Tractor stability going uphill vs. down

[rfc143]

Thanks for all the input. After further consideration, I've decided to move to Kansas.

 

[k0ua]

Thanks for all the input. After further consideration, I've decided to move to Kansas.

Well, can't say that I would blame you. I deal with these issues every time I operate my tractor. Yes I have taken the 0 chit ride to the bottom of the hill more than once and on more than one tractor. It happens. When I moved here from the flat lands I sold my tractor as I didn't think I could operate a tractor safely here. BUT I missed it so much I bought another tractor and that was 3 tractors ago. I have learned much, and I am still alive.

 

[FTG-05]

Thanks for all the input. After further consideration, I've decided to move to Kansas.

I don't know about that. Kansas has some pretty mean hills.

Here are some Walrus Breeding Tanks going over a small pass in KS back in the early 2000's. Seems like some pretty decent slopes there.....

 

[rfc143]

I don't know about that. Kansas has some pretty mean hills.

Here are some Walrus Breeding Tanks going over a small pass in KS back in the early 2000's. Seems like some pretty decent slopes there.....

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Ya; You're right; My bad. "Kansas is flat as a pancake". It's not. So let's go with THE flattest state in the union: Florida. Although I guess there're sink holes. But if you go into one of them, it's not going to matter if you're in 4 wheel drive or not; if you have loaded tires or not; if you have weight on the front, back or in between.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't know about that. Kansas has some pretty mean hills.

Here are some Walrus Breeding Tanks going over a small pass in KS back in the early 2000's. Seems like some pretty decent slopes there.....

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First we learn Kansas has hills and now we learn they have Walrus, too!

 

[AxleHub]

First we learn Kansas has hills and now we learn they have Walrus, too!

And that Florida is the flattest state. . . . Here I would have guessed Nebraska.

 

[4570Man]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the 3pt can be pushed up- the tractor does not lock the 3pt or push down on it. So an implement on the 3pt won't prevent the tractor from flipping over backwards. But the loader can push down so the bucket would help prevent flipping over the front axle. I have a steep road with stuff at the top that needs chipping. I've been waiting for the road to dry but my plan is to back up it in 4wd with the loader bucket near the ground. The 1000lb chipper on the back should help too.

Its very unlikely to happen. Usually it's the tractors power rotating it backwards on the back axel. Once the implement hits the ground and the lift bottoms out it breaks your traction and moves the pivot farther back.

 

[CalG]

I don't know about that. Kansas has some pretty mean hills.

Here are some Walrus Breeding Tanks going over a small pass in KS back in the early 2000's. Seems like some pretty decent slopes there.....

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Can you pleas tell me where in KS those mountains in the back ground are located?

Colorado maybe?

 

[MossRoad]

The lowest point in Kansas is 679 feet above sea level.
The highest point in Kansas is Mount Sunflower at 4039, just east of the Colorado border....
Doesn't look too mountainous....
Perhaps he was mistaken...

Sources:
Kansas Base and Elevation Maps
Mount Sunflower - Wikipedia

 

[k0ua]

That Mt Sunflower looks like good tractor country to me...