Re: Using three wheel tractors on side hills

Posted by casered on January 03, 2010 at 19:22:04 from (71.181.223.83):

In Reply to: Using three wheel tractors on side hills posted by Richardin52 on January 03, 2010 at 09:56:59:

I agree it is a matter of common sense. My family farms ground in central PA that is VERY steep in spots and have done so for 70 years with narrow front ends with no problems at all except for maybe one. I remember picking corn one nite about ten years ago with our M and a 327 New Idea 2 row picker with a 150 bushel gravity wagon behind it. Not a lite load to be pulling around with an M in slippery fields especially on a hill. I was going along the side of one of our steeper fields and had just turned from looking back at the picker snouts to check where I was goin and heard a crashing noise and suddenly the tractor started pulling VERY hard. I turned around to see that the wagon had rolled over from the steepness of the hill. I came to find out after some investigating it had hit a rock in the field and bounced the box enough to roll it. Since we only bolt oppossing corners on our gravitys and chain the other oppossing corners to let them flex on uneven terrain it was not hard to figure out how it got the extra kick to roll hitting that rock. The wagon was not even half full yet, so take it from there as to the severity of the hills grade.

Having told this story I will say that in my opinion if youre not comfortable operating your tractor on a hill by all means "DON'T DO IT". Better to error on the side of caution and stay uninjured just like the cowman said. Had the tractor hit the rock the outcome could have been very different.

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