Mowing Nervous about mowing this hill with my new BX1870

[JWR]

I have some steep slopes. I find that backing up in 4WD without FEL and with belly mower allows me to get all the way up without ever feeling unstable.

I also find that (even with a FEL on) using a 7ft bush hog, I can can back up a very steep slope and feel more comfortable doing it than I can going forward up it in many cases. I think part of it is concern about starting to spin and what you do when you can't go further. For sure the comfort comes largely from being able to simply hit the clutch and brakes and let myself slowly back down going forward out of the brush on a very steep slope. I am also amazed how much traction and what a steep slope can be climbed in 4wd in reverse.

 

[hillsandtrees]

Cutting grass with the FEL installed is more of a PITA than it's worth in my opinion...Just one more thing to watch out for...Plus the addition of the top side weight.

Bowled over a couple of shrubs the one time I mowed with the FEL on the BX. Also under the impression that it puts a lot of load on the front axle when mowing with a bit of speed.