Operating on hilly ground. You level land guys are wimps!!

[Scooby074]

Pictures can be very deceiving. I run my BX sidehill on a 17-20* slope to mow my yard. In pics it looks quite mild depending on how the camera is held.

Some pics of my old Deere x540 on the slope

With the protractor on the tractor, this is about a 17* slope to the right

 

[gotrocks]

I hope it's alright to tamper with a pic posted by others.
This thread just got me to wondering.
So I took the original pic put it into a design cad and then
drew an exact horizontal line.

Then draw the line down one tree trunk.

Measure the angle and (what dose it prove? if anything)

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[LD1]

Pictures can be very deceiving. I run my BX sidehill on a 17-20* slope to mow my yard. In pics it looks quite mild depending on how the camera is held.

Some pics of my old Deere x540 on the slope

With the protractor on the tractor, this is about a 17* slope to the right

If my math is correct, 17* is about a 30% grade also.

I hope it's alright to tamper with a pic posted by others.
This thread just got me to wondering.
So I took the original pic put it into a design cad and then
drew an exact horizontal line.

Then draw the line down one tree trunk.

Measure the angle and (what dose it prove? if anything)

View attachment 225233View attachment 225234

It only proves that the tree is either leaning by that much, or the camera is tilted by that much, or a combination of both???

Since you already have that in CAD, why not use that horizontal line, and draw another line up the hill, and figure THAT angle?

 

[Scooby074]

If my math is correct, 17* is about a 30% grade also.

Yep:thumbsup: My yard ranges from 30-36% in the steep parts.

TAN (*) X 100 = %

 

[5030]

I contract ditch bank mow with my M9 for the township using a sidemount 9 foot disc mower and I've been on some ditch banks where the only way I'll mow them is with the mower extended BELOW the tractor direction, that is, me at the top of the ditch bank, the mower locked in the down position and my **** very tight.....:laughing:

you can't mow uphill-downhill. That is an impossibility. It has to be parallel to the ditch bottom which is usually filled with water and other assorted things I don't want to be in.....:laughing:

I have an acute sense of angle, especially in a high centered vehicle like a large frame tractor.

My other concern is oil starvation. Tractors are wet sump and no windage tray in the pan to keep the oil down in the sump. Extended operation at extreme angles could possibly starve the engine of lube oil.

 

[sweep]

It only proves that the tree is either leaning by that much, or the camera is tilted by that much, or a combination of both???

Guys;
1. I was joking about people on level land being wimps. It was supposed to be taken as tongue in cheek.

2. The camera was not tilted. IT WAS LEVEL

3. Guys operate on hills this steep, AND STEEPER, in my area. This is what they grew up with. You do what you gotta do.

4. The hill is actually steeper in real life. The photo actually made it look less steep.

 

[5030]

No matter what, it appears steep enough to make my **** pucker.....:laughing:

 

[gotrocks]

Ok here it is LD1.

 

[electrarc]

Hills, hills and more hills. Where can I get a tilt meter that goes over 25 degrees? I use a builder digital meter and a spirit level, no use when you are moving.

 

[sweep]

Ok here it is LD1.

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You are showing the right hand angle tilting to the left. The camera was level in that pic.


Do this pic with the trees on the right. Look at the other trees on the lft in the background - they are growing up straight.