Should I remove the FEL

[pat32rf]

Good point about the traction...I have some trails on our property that I can climb in 2wd but if I come down in 2wd the rears start to slide. Then the only option is to press the go pedal and when the rears are rolling OK then click it into 4wd and get off the go pedal again so the engine braking slows it down

 

[rdbrumfield]

Absoulutely leave that front loader on. Widen the tractor tires as much as possible if you are feeling light on the high side.
I have been on my side a couple of times by dropping into a sinkhole with a front tire. The loader frame will keep it from going on over. I did however go turtle up with a brushog on on a powerline right of way. The loader was about 2ft off the ground and it saved me some considerable discomfort. When the right front dropped I knew by the momentum that I was going over. With seatbelt on I tucked and held on. The loader kept the tractor off the front off the ground and the roll bar held up the back end. It left me plenty of room to crawl out. I would say without the loader on it would have cost me some bucks for frontend damage. As it was, i just rolled it back on it's wheels, checked the oil and went back to work. I had changed my exhaust to down and back instead of the normal straight up so I was lucky with that. This was with a 50hp JD.
I might add that I don't use fluids in my tires as I like to be light on lawns and such when tilling. With 4X4 I don't see the need.

 

[hdbikercouple]

just a thought, they where using it for hay. you mean bvaling it or running animals in it. if they baled it you should have no problem bush hogging it. anyways the tractors and equipment the farms use around here will filp over before my bx. just my thought.

 

[woodlandfarms]

I have often wondered why going downhill is always scarier than going up. I guess mechanically you have smaller tires, and tires that can change direction on the downhill, weight bearing side. But I bet the psychology of the situation plays more than physics. You are looking downward, no backrest to give you support, you are using your feet to keep you in the seat (yes you have a seatbelt on but I jam my feet into the floorboard / colum anyway).

 

[EastTexFrank]

Well, that looks "interesting" but no worse than my pasture. Luckily on most of mine I have a flatter spot to get turned round at the top and bottom.

Whether I'm using the B2400 or the GL4740, I always keep either the bucket or the grapple on. It just feels safer, especially when mowing forwards up hill for some reason. It makes working along fences and the like a little more difficult but I can live with that. I have a lot of trees to mow around so I do a lot of backing up the slopes too. When I do take the FEL off and run around the pasture the tractor feels like a completely different machine and takes a little getting used to.