Welp, Hooey and I drove to VA this AM to add a new 6’x8′ drag harrow (tractor implement) to the farm family.
Ran a few test runs on the perimeter path, driveway, gravel road …
… then decided to see what it could do with the barn pasture renovation project. Got half a lap around the pasture, hit the low corner, and buried the damn tractor in about 2 feet of Carolina Clay. Damn it!
I actually got the tractor out of the mud without having to winch it out with my truck, but using the pole boom to lift the drag harrow out of the mud, putting the tractor in medium gear, locking the rear trans-axle, and going max throttle. With the tires so loaded up with mud (slicks, no traction), I was pretty impressed with its ability to dig itself out of that mess.
Fired up the pressure washer to give the tractor a bath, and after about 5 minutes its engine seized. Yip … gunna be one of those days. 😉