Greetings, been awhile since i posted. I figured I would update this thread. I think I will be staying with the solid top link.
I think I had a near rollover this morning, we will never know since I didn't roll it, however, I think the solid top link played a big part in me not dumping it.
My wife walks the dog along a piece of right of way that over looks the highway near our house. Its very scenic. She asked me this morning when I was heading out to brush hog if I would knock down the stuff along the RoW some 8 ft tall ditch weed and thistles. to give her and the dog more room and to restore some of the view.
I have never mowed or even driven the RoW but in my times walking it I remember it being pretty much flat.
I was driving nice and slow using the FEL bucket to knock over the plants and the brush hog was doing a fine job of pulverizing them. I couldn't see the ground where I was driving into because of the density and height of the weeds. All of a sudden the tractor tipped about 3 inches down on the front left wheel and stopped moving. I took my foot off the forward pedal and at about that point I noticed the front left wheel was not in contact with any thing. I looked behind me and the left edge of the mower had dug in deep to the ground and the rear wheel and right edge were in the air.
I took a moment to think about my situation and decided the best thing to do was lower the FEL into the ground and try to back up, after disengaging the PTO. I was able to back up just a bit then got stuck again I had to raise the mow deck a bit to back out completely.
Anyhow, I think if I had a flexible top link, it would have enabled me to drive right into the hole as the mow deck would have probably just folded up rather than dig in.
