I decided to try and hire out my plowing for the pumpkin patch. Figured I would be able to plant them pumpkins by late this week. I thought wrong. I hired a not so near by neighbor to come over with his 4x4 Same tractor. He had a 4-16 plow. Looking at his setup I was expecting this combo to make quick work of the roughly two and a half acre field. He came out and took a look at the ground. I asked if he thought it was a little wet yet. "Nah, never got stuck with this tractor yet," he replied. Well I guess there is a first time for everything. He got stuck alright. We tried a few futile attempts with a wooden 4x4 and some chain wrapped around the rear tire. The 4x4 snapped pretty quickly. So he decided the best coarse of action was to grab his clam tractor from home. Now this clam tractor has a homemade sort of contraption on the back used for grabbing logs. Trouble is that it makes the rear of the tractor weigh a bit more than it should. After a little bit of a wait he was back for more fun with a helper. A few tugs and the tractor was free of it's muddy prison. It is starting to look like my dreams of becoming a prize winning pumpkin farmer are starting to become nothing but a dream. I am not ready to give up that easily. I have a real small acre or so field of dry land that I can plow. This time I'll use my VAC instead.
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