Let's set some trusses... No, not happening..

[PinkJohn]

Perhaps worth a few laughs or you've been there before but my truss setting plan for the weekend was a bust.

Shortly after the telehandler was delivered (I was so excited), I needed to call this:



To rescue and pull this out of the back yard:



All kinds of fun and excitement and will try a different approach next weekend...
I'm over the disappointment, and can laugh a little now.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'm guess it only quit raining a few days ago ?

 

[PinkJohn]

The rain has been on and off all spring, certainly more than usual. I figured that it would leave some good ruts for sure and the first 40' went fine, then it just sunk.
I've never operated something that heavy before (near 30,000 lbs) really had no idea that it would be as bad as it was.

 

[b-boy]

I did the same thing with my pickup this Spring. It's been a muck-fest all season. That's an embarassing phone call to make.

 

[Aerospace Eng]

You couldn't use the boom to push yourself back out?

 

[lakeroadster]

I'm over the disappointment, and can laugh a little now.

Great attitude... well played. Thanks for posting this.

 

[ant.foste]

You couldn't use the boom to push yourself back out?

The tow bill is cheaper than the repair bill that action could have created.

 

[lukedwag]

Lol. This is correct.

 

[Kaizen]

damn........all the advice and no one warned about this. guess i was picturing my job site not pretty grass. i rented a 45 foot boom lift and they recommended 4 wheel drive ones. very glad they did or i would have been taking down fencing to have a rig like that pull me out of one predicament.
so did you rent it for just that weekend? whats the new plan?

 

[BarryWells]

Crane time. Set them from the road if you can.

 

[curiousB]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

 

[Aerospace Eng]

The tow bill is cheaper than the repair bill that action could have created.

I have a mid 1990s VR90B. I would have no problem sticking the forks in the ground and pushing back out. If the boom can lift 9,000 lb in my case when fully raised, it can push back 9,000 lb. I just wouldn't want a sideload on the boom.

I also have used the boom to raise the front end so tires could be changed.

Here's an old thread from another site. Check out post #25.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/bobcat-construction-equipment/160568-compact-telehandler.html

 

[PinkJohn]

Tried using the boom, no go, just sunk. Put a ton of boards under, it just pushed them into the ground. Tried for a few hours before making the call to the tow company. There was just nothing to get traction or to push against

 

[PinkJohn]

Crane time. Set them from the road if you can.

I'm going to call about that. The side of my garage is about 45' off the side road, feels like a bit of a reach but I'll do some calling.

 

[PinkJohn]

damn........all the advice and no one warned about this. guess i was picturing my job site not pretty grass. i rented a 45 foot boom lift and they recommended 4 wheel drive ones. very glad they did or i would have been taking down fencing to have a rig like that pull me out of one predicament.
so did you rent it for just that weekend? whats the new plan?

Yeah I just had it rented for the weekend and had all my helpers lined up.

At the moment I'm considering renting a 24' crank/material lift and doing that from the inside. Not sure why I didn't think of it earlier, I used a smaller version to get the main beam up over the garage doors.

Been so crazy busy just hammering away I wasn't thinking through all the options.

 

[dr_clyde]

The rain has been on and off all spring, certainly more than usual. I figured that it would leave some good ruts for sure and the first 40' went fine, then it just sunk.
I've never operated something that heavy before (near 30,000 lbs) really had no idea that it would be as bad as it was.

Yep,

Unfortunately that's more common than you think. Telehandlers are way heavier than they look.

My step-mother's brother buried a Skytrack in his back yard up to the chassis. Nothing he did could get it out. Sometimes they just get buried.

Had to have 2 tows to get it to dry land.

 

[rustyjames]

Telehandlers are quite heavy, and they often have the tires filled, which adds to the easy to get stuck factor.

 

[Marctrees]

Don't know the whole story here, but just sayin' on my 38 x 35 x 10 4/12 5'OC wood pole building the trusses were raised by a bobcat w a simple little extension boom and two men up on the wall at the two ends.

No hassles, wen't up very quickly.

3 guys total... but they do this as a team full time.

Marc

 

[OneOfEm]

Yeah I just had it rented for the weekend and had all my helpers lined up.

At the moment I'm considering renting a 24' crank/material lift and doing that from the inside. Not sure why I didn't think of it earlier, I used a smaller version to get the main beam up over the garage doors.

Been so crazy busy just hammering away I wasn't thinking through all the options.

My wife and I placed mine with a hand crank material/duct lift. The slab had been poured previously, and it was easy and stable.

 

[rburke65]

I still have grass that I cannot get on to cut here in NE Ohio

 

[fire2892]

I was worried about the cement trucks getting stuck when they poured my slab. We had a wet winter and I had one trash hole that I had dug out and filled with good dirt, it was still too soft for my comfort and right where the trucks needed to drive. I laid a board road out of some rough sawn oak I had laying around. They sent the 6x6 trucks out and when they went across it looked like mud squishing between your toes. I got lucky and they poured 71 yards without a hitch. My buddy poured about a month after me, he wasn’t so lucky, first truck got stuck 200 yards from his slab, second truck pulled the first one out and they poured 35 yards a skid steer bucket at a time.

 

[BitDrive]

...My buddy poured about a month after me, he wasn’t so lucky, first truck got stuck 200 yards from his slab, second truck pulled the first one out and they poured 35 yards a skid steer bucket at a time.

Yikes, thats gotta be more than 70 bucket trips... Man this wet weather is brutal.

 

[Prospecter]

Getting stuck is one way we keep our man cards! Got my tractor stuck while mowing yesterday where I've never been stuck before in 35 years!

(Sorry for your trouble and expense, though. Great attitude!)

 

[1Garageman]

Aren't you a AAA member????

 

[ratdoggy]

I still have grass that I cannot get on to cut here in NE Ohio

I'm doing a dirt project in my yard.
Not a real hard job but waiting 4 days for the muck to dry out so I can use a bobcat and then again and again gets old real quick