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[Bob Zumbrunnen]

I've had it stuck before, but never quite like this. Usually I can curl the front bucket to pull the machine along, and in the previous worst cases, turn the seat sideways and work both the backhoe and the front bucket. No luck this time. There's nothing but "pudding" behind the machine, so the rear bucket isn't any help at all.

The guy with the excavator got most of the mud removed from around the machine. Enough that I think when I get the rented excavator (a bit bigger than his) and get a nice runway cleared out on the way to the backhoe, I'll be able to yank it out pretty easy.

Then it'll be time to use the excavator to dig channels and pile dirt up to let the whole area dry out enough to reall work with it. A friend who works for the Cat dealership is looking for a used 963 for me that I hope to buy in a month when I'm done renting the excavator.

Work it for a year on this lake and a couple of other minor projects and sell it. Hopefully it'll work out so I'll have spent $5k-$10k to have the use of it for a year. I definitely don't need one of those fulltime.