steepest slope

[Anonymous Poster]

Greetings

What model tilt meter would you recommend for a BX ---and where/how would you fix it?

Thanks

Michael

 

[Harv]

Michael -

I'm using two of the #25c's on my L2500DT -- one for side tilt and one for front to back incline. I've had them for over a year and they're working out just great:

I'm sure some the BX folks here can give you mounting suggestions, or you might just go ahead and give Rick a call at <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tiltmeter.com>R&B Manufacturing</A>. He's a great guy and will give you all the help you need.

 

[GlueGuy]

Yo Harv,

I'm surprised you used that meter for the front/back indicator. According to what I've read (and what I've done), you can go to at least 30 degrees front/back, especially if you're backing up hill. Lucy does this amount of slope pretty easily.

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>you can go to at least 30 degrees front/back</font color=blue>

You may be right, GlueGuy, but my pucker factor kicks in before I even get to 25.

Interestingly, I tried to follow my neighbor one time, and he toodled down steep slopes and made hilly turns like they were nothing. Now, he's driving a B2150 and I'm on my L2500, and when he dropped down a short, steep drop and hung a 90-degree right turn at the bottom, he left me behind. Besides puckering up on the drop, my bucket bottomed out at the bottom where the path leveled out, so I had to raise the FEL just as I started the right turn. The slope was about 20 degrees, so even with the left front on the flat I was getting a good 15-degree side tilt. With the raised bucket, I could definitely feel the right-side tires getting very light on the ground. Enough for me -- I backed out and took a longer, flatter route. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

My long-winded point here is that I was left with the impression that besides being shorter overall, the B-machine had a lower center of gravity than my 'L'. It wasn't just this one incident that led me to that conclusion, but it was the one that made me realize we had very tractors. I think I posed the question about C/G before on a different thread, but nobody came up with answers at that time.

At any rate, your point about the front/rear slope indicator is a good one, but the likelihood of me needing more range than the #25c offers is quite small.

 

[GlueGuy]

I hear ya Harv. Although I do go up/down relatively steep slopes, I surely don't turn on them. If I have to navigate, I take very slight turns, and sort of "zig/zag" my way across the slope. Had to do that a few weeks ago when pulling some fence posts for the next door neighbor. The fence runs across a fairly steep slope; not 30 degrees, but probably in the 20-25 zone. Certainly could not go sideways on that, but I could go down below the fence line, and back up to it fairly safely. I sure do understand the pucker factor though.