And Then There Were TWO! (today only)

 Kyle went out on a job this morning.

Helping a local survey company clear

the edges of 4 pieces of property so

they could survey them.

It was SUPER thick.

And their GPS wasn't working.

(He doesn't have GPS in his Cat...)

So they were ... See that tree over there?

Head that way.

And then you head that way and get into

bushes, etc that are higher than your machine

and you can't SEE the tree you are heading for.

And it RAINED hard last night.

So it was muddy.

And then........

He was tipped straight down and sinking.

Water.

Mud.

No bottom!

SCARY!!!!!

He got out, his mulcher head was the only

thing holding the machine up.

But then the arms caught on his door.

So he had to use the emergency latches and

pop the door off so it didn't get ripped off.

And the bolts FELL IN THE MUD HOLE!

So he called me.

He was going to grab Brock's tractor from next

door and have me pull him out of the hole.

(hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)

I left work and headed home to meet him.

Meanwhile, he had to run to Cat to buy  new

replacement bolts.

FIFTY-THREE DOLLARS!

And while he was there, he decided to just 

rent another skid steer.

Brock's tractor is old.

And not very big.

And not very strong.

And doesn't start without being jumped.

And Brock is out of town right now.

But he could rent a skid steer and be pretty

sure it would pull him out.

And then he remembered it was Tuesday and

Jim doesn't work on Tuesday.

So Jim and his best friend Tom came over to help!

YEA!

I went back to work.

And they went down, Kyle used his chain saw

and cut through the roots that were holding him under...

hooked the new skid steer to his machine and Jim

hopped in Kyle's while Kyle pulled him out

with the rental.

Slick as a whistle.

A $500 whistle.

Taking a picture of it in the hole wasn't a thought he had.

But notice the mud line on the mulch head!

It was in pretty deep!

(Also notice the mud line above the tracks!)

Might be the only time we have TWO of these 

guys on the property.

About $180,000 worth of equipment right there...

Sure glad they were able to get him rescued though!

And he has a good story to tell and even made a little money.

All in a day's work.