boggen
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- Trivoli, IL
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- SSTT (Sideways Snake Tain Tractor) and STB (sideways train box) tractor, dirt harvester
everything below is about "pure traction" and getting more traction, some may or may not apply to all types of mowers/tractors.
--fill tires weight a fluid.
--add weight to oustide of tire rims
--add weight to rear of tractor.
--add weight to front of tractor
--swap out tires to R1 / AG / agriultural tires. or less small tires, then look at ATV / UTV tires.
--chains on tires.
--many times you can swap rims side for side (to keep same tread direction), but simply get a couple more inches of width of rear tires.
--pending on machine and tires. lower the air pressure in the tires. if need be toss some tubes in, and lower pressure more.
tires...
--there are wide fat tiers, R4 / industrial tires, and many times turf tires for tractors. these tires tend to set on top of the ground/grass and just spin out and get stuck.
--R1 tires, tend to be more pizza style tires in width. and end up sinking down through the ground and mud. and keeps on going. (more likely to make ruts on soft wet ground)
--some folks have went as far as adding "dully" to there mowing machine. (2 wheels side by side, on each side for rear tires)
AWD / 4x4 / MFWD more likely to keep you going.
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a tractor with FEL (front end loader), with a rotary mower on 3pt hitch, about only way a machine can back down the hills around lake. and then use the FEL. to help get backup the hill. more so when ya hit a wet spot, or a little rut, or rotary mower gets hung up on something.
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there are also "sickle mowers" were a bar flips out to the side.
there are some "pull behind mowers" for atv's/ utv's the mowers have there own engine on them. many of the have an "offset" abilty were you can adjust the tow bar, to swing the mower out to one side.
some folks have bought blades for rotary cutters to use them to cut grass, vs trying to cut larger taller weeds.
if hills are to steep, then you have self propelled brush cutters (larger meaner versions of a self propelled push mower for city folks lawns)
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sorry no direct help on any specific tractor. but maybe above some hints to look at, when looking at different machines.
--fill tires weight a fluid.
--add weight to oustide of tire rims
--add weight to rear of tractor.
--add weight to front of tractor
--swap out tires to R1 / AG / agriultural tires. or less small tires, then look at ATV / UTV tires.
--chains on tires.
--many times you can swap rims side for side (to keep same tread direction), but simply get a couple more inches of width of rear tires.
--pending on machine and tires. lower the air pressure in the tires. if need be toss some tubes in, and lower pressure more.
tires...
--there are wide fat tiers, R4 / industrial tires, and many times turf tires for tractors. these tires tend to set on top of the ground/grass and just spin out and get stuck.
--R1 tires, tend to be more pizza style tires in width. and end up sinking down through the ground and mud. and keeps on going. (more likely to make ruts on soft wet ground)
--some folks have went as far as adding "dully" to there mowing machine. (2 wheels side by side, on each side for rear tires)
AWD / 4x4 / MFWD more likely to keep you going.
===========
a tractor with FEL (front end loader), with a rotary mower on 3pt hitch, about only way a machine can back down the hills around lake. and then use the FEL. to help get backup the hill. more so when ya hit a wet spot, or a little rut, or rotary mower gets hung up on something.
===========
there are also "sickle mowers" were a bar flips out to the side.
there are some "pull behind mowers" for atv's/ utv's the mowers have there own engine on them. many of the have an "offset" abilty were you can adjust the tow bar, to swing the mower out to one side.
some folks have bought blades for rotary cutters to use them to cut grass, vs trying to cut larger taller weeds.
if hills are to steep, then you have self propelled brush cutters (larger meaner versions of a self propelled push mower for city folks lawns)
===========
sorry no direct help on any specific tractor. but maybe above some hints to look at, when looking at different machines.