Posted by oliverplow on January 25, 2022 at 07:17:30 from (162.249.103.135):
In Reply to: Mowing a slope posted by MattCatlin on January 24, 2022 at 19:23:00:
I farm on the hills in SEMN close to the Mississippi River and a lot of our hills are steeper than yours. You should be fine. I mow with a White 2-85 and back up where it gets steep. When the upper rear tire spins out, that's when I quit. We pull 18 ft chopper boxes that stand really high. It is important to turn up hill when possible. When I use a JD 7810 fwd with front and rear weights, that little tractor can get pushed around pretty good, but I've already gone sliding with the 8310. Some places get so steep that I don't even want to look back and see what's happening behind me. Last spring I notilled some beans for a guy and couldn't hold a JD 7430 mfwd straight on a sidehill because it was too steep. Just drive slow and turn uphill as others have said.
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