Pushing our luck
We got the truck stuck in the
worst possible place yesterday.
It's bottoming out on our row
of carefully
placed cinder blocks.
Pulling it backward and
forward didn't work today.
Arghhh!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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you should realy sell that quad and by something like this ,someone might just swop / trade you at no cost foe a decent small four wheel drive tractor http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/grd/4561359802.html
A tractor would probably be significantly heavier than your ATV. And the smaller ones are usually rear wheel drive only. And because of the big wheels, the COG is higher than on an ATV, so tipping one over is not all that hard. At a guess, the ground pressure from a tractor would probably be larger, than that of an ATV.
OTOH, the larger weight and wheels of a tractor should help with traction. And it usually has a power take-off that could come in handy. And usually you can attach shovel blades and other tools.
But if it's muddy enough, even a tractor will get stuck.
Maybe a winch and block and tackle would be less expensive than a tractor. Harbor freight has them not sure of the quality or how long they would last. I believe it would be better then the ATV. Attach it to your truck and use a tree??? I agree with most others that a tractor would be a better tool for you guys even for hauling.
The obvious answer is one day saving up and having some dozer work done and a proper driveway put in that works all seasons. How did the previous owners, the ones that built the old house and tobacco barn, access the place? Was there a bridge long since collapsed?
But here I am, living in the suburbs, owning two farm tractors stored at other people's houses in two different states.
Most get the farmstead, THEN the equipment! I should let you guys use my 1951 Case since my inlaws in Wise on Tacoma mountain have bought a new Kubota and don't use my cool vintage Case. My dad gave me a nice 1950 Ford 8n and that is in Minnesota.
Either one should pull out an S10, or we could end up with an S10, the ATV, and two tractors all stuck at once.
You should really look into a http://www.power-trac.com/hclass.htm#422 , 4-wheel drive, pretty light, and the buckets would surely help move stuff around! Best of all, YOUR truck could probably haul this thing easily.
Also, try buying tire chains for the truck, they can REALLY help in the mud.