Thank you everyone for the advice.
I can’t recall the McCormick size but I want to say it is an mtx 135….. the case that handled it much better is a magnum not sure the number but a much bigger tractor. Sorry for the late response.
It’s a straight gravel laneway … lots of flat ground to stop once I’m at the bottom of the incline and no traffic to deal with. I’m just trying to avoid locking everything up and running rpms sky high or jack knifing and the wagon…. The last time I thought i was being careful and made all the...
Thank you for your reply! What happened the first time down the hill in this particular scenario, was just that, my wheels skidded and I believe my rpm’s were running much higher than where I should have had them … it was last year so I don’t recall exactly what I did wrong, but I made a mistake...
The 4 main gears are not power shift … The 3 within each of the 4 gears are power shift…. I took the same hill in a much bigger case tractor that was much heavier and it was a power shift, and it handled the hill just fine. But the McCormick you can really feel the load pushing the tractor down...
While hauling corn, i have 4 gears with 3 ranges in each gear. Nervous about travelling down hill. The last time i did i got lucky but it was very scary as i made some errors. Do i just throw it in 4 to assure that the tractor will be travelling as fast as the wagon is gonna push it? Is there a...