well i finally did it. i was pushing some brush and logs down about a 10? degree slope knew it was soft but with the bucket flat it was going smooth. raised the bucket to back up "oops" sank to the belly pan almost instantly. thanks to all the good info on this web site a lot of chain and a large tree curling the bucket with chain around it we got it out. sorry no pics. rain coming and knew it would be there for 2 weeks if caught in the wet. didnt think of camera
Whats the trick I missed the posts on the bucket and log thing.
Speaking of getting stuck, I saw a pretty good video on youtube of a guy getting a Case 1455B unstuck using the curl on the bucket. He's was backing out of the goo and using the curl to push himself out. Adding link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23V2kE6UJNk&feature=related
we hooked the chain to a tree. then curled the bucket down as far as it would go ran the chain under the bucket and hooked it to the top. when we curled the bucket up it rolled the chain around it effectively tightning the chain and pulling the loader backwards. had to do it 3 times to get out.
went back to look where i was stuck after 2 hard rains. glad i got it out when i did. it would have still been there till the dry season. dont have any friends with something big enough to get it out of the mud and sure couldnt afford to hire the pros to do it.