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Read articles →Built around a viewer's real flood-and-stuck situation in Texas, this video demonstrates one specific technique: using the front loader bucket as a jack to lift the tractor's front wheels off the ground. Mike walks through bucket positioning for two scenarios, lifting off a hard barn floor versus mucky soil, using the viewer's photos as illustration. Best for new FEL owners who didn't know this trick existed.
Tractor Mike is a longtime tractor-industry insider with decades of hands-on experience in the equipment business. He built his channel to help first-time and rural buyers make confident decisions, and his guidance comes from that deep, long-term background rather than a sales pitch.
Turn the bucket over so it faces down flat with the ground, push it down to lift the front end, then put blocks under the front wheels.
On mucky ground, keep the bucket's flat bottom edge on the ground instead of turning it, so it does not sink and create another rut.
Yes, Paul used the bucket to lift the front end, slid boards under the tires as ramps, added blocks for the back tires, and drove out of the bog.
