Today when Don joined to my Farming simulator session there was interesting event. It went like this..
Don was coming away from work in Forest. When his tool... Stump remover at the front of tracktor, had slowly sink too close to ground just when he was crossing over a narrow bridge with too much speed as usual.
This resulted Don to be... as he is known to be - "a flying duch" was once again flying in the air. And almost into dephs of river. He missed the deep spot though... but didnt get out from there, and actually slipped too deep, that his tracktors engine culped water and that was it. He managed to get out from the tracktor just in time. And all that could be seen was top of his tractor.
Don toop his cellphone and called me. I had just taken a heavy logging machine. Ponssse buffalo forwarder from low-trailer. And figuring situation being urgent. I loaded ponsse again to low-trailer and hastily took off towards the forest working area and river where Don was in troubles.
I arrived there soonish. unloaded ponsse. And went to river bank. Now being able to see what trouble there was.. River bank being really high and Dons tractor being really deep in there. I started to suspect if things would work at all.. but I decided to give it a try.
So I reversed as far as I dared and felt I could still get off from. Now... too badly that in farming simulator we do not have ropes or chain to attach to vehicle to pull those away.. so only way to do it would be to use crane. took firm grip from where I could and pull him closer.
Easyest spot to take grip was the stump remover tool... and I did manage to pull him more visible from the river. But a trouble came. I was slipping into there as well. So I let it go and drove slightly up to avoid sinkin. Just I wasnt able to get good crip.
And when I got grip from sinken tractor - I was hardly able to move it. But slowly I worked so that I managed to pull it bit by bit closer river bank. And when it was near enough. I tried my luck to lift it. Thats when catasthrophe happened. Ground slipped from under my machine. That slid in, and I who tried to avoid slipping by balancing with crane didnt get it under my control. And the tractor pulled me deeper... and when I tried to push it down to save my Ponsse... thats when I flipped over... lost grip from tracktor.. and ended into deepest part of river bottom... upside down.
I did manage to save myself from there by opening escape window. But... taking off my soaking wet clothes at the shore I looked at the Don with whom I then watched at the river where our dear machines lay under the water and started dealing number of heavy lifting company...
This was a very expensive day indeed. It could been less expensive if I would have been a little more careful.
Oh well..
but this is what makes this game so much fun!