The first Hunt Club workday of 2008 one of the other members borrowed a backhoe from his work. He trusted too much in the
four-wheel drive feature and wound up digging a hole with the backhoe in it. The next Saturday he borrowed a bullldozer to pull
it out and a few of us went along to help. And take pictures.
Here's the rescue and recovery team on the way down to the swamp:
Three of the coming-out:
The hardest part was that it had to make a turn around these little gum trees.
But finally, and with much relief, the puller
got it pulled.
Unsticking a Backhoe
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