Traction Using a Tractor on Mountain Property

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT as long as the ROPS is up. With ROPS down, then no seat belt. ALMOST every death from a roll over is from jumping off. The ROPS is designed to save the operator with his seat belt on. All you have to do is see or know of someone that tried to jump and died and you will change your mind REAL QUICK about jumping off. SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.

Ag safety guy said 99% of tractor rollover deaths are from no ROPS or no seatbelt. If you rollover and have ROPS + seatbelt = only 1% chance of dying.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Thanks so much! You may have saved my life. I know of three tractor deaths, no one I knew personally...friend of friend. So far I take it slow and easy. If it doesn't feel right I'd rather be a live chicken.

 

[Jstpssng]

Ag safety guy said 99% of tractor rollover deaths are from no ROPS or no seatbelt. If you rollover and have ROPS + seatbelt = only 1% chance of dying.

Your first instinct as it starts to go over is to jump clear, because at first it isn't tipping very quickly. Once it gets to a certain point though gravity takes over and then things happen fast.
A former boss told me that long ago after he tipped over a forklift while loading it onto a truck; he wanted to jump but knew better so just held on and rode it down.

 

[rd_macgregor]

I don't want to stray too far afield and hijack this thread, but I wonder how much protection a folded ROPs provides the operator (it must still be some). I see so many folks mowing, or whatever, with ROPs folded because it was too much trouble to raise it after coming out of the garage...I have a cabbed tractor (and no garage) so not a temptation for me.

 

[millsan1]

I don't want to stray too far afield and hijack this thread, but I wonder how much protection a folded ROPs provides the operator (it must still be some). I see so many folks mowing, or whatever, with ROPs folded because it was too much trouble to raise it after coming out of the garage...I have a cabbed tractor (and no garage) so not a temptation for me.

I am going to go with "almost none".

ROPS are constructed as an arc, with the arc taking and distributing the load. Down, all you have is two posts, which provide no lateral stability. Basically, if you roll, the posts would just fold over from the sideways force, before they could provide protect from "above".

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

I am going to go with "almost none".

Trying to picture rolling with the ROPS folded.....

Hey Millsan1, I seem to remember earlier in this thread you had a Kubota that you seemed to love, and now you have a Mahindra. Curious what happened!

 

[majorwager]

Girl.............tractor

Glad you have a tractor.......you have become an accomplished contributor. Ask you check post 132. Front and rear tire sizes reversed.?

Husqvarna question. I am cosidering a mower, model # eludes me at the moment, 24 hp Kawasaki, auto locking differential, 54" clear cut deck, fabricated, believe axle is K-66. What is you impression of that machine.??


Note: Typical liquid ballast is 75 percent. For sloped terrain, 50 percent seems more logical in consideration for tractor gravity center. Are wheel weights available for your tractor? 16" tires have limited liquid volume capacity,

Also never really considered backing up a hill? Guess I had sufficient experience w/ backing, using a rear mount snow blower for 25+ years. Mowers designed to intake vegetation at front or mower, not the reverse?

 

[millsan1]

Trying to picture rolling with the ROPS folded.....

Hey Millsan1, I seem to remember earlier in this thread you had a Kubota that you seemed to love, and now you have a Mahindra. Curious what happened!

I had a BX 25 and did indeed love it. Great little machine. Problem is, the key word is "little". I didn't buy enough tractor when I bought it.

Went shopping in the Mahindra 2500, Kubota MX and Deere 3000 lines.

Ruled out Deere pretty early.

Came down to an MX and my 2538. MX was a bit beefier, but the Cab sold me. New machine can do a lot more work, and is a better fit for my needs.

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

Girl.............tractor

Glad you have a tractor.......you have become an accomplished contributor.


Ask you check post 132. Front and rear tire sizes reversed.?

Yes they are. Oops.

Husqvarna question. I am cosidering a mower, model # eludes me at the moment, 24 hp Kawasaki, auto locking differential, 54" clear cut deck, fabricated, believe axle is K-66. What is you impression of that machine.??

My old Husq (2009) is a beast; the new one (2016, biggest one they make) is much stronger but has been extremely unreliable. Keyless ignition was a mistake, for one thing.

Note: Typical liquid ballast is 75 percent. For sloped terrain, 50 percent seems more logical in consideration for tractor gravity center. Are wheel weights available for your tractor? 16" tires have limited liquid volume capacity,
Dealer frowned on the idea of wheel weights (he frowns at a lot of the things I say ).

Thank you, I am learning every day.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I had a BX 25 and did indeed love it. Great little machine. Problem is, the key word is "little". I didn't buy enough tractor when I bought it.

Went shopping in the Mahindra 2500, Kubota MX and Deere 3000 lines.

Ruled out Deere pretty early.

Came down to an MX and my 2538. MX was a bit beefier, but the Cab sold me. New machine can do a lot more work, and is a better fit for my needs.

I'm wondering why you ruled out JD 3000 series quickly. I bought a new 3038 with FEL, backhoe, Bush hog, auger, grapple, boom,etc. and like everything about it.
Just curious.