I also remember pulling a FULL gravity box of cob corn up a sharp hill with a gravel driveway and trees on both sides. This was at a field I rented close-by the farm. I was 2/3 the way up that hill when the rear wheels began to scratch and loose traction on my SH. I was screwed ! The wagon surely out-wieghed the tractor, and if I stopped it would drag me back down the hill and jack knife into the trees. No way to continue up the hill either. So, I let her dig two big holes in the driveway with the rear tires using the foot brakes to alternate and dig even type holes. I let it dig til the drawbar was almost on the ground.That allowed me to hold the load with the brakes and engine compression. I walked home and got another tractor,a cable, and the wife, and hitched em together to get up the slope. I didn t fill the wagons full after that episode !
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