anyone have any pointers of how to get her out...all my efforts to het her out by myself with a come along failed and by the time help arrived the track was frozen in 8 inches of overflow...

Chainsaw.

Then you get to try and thaw all the ice out so the track will turn after you get it out.

thanks...i was gonna try a jackall and some wooden blocks tomorrow and the chainsaw sounds good too.....have some days above freezing coming too that might help once i get it to shore

I agree with chainsaw then get it on something that will slide like a plastic sled or heavy chunk of visqueen.

A buddy and his sled, tow strap, chainsaw, a rubber mallet, come along with an anchor if there aint one there, and a pull behind sled Like Oh Snap suggests in case you cant free up the track. Been there and feel for you! Hope you get her out!

thanks guys

I spotted a Tundra in an overflowed creek that a guy walked away from with my binoculars from a mountain side. A couple guys were paid by the Air Force to get it. By the time they got there the cowling had been open and the overflow was almost over the open cowling and windshield. They chainsawed it out and got it onto a sled and pulled it over 10 miles to the road. They couldn’t go back the 18 miles the direction they went in because they couldn’t pull the chunk of ice up out of the remote valley!

So if they could do it you can! I hope you get it! I don’t think you could possibly get all the ice out of everywhere to get the track to turn. Focus on getting it on something that will slide on the ice or snow. That’s just mu opinion!

Dont forget the Voltaren for the after party.
Have seen block and tackle and overhead tripod and lift onto a ladder then slid out sideways, but you are dealing with 2000 pounds now with frozen ice on the machine
best of luck

I had to get my tundra out of overflow that was right at bumper level. We chainsawed it out straight down then chipped out around it so we could get an ice bar under neath it and get it loose. Then built a tripod out of spruce poles and winched the back up and then the front. Chipped a bunch of ice out of it and got it strapped on a siglin for a 85 mile ride home to thaw out. Was a 28 hour ordeal but with 3 of us on a March day it was fun.

I seen some guys hauling a broke down sled out on a blue tarp a little while back. Never tried it myself, but it looked like it was working fairly well.

I have cut up many of plastic 55-gallon drums to come up with plastic for projects that needed to be towed.

I've seen me do it....!

Like Hankit describes above, my solution to a similar problem was to erect a tripod of sturdy spruce poles over the frozen-in machine. It's quite a bit easier to apply enough force straight up (on a short line/comealong) than it is to try and force a long horizontal pull.

Chainsaw makes the job go quicker, but you'll need a good spud and an axe to get underneath.

Once it is loose, you will need to transport the ice-encrusted rascal back to town to thaw out. You just can't knock enough ice out/off of the track and suspension system.

Pete

Yeah !! Sounds like something a guy should do every year just for kicks.......and practice

a very warm wind helped today...chainsaw and a jackall with some blocks..she is parked behind the cabin again...thanks folks

That is good to hear!

I think you should change your name to Cando1…good job!

Are you missing those smaller lighter machines yet?

I had to get away from my beloved tundra 2 and bravo because of parts availability....lack of them....I am packing out my seized tundra motor and try a rebuild over summer tho...would love a light little machine especially with reverse...

Ever time I see someone post about using a bavo or an elan I laugh to myself.

The world has passed those machines by.

Drove an long track bavo for years you couldn't pay me enough to drive one now.

My back starts to ache just thinking about it.

No reverse, no power, small gas tank.

Would not trade my Skandic 4 stroke for anything out there right now.

A chainsaw and a shovel a small come-along and away we go.

Just not having to breath in the oil exhaust is a luxury.

Seems like worse conditions than usual on a lot of trap lines this season