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Finally! I parked the Waggy at my land back in February, in the woods, flattened all 4 tires, put a car cover over it, and said "see you after a while". I planned on building a shop/house out there, so I figured I'd get it built, then just drag it into the shop and start fixing it.
Then I decided it was cheaper to buy than build, so I bought a house and some land and started trying to sell the land. I went to find the Waggy, amongst the new little trees that had grown EVERYWHERE, and found it covered on all sides by new trees. I didn't want to drive my truck through that crap to recover it, so I tried and tried to crank it. No luck. The fuel pump is out, and I'm not repairing it in the woods. So Plan F or whatever went into effect.
Saturday, up with the dawn, I hooked up my car hauler, drove to the land, parked the trailer, drove unloaded to Carthage, loaded my Grandpa's tractor with a single blade onto a farm trailer, drove back to the land, got there about noon. I loaded up chain, a tire, and a shovel, and drove through the trees. After 6 attempts of trying to pull it forward, no luck. So I drug it backwards through the trees for about 75 yards total. I got the tractor stuck twice, from the tires burying down, and the blade grabbing the ground, but was able to dig out the blade both times. But I did a lot of two wheeling the tractor all day, digging deep holes with the tires, and hooking up to fallen trees, stumps, and logs to pull them out of the way of the no-steering Waggy.
Somehow I made it to the opening, backed up the trailer, used a ratchet strap to turn the wheels straight, put a tire between the tractor and Waggy, and rammed it up onto the car hauler. I put wood in the fenders on top of the tires so when (not if) the 42's went over the fenders, they wouldn't rub the trailer tires, and sure enough, the no-steering Waggy went over both fenders, crushing them. But I somehow got it loaded, strapped it down, and unhooked it, and was about finished up around 5:00PM. It took a long time to go so short of a distance!
I then loaded the tractor on the other trailer, drove it back to Carthage, returned to the land, hooked onto the Waggy, and towed it home in the dark and in the rain. It now sits at my place, finally, and I can start working on it once I get electricity hooked up in my shop.
Here's where it sat for months:
Here's a picture of what I drug the Waggy though for 4 hours
Here's the opening I finally got it to, along with some trees I drug with the tractor since the Waggy was about to run over them
Here's wood in the fenders for "protection"
Here's the tire/chain/battering ram operation
Here's the first time in 4 months I believed the Waggy was not going to remain in the woods forever.
Here's my fender damage, but no tire rubbing thanks to the wood.
Now the "fixing" begins.
Then I decided it was cheaper to buy than build, so I bought a house and some land and started trying to sell the land. I went to find the Waggy, amongst the new little trees that had grown EVERYWHERE, and found it covered on all sides by new trees. I didn't want to drive my truck through that crap to recover it, so I tried and tried to crank it. No luck. The fuel pump is out, and I'm not repairing it in the woods. So Plan F or whatever went into effect.
Saturday, up with the dawn, I hooked up my car hauler, drove to the land, parked the trailer, drove unloaded to Carthage, loaded my Grandpa's tractor with a single blade onto a farm trailer, drove back to the land, got there about noon. I loaded up chain, a tire, and a shovel, and drove through the trees. After 6 attempts of trying to pull it forward, no luck. So I drug it backwards through the trees for about 75 yards total. I got the tractor stuck twice, from the tires burying down, and the blade grabbing the ground, but was able to dig out the blade both times. But I did a lot of two wheeling the tractor all day, digging deep holes with the tires, and hooking up to fallen trees, stumps, and logs to pull them out of the way of the no-steering Waggy.
Somehow I made it to the opening, backed up the trailer, used a ratchet strap to turn the wheels straight, put a tire between the tractor and Waggy, and rammed it up onto the car hauler. I put wood in the fenders on top of the tires so when (not if) the 42's went over the fenders, they wouldn't rub the trailer tires, and sure enough, the no-steering Waggy went over both fenders, crushing them. But I somehow got it loaded, strapped it down, and unhooked it, and was about finished up around 5:00PM. It took a long time to go so short of a distance!
I then loaded the tractor on the other trailer, drove it back to Carthage, returned to the land, hooked onto the Waggy, and towed it home in the dark and in the rain. It now sits at my place, finally, and I can start working on it once I get electricity hooked up in my shop.
Here's where it sat for months:
Here's a picture of what I drug the Waggy though for 4 hours
Here's the opening I finally got it to, along with some trees I drug with the tractor since the Waggy was about to run over them
Here's wood in the fenders for "protection"
Here's the tire/chain/battering ram operation
Here's the first time in 4 months I believed the Waggy was not going to remain in the woods forever.
Here's my fender damage, but no tire rubbing thanks to the wood.
Now the "fixing" begins.
Thanks man
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