Trev
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- Joined
- May 24, 2002
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- Location
- Williamson, NY (near Rochester)
- Tractor
- Currently tractor-less
<font color=blue>When you have trouble steering, do you lift the blade slightly so it is being carried by the tractor? or leave in float? Lifting slightly will add weight to the front wheels. Also, are you using the right and left brakes individually to assist the steering? That will help too. </font color=blue>
I did lift the blade a bit, but it really didn't seem to make much difference. Maybe I should hang those weights out there and see if that makes a big difference. However, I had no trouble the day before when I had all those sand tubes in the rear scoop. I'll experiment a bit. Probably will end up with chains if I have any more problems. The snow had packed down a bit, so now I was on something that was very close to ice.. not quite but close enough! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
BTW, I didn't have much trouble steering, really.. what I found was that where I was having trouble, it was because there was quite a slope of ice.. only extending about 20 feet. So I start pushing snow up it, and the whole tractor would slide sideways. I thought I was having steering problems.. but I think really I was just having traction problems and not quite realizing what was happening. The tractor didn't tip.. it just kept veering away from where I was aiming. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Thanks for the advice.. I'll keep you posted....
Bob
I did lift the blade a bit, but it really didn't seem to make much difference. Maybe I should hang those weights out there and see if that makes a big difference. However, I had no trouble the day before when I had all those sand tubes in the rear scoop. I'll experiment a bit. Probably will end up with chains if I have any more problems. The snow had packed down a bit, so now I was on something that was very close to ice.. not quite but close enough! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
BTW, I didn't have much trouble steering, really.. what I found was that where I was having trouble, it was because there was quite a slope of ice.. only extending about 20 feet. So I start pushing snow up it, and the whole tractor would slide sideways. I thought I was having steering problems.. but I think really I was just having traction problems and not quite realizing what was happening. The tractor didn't tip.. it just kept veering away from where I was aiming. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Thanks for the advice.. I'll keep you posted....
Bob