DieselBound
Elite Member
Soil type/ground is something that you just have to adjust/live with.
I have two tractors, one an ultra-light B7800 and at the other an NX5510. Both are 4wd. I was able to operate the B7800 in more locations after adding ballast to the rear tires, but I will only go so far as to just start to have issues. I will, mostly, only look to go into a wet location in REVERSE, which is usually with a mower at the rear, the mower being my "feeler"- if I see the tailwheel digging in then it's time to stop and reverse course.
My B7800 has been stuck more times than I'd like to admit, though it's been several years since I've gotten it stuck. Getting the NX stuck isn't as "attractive."
I've used my NX to pull my B7800 out, and I've used my B7800 to help pull my NX out (though this was more to extricate a dump trailer that was getting stuck and pinning the NX from getting out from a dead-end).
I've only once gotten the NX stuck. Ballasted rears and all. It was just off my DRIVEWAY! Front wheels off the driveway and picking up a loaded crate of firewood. 4wd and ballasted rears couldn't compensate for the front sinking in and causing the rears to get light (as they brushed on the firm surface of the driveway). Dumped the load and STILL couldn't get out. Found out that pallet forks don't work as a bucket will to help push backwards with!
A loader can help get you out if you work it properly.
I swear, I could sink a D9 on my property: I've done this with a 9k lb excavator- it wasn't fun (fortunately I had firm ground nearby with which to use the services of my truck); larger excavators get nowhere near soft ground! Solution? Don't drive on very soft ground, no matter what equipment . And, in my case, operate in 2wd and use 4wd to get you out of trouble, not to get your further into wet areas. There are areas I mow only later on in summer, when the water tables have dropped sufficiently. I don't like rutting out the land: unfortunately I recently pushed my protocols and ended up doing just that- creating some nasty ruts
I have two tractors, one an ultra-light B7800 and at the other an NX5510. Both are 4wd. I was able to operate the B7800 in more locations after adding ballast to the rear tires, but I will only go so far as to just start to have issues. I will, mostly, only look to go into a wet location in REVERSE, which is usually with a mower at the rear, the mower being my "feeler"- if I see the tailwheel digging in then it's time to stop and reverse course.
My B7800 has been stuck more times than I'd like to admit, though it's been several years since I've gotten it stuck. Getting the NX stuck isn't as "attractive."
I've used my NX to pull my B7800 out, and I've used my B7800 to help pull my NX out (though this was more to extricate a dump trailer that was getting stuck and pinning the NX from getting out from a dead-end).
I've only once gotten the NX stuck. Ballasted rears and all. It was just off my DRIVEWAY! Front wheels off the driveway and picking up a loaded crate of firewood. 4wd and ballasted rears couldn't compensate for the front sinking in and causing the rears to get light (as they brushed on the firm surface of the driveway). Dumped the load and STILL couldn't get out. Found out that pallet forks don't work as a bucket will to help push backwards with!
A loader can help get you out if you work it properly.
I swear, I could sink a D9 on my property: I've done this with a 9k lb excavator- it wasn't fun (fortunately I had firm ground nearby with which to use the services of my truck); larger excavators get nowhere near soft ground! Solution? Don't drive on very soft ground, no matter what equipment . And, in my case, operate in 2wd and use 4wd to get you out of trouble, not to get your further into wet areas. There are areas I mow only later on in summer, when the water tables have dropped sufficiently. I don't like rutting out the land: unfortunately I recently pushed my protocols and ended up doing just that- creating some nasty ruts
