I was told it is a bad idea...hold my beer!

[Tiptoo]

An Oil Accumulator might work for you

Auto racers use them as well as some hard core offroaders

Great for short periods of oil starvation

ones like Accusump claim 15-60 seconds of low pressure coverage (protection) before the sump needs to pick up more oil and recharge the accumulator.

They work good as pre lubers also to virtually eliminate start up wear.

Very interesting!! This might be the solution ^

 

[Tiptoo]

An Oil Accumulator might work for you

Auto racers use them as well as some hard core offroaders

Great for short periods of oil starvation

ones like Accusump claim 15-60 seconds of low pressure coverage (protection) before the sump needs to pick up more oil and recharge the accumulator.

They work good as pre lubers also to virtually eliminate start up wear.

Wonder if this would benefit the hydraulic oil too ....??

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

Tiptoo, I forgot about this, but reading your thread jogged my memory. Don't know if you have ever visited "Falling Waters" the Frank Lloyd Wright home.

My wife toured the house, I went on a walk about on the grounds. They have various trials through steep terrain and to divert the water, they placed (recessed) guard rail sections flat on the trail at a angle. Water comes down the hill, hits the channel in the guard rail and water gets diverted.

Figure if it is good enough for Frank"s land, good idea for others.

Yep, I have a couple of those (but without the actual metal guard rails) built into my long steep gravel driveway. Basically consists of an angled shallow ditch with a slight speed-bump below it. The angle is important. I consider them fail-safes in case of unusually torrential rains. Have worked like a charm so far.

 

[Budweiser John]

Watching this thread with a great deal of interest.

Water, sustaines all life, comes in three forms, and without proper control and engineering always wins.
I’m concerned about the possibility of future mud slides or erosion on your project knowing how much soil moves around in relatively flat central Michigan.

B. John

 

[ovrszd]

I say again,,,,, if your tractor will function at 45 degree slope it's the first I've ever saw.

Nice project.

 

[goeduck]

I say again,,,,, if your tractor will function at 45 degree slope it's the first I've ever saw.

Agree. 45 degree is a suicide slope.

 

[Tiptoo]

Agree. 45 degree is a suicide slope.

Sideways, yes, especially with loader in the air....straight up and down, no, especially with a box blade out the rear.

Now I've come dangerously close to hurting myself on my garden tractor while bush hogging some grassy slopes and losing traction. I've even slipped while hiking the property last year, fell a ways down, scraped myself up real good before almost breaking my arm on a tree that stopped my fall.

But I feel very safe on my tractor as I'm tucked in the gullies carving up a trail. Once I'm on an open ridgeline up towards the top....then I may have 2nd thoughts. I not sure of my plans there. Maybe back up with shanks on box blade extended and dragging, ready to dig in if I do lose traction

 

[goeduck]

Sideways, yes, especially with loader in the air....straight up and down, no, especially with a box blade out the rear.

Now I've come dangerously close to hurting myself on my garden tractor while bush hogging some grassy slopes and losing traction. I've even slipped while hiking the property last year, fell a ways down, scraped myself up real good before almost breaking my arm on a tree that stopped my fall.

But I feel very safe on my tractor as I'm tucked in the gullies carving up a trail. Once I'm on an open ridgeline up towards the top....then I may have 2nd thoughts. I not sure of my plans there. Maybe back up with shanks on box blade extended and dragging, ready to dig in if I do lose traction

I do not know what to say other than I hope you have life insurance for your family. Please reconsider working a 45 degree slope. Not trying to be an alarmist, I just think 45 degrees is suicide.

 

[4570Man]

I’d like to see you drive a tractor on a 45 degree hill. I don’t think it’s possible and certainly not workable. The only way I’d work 45 degrease is with an excavator and cut it level as I went.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The state highway mowers here mow across some banks that look to be at least 45°. You should see the marks where the tires slide down the hill. Scary.