Even with a track off he would have been much better lifting the machine and pulling with the bucket while tracking at the same time.
I got a call to rescue this today. I was expected to lift it out :Banghead
I spun it around, put the blade just above the ground, then used the bucket to lift the machine in the air to break the suction. I managed to get it sideways a few inches, set it back down, spun the top back facing as it is now and then using the duck bucket as an anchor to pull on, pulled and tracked it out.
The lad who had been using it just stood there with his mouth open