Yesterday, using the excavator with the multch head we were making a crossing through bottom land between the bulldozer annex and the cogongrass field. All of a sudden, the excavator ran into a spot with, as they say, no bottom. The excavator did not sink out of sight, but it was certainly well on its way.
It was late in the afternoon when this happened and we worked until almost dark to try and free th excavator. No success. We almost had it by attaching chains to the tracks, with the other end attached to a tree, and driving out on the chain. But that could not quite do it. The excavator ran out of power to turn one of its tracks and it was sliding down more into the muck.
The next morning the contractors brought the ground machine that has a heavy duty winch on its rear. Between the winch and driving on the chain the excavator came right out.
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