it was fun. My next was a John Deere 2020. I wanted to find a front end loader for it but it didn’t have power steering. Enjoy your Paw Paws gift. That was very thoughtful. You’ll have other tractors that will be better than this one, but none will ever be as meaningful. Thank you for sharing! -Ed

@CountryboyCale

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage yes they are very great tools. I want to collect older tractor when I get older like ford 8ns and farmalls. I enjoy my farmtrac, I’m very grateful for it and my Pawpaw had left me with a few implements for it. My dad tells me that since I didn’t know him well (he died when I was 2) we have something in common. I apparently do a lot of other stuff just like him. Including being loud in the deer stand trying to get to my coffee. Thanks for the response and keep on tractoring!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

@@CountryboyCale I just saw your cover page on your channel. I love that Farmtrac! Great looking machine!

@CountryboyCale

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage thanks!!

timber rails are your friend - especially if you can put them down first like excavator mud mats...

That’s kinda basic butt all new owners should learn this! I would like to see dealers hold a class once a year to help new owners.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Yes, it’s basic, but sometimes the basics are overlooked. Lots of first time tractor owners out there.

@mr.redneck2715

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage totally 💯 percent agree!

R1 tires would of never even spun at all

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

That’s true! Best traction ever!

@mr.redneck2715

Жыл бұрын

R1 tires are better but they are by no means magic. I will guarantee you there’s not a tire made that would’ve pulled him out of that situation!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

R1’s offer great traction, but they also dig into the mud deeper and faster. I’d still like the try out the R14’s.

How do you wash a tractor??

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Hose, pressure washer… on a warm day 😄

How to unrig a stuck tractor when done on purpose!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

That stuck tractor was DEFINITELY rigged! 😄

The best part about getting stuck is 95% of the time its already in 4 wheel drive. A compact tractor in the hands of the "home-loaner" from day ONE ( 90% of the time) is in 4 WD FOREVER. By having R-4 tires traction is lost once a full rotation occurs, R-14s in 2 turns ,R-3 ( turf) anytime, R-1s traction lose occurs ONLY when the tractor is Buried---REALY bad situation. The limited "bucket curl" of ALL small kubota's ( no amplifying bucket-linkage assembly) is almost no help!. / just get off & go get some other equipment. My "experience " says just cruze around in 2 wheel drive & if you CAN'T WALK IT , just don't go there. The "worst ones" happen with the loader bucket is overloaded & tractor is all "twist-o-flexed " way far away from other resources. Thank you for the great Video Sir and happy safe tractoring. Best wishes with all your endeavours.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Donald. Great point - if you can’t walk it, don’t drive it. 👍

My Dynahoe 190 is 19000 pounds NOT 1900 SORRY for that very heavy Backhoe in 1978. Almost to the 9000 hour mark on meter. The good old 353 Detroit Diesel ( keep clean 40 Wt In her) she just keeps chugging along. I have put 100s of hours on her since 2003, when I found the Backhoe Love toy of my life. Go big or go home, that's the way i feel about personal Backhoe ownership. But since you talked about being stuck, how to get out. My 19000 pound beast gets stuck in my garden every time I do backhoe digging with her.

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I think I’d like to add the backhoe attachment, then other times I think I should just get an older “affordable” stand alone BH. 👍

@rp1645

Жыл бұрын

@@MyClutteredGarage YES check out construction types (580 size) 500 series seems like the common number for all around use. Anyway there are some real cheap ones. They just need Hydraulic Seal repack work. But having a construction type Backhoe stand alone for especially the work you do. They might not be used a lot but boy when you need to remove tree STUMPS on your property they can't be beat. Then you just leave your box spreader on all the time on your smaller tractor.

Excellent video!!! Great tips as always!

@MyClutteredGarage

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Marty!

This guy is goofy and assumes everyone who owns a tractor has a front-end loader and 4x4. He shouldn't even be on a tractor let alone making a video about a tractor. Raising the PTO to its highest point makes the front end lighter which defeats the front 4x4. He doesn't even know any better to get out of the rain.