How do highway departments do this?

   / How do highway departments do this? #11  
At some point it seems that the equipment becomes less important than the experience and good judgement of the operator. It just blows my mind, driving past fresh mown right of way slopes that look impossible. Very humbling.
 
   / How do highway departments do this? #12  
The slopes im talking about are far more than 30 degrees and it defys logic how they can do this, up and down ok i can understand but going sideways is amazing. These are just standard looking kubota and deeres wirth 8' mowers. Theres no way i would even attempt that so i huess i would be fired ).

Im not saying I dont believe you, but without pictures, its hard to believe that a standard tractor is mowing sideways at "way more than" a 30 degree slope.
 
   / How do highway departments do this? #13  
The slopes im talking about are far more than 30 degrees and it defys logic how they can do this, up and down ok i can understand but going sideways is amazing. These are just standard looking kubota and deeres wirth 8' mowers. Theres no way i would even attempt that so i huess i would be fired ).
Measure one.
 
   / How do highway departments do this? #14  
a 6/12 roof pitch is hard to walk on even with shingles. And is pretty steep. Yet it is still under 30 degrees.

Get a cheap angle finder gauge from harbor freight for $2, and measure the slope and take a picture:thumbsup:
 
   / How do highway departments do this? #15  
Hard to understand how they do it, MDOT began experimenting with remote controlled mowers this year in some areas.
 
   / How do highway departments do this? #16  
Bigger tractors are wider so they are more stable, but they are also taller.

Heres a video I like of ROW mowing in Europe using some big Fendts with dual wheels.

 
   / How do highway departments do this? #20  
They have their rear wheels set all the way out. Ill bet youre seeing 30 degrees and judging more. Way more than 30 cross slope is out of the question. Up and down could do more ... probably a hard limit of 40.
larry

Thinking the same.. 60 degrees is quite a bit ..
 

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