Tractor Choice for Slopes

[Barleymow]

John deere are stable as hell, you'll do well to roll one!

Made differently to the sprayers then 7

 

[Cowabunga]

This is what happens when it all goes wrong. Literally pear-shaped due to different ground conditions to usual and, shall we say, sub-optimal.

Nobody physically hurt in above accident but very much shaken and shocked. So be careful out there.

 

[puppet]

Don't know where it started but that is less than a 36% slope

 

[Cowabunga]

Don't know where it started but that is less than a 36% slope

Slopes can be sneaky things and get you when least expected.

 

[Elpresidente]

Slopes can be sneaky things and get you when least expected.

Very true and ground conditions change a field completey, things like dry hard ground with dew or fresh rainfall can become deadly like ice virtually.

 

[Pilatus]

Put front and rear wheels out as far as practical, especially if going along banks sideways.
Be very, very, very careful turning on banks especially with a 3 point linkage mounted sprayer / fertiliser spreader when loaded, you can flick it over in a second
As said by others slick, greasy grass is particularly dangerous to drive on,on banks.

 

[David1968]

Taskers are relatively unstable things running on what is effectively a tripod. No thanks! Not on proper slopes.

Neighbour used to run a Tasker. The last memory I have of it was upside down at the bottom of a hill with a ton of fert scattered round. Tractor nowhere to be seen.

 

[cheggars]

Put front and rear wheels out as far as practical, especially if going along banks sideways.
Be very, very, very careful turning on banks especially with a 3 point linkage mounted sprayer / fertiliser spreader when loaded, you can flick it over in a second
As said by others slick, greasy grass is particularly dangerous to drive on,on banks.

Be carefull running in slopes on single wheels. Tyres sidewalls are under immense stress and can easily come off the rim.

 

[Pilatus]

Slightly off topic.
I am sure there was a TFF member whose avatar pic was a Track Marshall hitched to rotary muck spreader. Whether he used it because of the steep banks or wet ground I do not know, but it was a unique set up.

 

[box]

Front brakes are available on many brands and unless they have abs are of little if any significance compared to braking through the drivetrain.

With 4wd/drivetrain braking, what happens when the tractor slides away and one front wheel starts spinning backwards? I guess this probably doesn't happen anymore since (I assume) most modern tractors are equipped with a working front LSD.

 

[40 series]

Here I remember driving up a very steep tar road on a tractor with a heavy ish implement on the back. It was that steep I was leaning over the steering wheel. Steep fields ain’t for the novice

 

[gone]

Lindner is made for 40° slopes (or 60%). Don't know the pricing or how "old" are available though.

To get any sort of choice of secondhand Lindners, Austria or Germany would be the way to go, but if you really are looking for hill tractors they are a step above.

https://classified.fwi.co.uk/details/Tractors/Lindner-1600-a/6566522/

 

[Moors Lad]

think about using a towed taskers type spreader

As a youth I was pushed down a hill by a trailed fert spreader (2wd tractor in those days) and I`ve NEVER forgot it... I`d much rather have a 1 (x 600kg) bag mounted spreader and a tractor in 4 wheel drive any day....

 

[Kiwi Pete]

With 4wd/drivetrain braking, what happens when the tractor slides away and one front wheel starts spinning backwards? I guess this probably doesn't happen anymore since (I assume) most modern tractors are equipped with a working front LSD.

You take off like a bottle-rocket.... been there, got the T shirt.
If the old 7495 I used to operate had a front LSD it certainly didn't prevent that happening

 

[box]

That's my point. Proper front brakes will save you every time, 4wd braking is rubbish by comparison.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

That's my point. Proper front brakes will save you every time, 4wd braking is rubbish by comparison.

Almost every time!
I mean, nothing is foolproof.

However on numerous occasions I've had the front wheel spinning backwards with the Fusion giving us a shove.. how that's "of little if any significance" compared to having the front wheels braked at the hub, or having the diff lock control lock up both differentials, is quite a surprise to me after being in that situation many times .

I soon learnt to take the varios out of harvester mode and into stick mode, to reduce the likelihood of it breaking free in the first place, but big 600s on the front were the main "fault", too wide to really bite. Would have been a different machine on 480s.

A co-worker managed to put a Fusion upside-down and blow the front tyre off the rim when the 7495 let go on him & the baler brakes locked up, he got a fright that day

 

[CPF]

This has been shown before

 

[Wigeon]

I used to have a pasquali ergo alpine tractor, bit like the carraro mentioned above.

65hp, reverse drive, wheel weights etc. Theoretically great, but all I can say is if you find one for sale dont buy it!

You wont turn it over, but you will learn to enjoy fixing it. Never been happier than when it left the farm!

 

[box]

This has been shown before

I've always liked that one. I bet a fresh pair of undies were in order.....maybe a seat cover too.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

This has been shown before

"No money in half loads"

*checks his skats

"all good, we're full"