...went to the property two Friday's ago and right beside a wet field I eventually needed to bush hog got the F250 stuck to the axles. Considered leaving it there as a hunting blind. Kick out the windshield, lay the rifle over the dash, listen to the radio, fire up the heater, kick back the seat, look for holes in the eyelids, etc.
The wife's F350 4x4, without digging the F250 wheels out first, couldn't get it unstuck. We left it overnight and went back with a shovel, a chain, and the MF 275 tractor to pull it out.
As expected, the tractor worked great, got the F250 out, completed all of the bush hogging, and the tractor was trailered and taken for some minor welding.
Upon returning to the property this week in the driving rain with the repaired tractor, the access road was too slick to negotiate and the danged shift lever of the F250 broke (internal-infernal plastic parts) from rocking the truck when it was apparent that the tires were acting like slicks and there was no more traction.
I figured all was good as I had the tractor. So off the trailer it would come, EXCEPT I find out that the tractor battery, which is completely covered by sheet metal and a difficult place to access, has a corroded battery terminal and is no longer drawing current.
Aargh!!!!!!! Twice in two weeks I was crippled by rain slick roads and the F250 getting stuck (it is an 11-y.o. diesel whose 4x4 no longer functions and a long list of an odd assortment of irregularities and ailments).
So, I bought the wife what she wanted, a new Mustand GT, and traded in my old friend, the 11-year old F250. Now I drive a 2003 F350 4x4 diesel.
Will I be more conscientious about the property's wet conditions? I doubt it. As in the past, when it rains (50-plus inches per year) the property becomes impassable and the work to be done there continues to mount. Do I always attempt the impassable? Yes, without a doubt. It's a viscious circle.
