Truly stuck and troubled

justanothercase · May 8, 2009

This is the neighbors tractor. they just got it and the airseeder this spring. the seeder looks to be fine, will see more when its out. ill be helping them tomorrow should be interesting.

olgentdc · May 8, 2009

OHH sChItt, !!,good thing for cabs !,might need a crane , if it were me after unhooking tillage implement and getting safely away .. I would cable to front and hope to ge him over the hump without bellying out ,

Anonymous-0 · May 8, 2009

Wow that's a lot of money sitting there ,think I would have checked the bridge out before I crossed it,looks like a foot bridge to me!! thanks

Uncle Ernie · May 8, 2009

Don't you just HATE when that happens!!

Anonymous-0 · May 8, 2009

That picture looks familiar.

Anonymous-0 · May 8, 2009

must have had the stereo turned up and not concentrating on the job at hand!if that was a yellow case i would call it a hopeless case but that ih red dont deserve that.how deep is that water? might be easiest just to drive it out, if you get it down,or you will need a pretty big skyhook.why would anyone even attempt this rotten bridge, other than evil canevil.

Reid1650 · May 9, 2009

If this were mine I would pull the pin, pull the air seeder back from the edge since most of it is on solid ground and pull the tractor up that "ramp" if it was solid enough. If not, well youll need one big crane lol

don t-9n180179 · May 9, 2009

I was thinking the same thing.

Phil in Pa · May 9, 2009

That's a shame, I hope they can get it out without too much damage.
They should just get a crane and be done with it, it doesn't take a very big one.

El Toro · May 9, 2009

This JD tractor and the planter fell through the bridge over an irrigation ditch in NE. The planter had minor damage, but the tractor wasn't damaged. They used 2 cranes to lift them out. The driver wasn't injured. Hal

El Toro · May 9, 2009

Here's the recovery. Hal

idontno · May 9, 2009

looks like 2 different bridges..........

RodinNS · May 9, 2009

That'll be a 10-15K lift to get that tractor out...
I think I'd cut the pin, drag the seeder back and see if she wouldn't walk up the slope first, or down into the creek if it's not too deep.
You're probably looking at a minimum of 500 an hour per crane, perhaps times two and probably a 1 day min...
Bet the new bridge will be STEEL.

Rod

Anonymous-0 · May 9, 2009

Dont show him the picture with the two Cranes or he will be throwing up blood.Hope they have a half day rate and not so busy sched.This looks expensive!

Nancy Howell · May 9, 2009

I am way out of my area of knowledge here, but I agree with the post that said cut the pins on the equipment and pull it back.

Since the bridge is a total loss, how feasible would it be to have a dozer or backhoe take the slope down some (where the folks are standing), then pull it out?

jd b puller · May 9, 2009

Thanks for sharing. out of curiosity, is this bridge marked with a load capacity?

Is that a public road, or private?

Good luck.

omahagreg · May 9, 2009

Used to drive FedEx Home Delivery truck in rural west central Iowa. Truck was licensed for 6 tons. Package was going to a farm near Irwin Iowa, and I came across 2 5 ton bridges, on 2 different approaches to the address. Mentioned to the farmer that I had to try 3 different ways to get here because of the low tonnage bridges! He says 'don't worry about it, we drive our 12 ton trucks over them every fall'. I said right to his face, 'that is why I did not try it, if it fails, it is my fault for being overweight.' Greg

Allan in NE · May 9, 2009

Is that west of Trenton, ND?

Allan

Mark - IN. · May 9, 2009

You know? Is a similar photo under stuck and troubled here from years back, except that it was taken when Steigers used to be green, before they got bought and painted red like that one. Well, two things for sure, Case didn't go to a light weight red paint, and they still don't make rickety old bridges any better than they used to.

Ouch, day's sure ruined there.

Mark

JDB · May 9, 2009

Bet the driver had to change his shorts

Lanse · May 9, 2009

How deep is that creek??

If it were me, id yank the implements back and finish off that bridge and try to drive around the "ramps" and to the other side. I dont know about that sand tho.....

Good Luck with it!!

paul · May 9, 2009

Here in MN, they _don't_ advertise it, but bridge restrictions don't apply to farm implements. That came up when a bridge was derated to 5 ton rating, which meant the ambulance couldn't use it any more & had a long route around. Folks mentioned seeing all the big tractors use that bridge....

On my small farm I have 2 concrete/ I beam/ wood plank bridges dad built over a county ditch. He always had ne unload the combine before crossing, etc. This was a gas gleaner F, not too heavy anyhow.

One year the coop was spreading fert with a big big fert truck. He used the weaker of the 2. Huh, well, held up fine, so guess I don't have to worry about it....

Actually dad overbuilt stuff like that, it has big I beams on 2 foot centers and only spans 16 feet, so think it would handle regular highway traffic fine.

--->Paul

Anonymous-0 · May 9, 2009

And I thought I was having a bad day

onefarmer · May 9, 2009

Need pics of the recovery! Hope he didn't get jostled too much on the way down.

VADAVE · May 9, 2009

The bridge isn't going anywhere now. Middle wedged into the bottom and the "back" half keeping the slopped half from sliding. Unhook the impliments and she shoulf just drive out. Probally have give a little when she bottoms coming across the top.

Billy Shafer · May 9, 2009

Looks like the driver has an AW SH%T award coming

Anonymous-0 · May 9, 2009

After they unhook the implement, they oughta dump a tandem load of dirt , where the guys are standing, so the tractor wont get high centered, as it climbs out.

teddy52food · May 9, 2009

If that bridge didn't go down more than that, the water can't be to deep to drive it off to the side after getting it unhooked. Most creek bottoms are solid.

T-Rev · May 9, 2009

Friend of mine that I farm with told me about a time when they were working on the main highway river bridge near us, had it closed. The local shortcut was an old narrow iron bridge with a 5 ton rating. Well he noticed that semis and farmers were all using it. He went to cross it in the combine, and had to stop for someone coming the other way. While he was waiting a loaded coal semi and a schoolbus pulled onto it behind him. The bridge held just fine.

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