Tall T
Well-known Member
Sure glad I had front ballast and a little practice on the tractor before my inaugural runs!
I think I discovered that the higher the carryall of firewood, the lighter the front end. So after the first scary liftoff, I kept the carryall low till the tractor was on the bridge and then lifted it a little so the carryall cleared the top end of the ramps.
The bridge beams are two 10'6" treated big butt ends of two cedar telephone poles the pole replacement guy generously put in my yard for me.
Built the bridge to get over to a pile of firewood logs that the lady doctor who owns the wood lot gave me. Used the crane to position and level the beams.
And yet people still kind of insultingly sometimes say, "What do you need a tractor for?"
Anyway there's my bragging for the day. :wink:
Terry
P.S.
For other rookies like me I just learned something else the hard way, or in this case the dangerous way. When rolling backwards to get yourself out of lift-off trouble, if you hit only one brake, the tractor twists!!! Why didn't somebody tell me!
I think I discovered that the higher the carryall of firewood, the lighter the front end. So after the first scary liftoff, I kept the carryall low till the tractor was on the bridge and then lifted it a little so the carryall cleared the top end of the ramps.
The bridge beams are two 10'6" treated big butt ends of two cedar telephone poles the pole replacement guy generously put in my yard for me.
Built the bridge to get over to a pile of firewood logs that the lady doctor who owns the wood lot gave me. Used the crane to position and level the beams.
And yet people still kind of insultingly sometimes say, "What do you need a tractor for?"
Anyway there's my bragging for the day. :wink:
Terry
P.S.
For other rookies like me I just learned something else the hard way, or in this case the dangerous way. When rolling backwards to get yourself out of lift-off trouble, if you hit only one brake, the tractor twists!!! Why didn't somebody tell me!