Actually, my backhoe looks very much like that right now. I've got pictures. Will try to get them posted when I get a chance. The pictures would be hilarious to anyone else. Since it's my (worth ~$20k) machine that's barely visible in the pond muck, I'm struggling to do more than giggle.
The backhoe picture itself would be funny. What takes the scene into hilarity is that my dumptruck is nearby, similarly mired, and so is the neighbor's 963 loader (huge machine). His machine isn't stuck though. It looks stuck but he stalled the engine and the starter failed. After having managed to pull the backhoe maybe 1-2 feet in about an hour with the backhoe working furiously trying to help out. The backhoe can no longer help, though. It's spent enough time with enough of it underwater, that starting is the last thing on its mind, even with the batteries fully charged. The fuse box is probably about a foot under water and that's generally not a good thing. I'm hoping, though, that I can hotwire it under the hood to get it started.
I should have a rental Cat 330C excavator arriving tomorrow that likely can just pick up the backhoe and deposit it onto dry ground, but for one problem. The dead 963 is where I need the 330C to be to accomplish the deed.
If I can get the 963 out of the way, it might not even matter that the backhoe doesn't start. It's got hooks on top of the front bucket for holding forks, and they'll be just perfect for grabbing with the excavator and lifting the backhoe while I pull it.
