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Old story ,long time ago . Spring time. I had a D4 in the bottom of an 8 foot deep trench .Damned old antique chewed up the Formica cam gear and it died in the hole .Then came the monsoons ,up to the radiator in water but I put a pump on it and saved it .The only way to walk it out was with the...

I think in my life time I've stuck nearly anything that can be stuck .I've always got unstuck though one way or another .I will say on anything with tracks they will go though anything with the tracks above the mud .Below not so much .If you get in that situation rocking back and forth will only...

It's all about ground pressure .My old D4 has 13" tracks and is 14,700 pounds and will sink in the mud .My old Oliver 0C 6 has 12" tracks and 9.200 pounds and will walk over mud you would sink to your knees in .I've seen Cat D6 swamp tractors with 36" wide tracks but they have special long...

I had to reread the original post ,here's what might work if you swamped it .Because it's a mini it should not be real wide .It might be possible to chain railroad ties under it but if it has rubber tracks I'm not sure if that could be done ..I walked out a D4 Cat ,steel track , I had stuck in...

On those preforms you're getting into power line hardware stuff of which many methods were used .Messenger wire while being strong can be a chore to handle because it doesn't bend real well .Another option depending on the local scrap yards is often unused crane cable can be found still on reels...

Without seeing it you've actually got a lot of options that would not break the bank .One could be to just use "Crosby " clamps to snatch the wire rope to provide a way to get a helper pull point . If it were large diameter braided or lay line like 1" nylon a triple sliding hitch could be used .