Which ones faster up hill Dk40 or Bull dog

[tpulley]

glad I got the dk45se. It slows a little bit going up some mightly steep hills between my house and my farm 3 miles away.

 

[MotorSeven]

That's a good response from Murphy it sure gave me a Sunday laugh , I would think the tractor should maintain an up hill speed without slowing down to a craw .

What kind of hill are we talking about? My driveway is around 60 degrees and I climb it in Med range. The paved road out front has some 10+ degree hills and I run them all in High range.

 

[phiferpharm]

Himm, I guess I got to go find a hill and see which is faster - should be a interesting race as Peaches ( whom I just got on Wednesday) came with accessories - seems she has a bun in the oven...

 

[northcreek2624]

My Dk40 gear tractor would blow the dew claws off of that Bully...just sayin'...Mike

 

[CJONE]

What kind of hill are we talking about? My driveway is around 60 degrees and I climb it in Med range. The paved road out front has some 10+ degree hills and I run them all in High range.

60 deg??? thats a cliff!!!

 

[MotorSeven]

60 deg??? thats a cliff!!!

I have to admit, I don't understand this "grade" thing. I see an 8% grade road sign and think....this is way steeper that what I think 8% should be. Your right though, from flat level I know I have some 45+ degree climb in the driveway. I really need to get a 10' stick and a tape measure to confirm.

 

[kraftykeltic]

I have to admit, I don't understand this "grade" thing. I see an 8% grade road sign and think....this is way steeper that what I think 8% should be. Your right though, from flat level I know I have some 45+ degree climb in the driveway. I really need to get a 10' stick and a tape measure to confirm.

8% grade is a rise of 8 feet in one hundred feet. Or a drop.

 

[3rdtime]

Our dk 55 on the road in high range 4 gear dies right down to nothing. You have to shift or the snails will pass me .. I just dont understand the thinking of the gearing. I never go into low range. Its terrible slow. Grass grows faster.

 

[MotorSeven]

Ok, curiosity is killing me, so I took a class on driveway calculations(youtube). A 10'stick of EMT, magnetic level & a tape measure. I'm at 31" in the steepest part, so 31 divided by 120(length of the EMT gives me a .258333, or rounding up a 26% grade. Y'all were right, I was {cough} wr...wr....wr o n g

 

[k0ua]

Ok, curiosity is killing me, so I took a class on driveway calculations(youtube). A 10'stick of EMT, magnetic level & a tape measure. I'm at 31" in the steepest part, so 31 divided by 120(length of the EMT gives me a .258333, or rounding up a 26% grade. Y'all were right, I was {cough} wr...wr....wr o n g

It takes a confident man to admit he made a mistake. I need to measure my driveway slope. It is bad, but it is not near 45 degrees or 100% slope. But I tell you what, you can step on it in the wintertime and find yourself 100 foot away at the bottom in a heartbeat. And when it has gravel on top of it in the summer, you can fall on your keister and roll to bottom just as easily.:shocked: The best way I know to navigate it is in a vehicle, and a 2 wheel drive truck will not go up it backwards, that much I can tell you, unless it is properly ballasted.

James K0UA