MF35 - sidehill safety

Posted by Chuck, WA on June 18, 2002 at 08:16:06 from (130.20.127.170):

I bought my first tractor, a MF35 diesel, a few months ago. I think both front and back wheels are set to maximum width. My land is gently rolling, so I haven't felt at all uncomfortable on the gentle sidehill areas. However, after recent excavation, I have a few areas where fill and excavation have resulted in some greater sidehills adjacent to pastures or lawn areas that I want to seed for grass, then, of course, eventually mow.

Since I'm pretty inexperienced, can anybody give me any pointers on use of my tractor on sidehills? Is there a rule of thumb that would give me a way to judge if I'm safe, or if I'm in danger of rolling? Does it depend on what I'm doing: just driving, blade work (pushing/pulling), disk, springtooth, spike harrow, bush hog, etc.? I use stabilizers on all the implements that I can, but for various reasons, they just don't fit on some, so in some cases, the implement does shift a little to the side. I also realize that some implements - like the disk I use - are heavier than others, or extend further to the back than others. I don't have any added front weight, so have already noticed that I have to be a little careful with the disk to keep the front wheels down, but of course, the disk itself limits how far I can rear up.

Being as green as I am, it doesn't take much sidehill slope to get me leaning uphill! :) But, I don't want to avoid areas that are perfectly safe because of my ignorance.

Thanks!

Follow Ups:

• Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Ray,IN 19:54:57 06/20/02 (0)
• Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Chuck, WA 07:09:00 06/19/02 (0)
• Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Poppin' Johnny 05:58:17 06/19/02 (0)
• Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Randy 18:55:56 06/18/02 (0)
• Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Hal/WA 14:49:05 06/18/02 (3)
  • Re: Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Chuck, WA 07:07:53 06/19/02 (2)
    • Re: Re: Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Hal/WA 09:51:27 06/19/02 (1)
      • Re: Re: Re: Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Chuck, WA 21:25:57 06/19/02 (0)
• Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Nolan 08:45:30 06/18/02 (1)
  • Re: Re: MF35 - sidehill safety Chuck, WA 10:19:34 06/18/02 (0)

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