OT/Win a few loose a few

rrlund

Well-known Member
A pickup drove in a while ago. Guy came to the door wanting to know if I could tow a semi with the tractor. It's warmed up again,snow's mostly gone,no frost to speak of so it's just mud. I asked him where? They're in a field that I seeded to alfalfa last year! The landlord died in August,had a bunch of semi trailers parked in back,his brother inherited all of it and they were in there trying to get one out.
We didn't tear it up too bad. They had done more damage with a pickup and snowplow before I got there than we did getting in and out,but still not what you want to see in a hay field.
On the bright side,the brother who inherited the place was there. It was the first time I'd met him. I asked him if I could cut my hay this year if he hadn't sold the place by then. He said go ahead.
Made $50 that I wouldn't have had otherwise too,so six of one,half dozen of the other I guess.
 
Last time I got an ask to haul a semi tractor & trailer, we didn"t come close to moving it, even with duals on our biggest tractor. Had driven by neighbors earlier in the day, and said it might not be pretty getting the truck out of her yard. Sure enough, later in the evening came the call. Took a very large pay-loader to physically lift the back of the tractor and drag it sideways several feet to get it on solid mud. Learned a lesson about big and too big.
 
I was surprised that the trailer didn't cut in at all. It was just so greasy,he couldn't move with the tractor at all. I got him pulled up in front of it,then had to drag him sideways,rehook and pull him back,go to the other side and move him that way,then we finally ran the tow strap through the dollys so I could get him straight back. After he got hooked up,I got on an angle and got him going and took him right to the road. Good thing traffic on 66 stopped for a change because when I got to the road,I wasn't stopping.
 

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