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Originally Posted by Foozle
My tractor manual says to always drive "backwards" up steep slopes rather than driving up them in "forward." Do people do this in practice?
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I have ... well, no experience with tractors and just got a Kubota BX 24 last week. My lot has a pretty good hill up by the road. I was taking the tractor to put it in the garage for the first time which involves going up hill. It felt weird and did not feel right as I started going straight up. I flipped around and backed up and it went fine once in 4wd. Not sure if it was overly cautious but wrecking a new tractor the first week is just the sort of thing that would happen to me. So yes, some people, do back up a steep hill.