lifting a tractor by the lift arms

[Treemover]

A friend of mine got his tractor stuck tonight, on a hill, against a tree. I was going to go down in the morning and pull him out with the volvo, but I dont want to pull it sideways and damage the rear hub seals, I have 6ft pallet forks, so lifting around hitch area with a timber block might do, but can I lift also via the lift arms? I just find lifting under the hitch can make a tractor wobble and I dont want the tractor to fall against the tree.

Any tips greatly appreciated.

 

[ACEngineering]

A friend of mine got his tractor stuck tonight, on a hill, against a tree. I was going to go down in the morning and pull him out with the volvo, but I dont want to pull it sideways and damage the rear hub seals, I have 6ft pallet forks, so lifting around hitch area with a timber block might do, but can I lift also via the lift arms? I just find lifting under the hitch can make a tractor wobble and I dont want the tractor to fall against the tree.

Any tips greatly appreciated.

Er I suspect no unless there able to power down which I doubt many tractors do?

 

[Treemover]

This is what I thought, I never really saw anything solid in those top covers. Ill try lifting under the hitch but if that's no good I'll just drag it at an angle.

 

[Hilly]

Strong strap off top link pin ? Might wobble a bit but just ease it off tree ?

 

[ACEngineering]

Strong strap off top link pin ? Might wobble a bit but just ease it off tree ?

Cut tree down first simples

 

[Mur Huwcun]

I can’t really see how you’re going to damadge the hub seals unless the halfshaft bearings are worn and the halfshaft is actually moving about?

 

[Tomr10]

cant you lift from arm in up position

 

[del_boy]

I got a tractor stuck last year and knocked the valve off which resulted in the tyre coming off the rim (pictures on here somewhere) we put a strong strap around the link arm infront of the turn buckle and lifted it out with the manitou. It went that well we then carried on up the road to the nearest farm to wash all the sh!t off the rim. No damage was done at all to the rear linkage by lifting it

 

[bravheart]

Remember seeing two Same tractors coupled together at a show

 

[bravheart]

Remember seeing two Same tractors coupled together at a show

Wrong button again!

Anyway two Same tractors coupled together by their three point links, the bigger tractor had the smaller one clean off the ground

 

[Sid]

We really need pictures to accurately assess the situation.
Not really but we all like to see that it's not just us that f$ck up!

 

[Treemover]

Well, I got there, and just hooked a chain onto hitch and yanked it back from the tree. All sorted. No pics. If it was my tractor, Id show. but he asked me not to! I thought it was more apt for a tictoc!

 

[Chae1]

Wrong button again!

Anyway two Same tractors coupled together by their three point links, the bigger tractor had the smaller one clean off the ground

Remember seeing that at turriff show