There seems to be a certain opinion here that his trying to load the tractor by driving (forward) onto the trailer as opposed to backing onto the trailer may have been a primary factor in the tractor rearing backwards.
I am somewhat new to using tractors and wish to make sure that I don't engage in any tractor operations which are dangerous.
1. It wouldn't seem that driving onto a trailer would put the tractor at such an angle that it would tip backwards. I know that when they delivered my tractor they loaded it by driving forward onto the trailer. Most tractors that I have seen on trailers were loaded this way. Am I missing something here? Was there something unusual about his trailer and / or tractor that made driving onto the trailer such a dangerous situation?
2. I have a NH 2420 tractor (spec. sheet here -
http://www.newholland.com/FILES/tbl_s25SeriesText/PDFUpload290/1795/Boomer_Ut_specs_062708.pdf). For this tractor what would be a maximum incline that I could engage without putting myself into a dangerous situation?
3. I'm quite certain that I have had my tractor in relatively steep inclined situations such as a.) running my tractor up onto the pile of dirt I was dumping onto with my loader, and b.) climbing the tractor up over a ridge (embankment) to get out of the pit I was digging in. In case 'a' I was probably at about a 25-degree incline (just a guess).
4. How does having ballast (counterweight) on the the rear of the tractor affect the maximum safe incline of a tractor? For instance I can hang a 2200 lb ballast box on my tractor. Would having all this weight in the rear make the tractor more susceptible to rearing backwards (especially going up an incline / embankment)?
5. How does going up ramps onto a trailer differ from going up a steep hill (with or w/out a bushhog)? Here in the Arkansas Ozarks we don't have flat ground but we do have a bunch of steep hills you have to contend with.
6. I have seen tilt meters (such as these listed on TBN,
Redirect). What do you think of these?
