F3080 MOWING ON HILLSIDE VIDEO

[JOHNTHOMAS]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT0EfGRS3O6GVM2xsU_V19g They are on You Tube. So strange how in video the steepness can't be seen like it really is. It looks like a gradual slope but it isn't. Wife does good but she tried to level me some which sort of defeated the incline. Any way, this is what you get if you want to watch them. One is just grass growing.

 

[jcummins]

Researching slop mowing, I've found that problem repeatedly about the true slope simply doesn't reveal itself in videos. A clue is the way you are sitting on the mower.

Do you have an idea what degree your slope is?

 

[Scooby074]

That F sure holds the hills!:thumbsup:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I'm going to get an angle meter and see if I can measure the slope. I have it, I just have to find it.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Here are pics of degrees tilt meter in front of house and on the side going up on the drive way.

 

[jcummins]

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Here are pics of degrees tilt meter in front of house and on the side going up on the drive way.

Yes...for a yard that is steep.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Yes...for a yard that is steep.

That's the same thing I think when I mow it.:laughing:And walk down it to try and get pics of a tilt meter. It's really steep to walk down or up it. Lots of leaning and side walking.

 

[Dan W]

That's the same thing I think when I mow it.:laughing:And walk down it to try and get pics of a tilt meter. It's really steep to walk down or up it. Lots of leaning and side walking.

Nice videos John thanks, watched them all, this is a very good demonstration of the F series ability to handle side-slope mowing without sliding sideways. Thank God for armrests and seat belt on the F3080. You’re fortunate that you rarely experience snow, getting up to your home from the street would be a chore on a snow-covered driveway…
Dan

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Nice videos John thanks, watched them all, this is a very good demonstration of the F series ability to handle side-slope mowing without sliding sideways. Thank God for armrests and seat belt on the F3080. You’re fortunate that you rarely experience snow, getting up to your home from the street would be a chore on a snow-covered driveway…
Dan

It is a chore when we have the occasional snow but light snows are usually melted off by noon. Going down is also a delight in snow. Telephone pole right at the very bottom of my drive way across the street.

 

[RaydaKub]

It is a chore when we have the occasional snow but light snows are usually melted off by noon. Going down is also a delight in snow. Telephone pole right at the very bottom of my drive way across the street.

That's to help you stop, John....

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

That's to help you stop, John....

A couple of years ago I'd bought a new truck. Concrete drive to blacktop street left a couple of inches drop sooooo I bought a bag or 2 of blacktop patch and drove the new truck down, roured the blacktop patch on the edge and was going back up to the house. Decided I needed to drive over the patch a few times to pack it down. So back and forth a few times and WHAM!!! Guess I'd backed into that aforementioned telephone pole.:ashamed: Anyway, damage done so hoped bumper absorbed the shock. Well bumper would have absorbed the shock if it had been the object that hit the pole buuuuut it wasn't the bumper, it was the tailgate which did absorb the shock/impact but with a depression where it had been flat across the top of the tailgate before I started the project but with a swag in the top of the tailgate after the project was finished. Smile now because ethe truck is long gone but did give me a reason to buy some body work tools to try and pull that dent back out which I did to some extent but still visible. Live and learn or dent and learn.

 

[Karl Hibbs]

Hi John, In the video what shade canopy do you have ? is it fiberglass and sold by Kubota. I just had a 3680 delivered last night and it got a little hot in the sun while mowing. what canopy would you guys recommend.

Karl

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Hi John, In the video what shade canopy do you have ? is it fiberglass and sold by Kubota. I just had a 3680 delivered last night and it got a little hot in the sun while mowing. what canopy would you guys recommend.

Karl

It's fiberglas, bought from Barlows the Kubota dealer here in Somerset that sells all over US and it was around $350. This is the one I buy for all of my tractors/mowers that get much sun exposure to protect my head.

 

[TailDragon]

Karl, glad to hear from another F owner. What deck and size? Any options like the snow blower? There have been several threads on the virtues of the F series ( and other front mount mowers).
I have aluminum canopies on two tractors (non Kubota) which are nice when the sun is overhead , latter in the day it will get you.
Welcome to the forum. We need more help converting/convincing others of the benefits of the mighty F3680 and it's lessor brothers (sorry J.T.).

 

[Karl Hibbs]

TailDragon, I got the kubota 72" deck with side discharge. no other options. I am still learning about it ,just got it on 7/26/13. so far I am impressed with its ability to get into and around objects that I had to by hand (trimmer). The other small thing is the lack of noise like my Gravely G-24 with a 72" deck, that thing requires hearing protection. what brand are your canopies and how do you like them.

Karl

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Welcome Karl.:thumbsup:
Having an issue with my "Little" F and the rear tires not always turning with the steering wheel. Can you please sort of be on the look out with yours to see if it ever does the same thing. When you wildly steer in one direction and throttle it and it doesn't go the direction you thought it should. I'll attach the other thread so you can read it up to this point .F3080 wheels don't turn with steering wheel....sometimes. Anyone else??? - Page 3
You've entered a new world of mowing which I'm convinced you'll appreciate.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

To help a flat lander see the value of 4wd.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Degrees of slope for sliding Z.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-lawn-garden/335199-z122rkw-just-caught-my-attention.html

 

[jcummins]

Degrees of slope for sliding Z.

Degree of slope for a Z crabbing the hillside. Pucker increases if water at the bottom.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Degree of slope for a Z crabbing the hillside. Pucker increases if water at the bottom.

Trees also influence the pucker factor.