[greglepore]

BTDT. Worst I've been stuck was with a Cat 380 trackhoe-a full size excavator- borrowed from a buddy with a sitework biz-was doing some work on a pond at our farm in Pa when I backed up and the ground collapsed under me-turned out there was an old foundation that I didn't know about that had been poorly backfilled and the pond had been leaking into it a few feet down-immediately down to the top of the tracks. Mud suction prevented me using the boom to pull out. Had to call one of those big rig wreckers, between that and the boom we got it out, but there was much bullet sweating going on.