SOOO, guess how my day went!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Lavoy** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:54 pm

Was trying to build a dike at the farm last week to stop the overland flooding from getting into the yard. My brother had been up half the night with a trackhoe building a dike. I got there the next morning to help out. I was trying to find some non=frozen dirt to contiune with the dike building, so was heading out into the field for some more dirt. Funny how the muddy water didn't reveal the big hole from one of his borrow pits under the left track as I was driving forward!

Willyr · Post by **Willyr** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:13 am

lol now you know where he got the dirt for the dyke!

Wow tough luck Lavoy. You do seem to get in some interesting spots, first the trencher now this. My my, how talented you are. GRIN

JD440ICD2006 · Post by **JD440ICD2006** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:53 am

In many cases of tractor accidents, experience and being aware of what is going on helps save the driver.
I'll bet most of the damage went to the underwear and not to the crawler.

Glad you did not get hurt!

roadbuilder · Post by **roadbuilder** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:43 am

Glad your ok!
Good opportunity to check the bottom rolls on the almost dry side!

roadbuilder · Post by **roadbuilder** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:50 am

Thanks for posting that picture Lavoy. Good reminder for all of us of unseen dangers.
Dale

Post by **Lavoy** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:42 am

I did discover that my new cell phone that they advertise as waterproof really is!
Lavoy

Rick Kr · Post by **Rick Kr** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:24 am

That is not good. And I am sure that water was cold. Probably not the way you wanted to find out your phone was waterproof either.

Lucky, you're ok. Now, you'll just have to get the machine out of there.

Make sure you enter that in Stuckinthemuck.com for next year.

Rick

gus · Post by **gus** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:41 am

Damn, that hurts just looking at it

I hope that track hoe is a big one!!

Gus

MADJACK · Post by **MADJACK** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:02 pm

Yowch!

Glad your OK.

Post by **Lavoy** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:09 pm

Yeah, 200 Komatsu, little too far from the crawler to lift it straight out, but after some fiddling it came out. Couple gallons of water out of the engine, trans was milky, hyd tank stayed above water, so no problem there. Assuming no engine damage, biggest issue will likely be ruined steering clutches.
Lavoy

Stan Disbrow · Post by **Stan Disbrow** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:38 pm

Hi,

Glad *you* are OK.

Next time you want to test a waterproof (anything), just fill the tub and drop it in, eh? No need to fill the field full of holes and water like that!

Where in the world is some poor guy in North Dakota going to find someone that can fix old crawler steering clutches?

No need, really. Steering on the right side is OK still! Besides, around here, steering is an option anyway!

Later!

Stan

mini kahuna · Post by **mini kahuna** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:46 pm

I am glad you didn't get hurt,did you bail out from the seat or just
"'ride" it on down!

digitup2 · Post by **digitup2** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:14 pm

So are we to take it that if the ground was frozen then that water wasn't very warm either .Should we ask who hooked the chain up after .I did that several years ago with a D6 and the excavator pulling decided to pull up and a hard fast snap the chain broke as I was sitting in the seat in the water as the end of the chain came rattling over the hood all I could do was bail into the water We ran that old cat for several years with the marks from every link across the hood straight toward the operators seat as a reminder to what could happen .Good to see only your pride was tarnished and the cell phone is OK as well Digitup.

Post by **Lavoy** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:32 am

Yeah, I pretty much rode it in, I started to bail as it went over, I was afraid of it coming all the way over and crushing or pinning me, so I was trying to get off as fast as possible. The crawler is in a hole, so not too easy to get out either. The sides are sloped and slippery, and yes the water was just above freezing so kind of takes your breath away and made it tougher to get out.
Once we got the hoe there, I crawled out on the uphill track and leaned over to hook the chain on the loader so we could lift it out.
Lavoy

JD440ICD2006 · Post by **JD440ICD2006** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:03 am

Now that we know that you did not get hurt, it falls under the long list of "things can happen" in spite of our most careful efforts.

I would air up the left side tracks, looks like the right side had enough air to "float".

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