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At first, I was going to reply that it's horrible to mow across the slope. But, since you go on using comfort about the slope as a guide to mow it or not, I don't think what you do is inherently bad. The N has tremendous stability sideways. You've got to get upwards of 45 degrees before the tractor becomes unstable. That's stationary stability btw, hitting a rock going across a slope can certainly bounce you past the tip point. Mowing up a slope is probably more stable then going across, for extreme angles. That's nice, sorta. What happens when you stop moving for some reason though? That's not fun. I've got a hill on the back of my property that's probably all of 25 degrees, with a total rise of no more then 20 feet. Going backwards down in because the bushhog bogged down is a lot more exciting then I like. Using the brakes certainly can flip it then as I go down. Darn hard to creep it down the hill backwards from a standstill. As far as the imposibility of flipping backwards because of the hitch, don't bet on it. The hitch doesn't have power down (something I forgot awhile ago when discussing towing logs). So it'll allow the tractor to flip to the limits of its motion without any restraint. At that point can the hitch catch and hold a tractor flipping onto its back? I doubt it. I expect things would collapse bend and break instead. Probably the single safest way to mow a steep slope is to not mow it at all. The next would be to mow it facing downhill. I guess sideways might be next, with straight up being the last way to do it. All based on my conjecture and think'n, which has been known to be wrong before.
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