Tiltmeters-Why Not?

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wichiwichi,

Speaking of ERNIEB, haven't heard from him for a bit. Hope our favorite Texas historian is doing well.

Al

 

[bubenberg]

am very sorry but i have to get in here too!@!!!!!@$@$!@!-

i have a hard time with this slope business, it seems that everyone in the USA is attempting to defy gravity not just on this sight but every other mowing, landscaping, atv and tractor site.

so far i have only seen one person to do the right thing. Mossroad went to his kohler dealer and bought the book to find out under other what the particular engine was rated for.

all the meters in the world, all the blast, the wider tires and every other darn thing mentioned by the hills side tractor engineers on this site and all the other aforementioned locations forget, that you are taking your life in both hands if your engine fails because of lack of lubrication.

not to mention the cost of rebuilding or replacing an engine due to lubrication failure. FORGET the warranties, the coloring of the engine to a trained engineer in case of lack of lubrication is very easy to detect.

then after you know what your engine is capable of as far as degrees or percentage of incline it is rated, maybe the time has come to add another thing to watch; rather THAN where you are going.

i defy anybody to come to my birthplace and work on the mountain sides to carve out a meager, living watching your inclination meter rather than where your going and you may not come out alive.

 

[Mosey]

Bird - “I did a very unscientific test by parking my tractor on an 18 degree side to side slope, got off and tried pushing it over to see if I could raise the wheels on the high side.”

I’ve been into 4-Wheeling pretty much all my life and I’ve wanted to try something like that with my Jeep for a long time. I don’t have the means to build what I would really like to try, which is a platform on hinges. It would be big enough to park a Jeep or tractor on it sideways and have a way to lift up one side. The vehicle would be secured with chains so it couldn’t slide or flip all the way over. Then, raise it up and see what angle the wheels leave the ground and the chain tightens up. I would love to know at exactly what angle my Jeep and tractor would start to go over. Once that is known, I could allow for the fact that a small hole or stump could increase the angle a lot and pick a reasonably safe angle.

I have a “Clinometer” from Steel Horse <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.autobarn.net/xxx79100series.html>http://www.autobarn.net/xxx79100series.html</A> that I swap between the Jeep and tractor (I have a mounting bracket in both and can just take the screws out of the side to easily move it from one to the other). I don’t currently drive the Jeep often enough to justify buying 2 of them at $25 each. They don’t come with a tractor logo, but that doesn’t bother me.

 

[ewoss3]

Mosey, my jeep cj-7 made it to 26 degrees before taking a tumble. it has 2.5 suspension lift, 33 inch bfg's, 6 cyl and automatic. that was with me sitting in it, the second time there were two of us and it made it to 31 degrees. wouldn't reccomend anything over 20 degrees at more than crawl speed.

 

[Mosey]

ewoss3 - That's good info to know! Right now my Jeep is stock, but I'm planning on lifting it 2" and putting on 33" BFG Mud Terrains (the new 10.5" wide ones).

The main thing the tilt meter has helped me with is notifying me of the change in angle when the low side wheel goes in a hole or the high side one goes up on a hump or rock. It's amazing how much of a difference this can make! Just eyeing the hill or measuring it with a protractor won't tell you about that kind of stuff.

 

[RanchMan]

If ya wanna talk about Jeep stuff /w3tcompact/icons/love.gif, start a new thread and I'll pipe in! LOTS of stuff you can do to a Jeep - some are worth-while, some are not, and some are a wash. I've had some experience with all three...

 

[Mainah]

Discount??? Shucks...ordered one just last week after reading som much about them on TBN....wish I'd read this post and mentioned it when I ordered LOL

 

[vongiese]

Mosey - does your clinometer work while in motion? Looks just like one in a toyota, but you had to stop for it to read accurately...looks like a nice dual guage for a good price.

 

[Slamfire]

I picked up an angle finder that non carpenter's use for figuring such things as end cuts on rafters for$4.49. Since it has a magnetic base I just set it on the tractor hood. Now when the tractor rolls over I'll be able to tell when I'm really upside down.

 

[Mosey]

"does your clinometer work while in motion?"

Yes, it works any time. Of course, if it's bumpy it's going to jiggle around some. If they made it respond too slow, then it wouldn't react to a rock or hole. It's still easy to read when I'm moving.