Re: How steep a hill can I climb?

Posted by Bill in NC on September 05, 2005 at 14:27:11 from (65.188.155.69):

In Reply to: Re: How steep a hill can I climb? posted by lee on September 05, 2005 at 12:26:53:

Lee raises good questions. I'd put a disk harrow or plow on the
back to be available to drop should the tractor bog down or quit.
There's been numerous times when dropping an implement to
the ground got the situation back in control. However, putting a
heavy implement on the back makes the front end lighter, so
like Hugh suggested, putting weight on the front wheels is a
good offsetting idea. Here again, should the front end raise up,
droping the rear implement puts the tractor back into control.
I've done the same thing when on a side hill and things were
getting scary. Dropping a disk harrow to the ground goes a
long way towards getting the center of gravity down, putting
"sponsons" down and safely stopping or slowing the tractor.
Come to think of it, some form of hydraulically lowered system
would make a neat "active" control system for tractors sort of
like the new active control systems I've read about on several
high dollar cars.

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