TripleR
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- Missouri
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- Kubota M8540HDC, L5740HSTC, BX2200, BX2660, John Deere 425&1025R, Case, Massey Ferguson, Ford
There are no absolutes. On some bigger tractors, the percentage of weight is so small as to be inconsequential on many slopes. Most farmers never remove their FEL in my area and much of it involves operating on slopes.
As Roy says, ballast can be substituted for a FEL, but I almost always wind up using my FEL when bush hogging to move a log out of the way or to haul a little rock going to or fro, so I prefer to keep a FEL on my L5030 most of the time. My BX2660 scares the snot out of me with a FEL on a slope and will almost always take it off unless going straight up. My son in law has my old BX2200 and mows a pretty steep yard and he has never taken the FEL off and doesn't even use rear ballast; don't know how he manages, but he does.
The most stable hill tractor I have is a Massey Ferguson 375 with no front ballast, turf tires on the back and Ag's on the front. It will go just about anywhere, well when it's running...
As Roy says, ballast can be substituted for a FEL, but I almost always wind up using my FEL when bush hogging to move a log out of the way or to haul a little rock going to or fro, so I prefer to keep a FEL on my L5030 most of the time. My BX2660 scares the snot out of me with a FEL on a slope and will almost always take it off unless going straight up. My son in law has my old BX2200 and mows a pretty steep yard and he has never taken the FEL off and doesn't even use rear ballast; don't know how he manages, but he does.
The most stable hill tractor I have is a Massey Ferguson 375 with no front ballast, turf tires on the back and Ag's on the front. It will go just about anywhere, well when it's running...
