Would you go up it??

[Robert_in_NY]

Looking at the trees, I think it is a pretty accurate photo of the steepness. It does not look too bad at all. As for the son leaning forward on the quad... I think that is more because he is going up the hill with a dead deer on the back rack rather than empty. He is trying to counterbalance the deer not the quad. How did no one else notice this? lol At least it sure looks like a doe on there to me...

That is what I said originally. If the atv can make it up with a 100 pound deer hanging on the "rear" rack then I would think a tractor could make it up rather easily as long as you didn't have a backhoe or something real heavy on the 3pt. If the hill was very steep I would have the deer on the front rack to help hold the front down better.I just think John is nervous with his new tractor and I don't blame him. Once he gets used to what it can do and where it can go he will be fine.

 

[johnk]

I have been riding a quad for 15 years and I always lean forward going up this section of hill. There is a section for about 150 feet that is really on a steep incline. I wouldn't even think about parking my quad and locking the brake to get off it and cut a tree etc in this area . If the snow ever melts re I'll get some pics and make the attempt when I get the tractor up there..I'm not too scared of too many situations but tis may really try my nerves. As you can see I am in my late 50's and not a lot of fear factor. This isn't the hill, it's just to show I have some garuncas!!

 

[johnk]

Thingy,

You don't have clothes warm enough to come up here. If you looked at this hill you would use your ground cable from your welder hooked to a winch to pull you up... Looks are deceiving..

 

[1bush2hog]

John - You were already going up the hill the way you were most comfortable, but that had to be murder on your neck. Are you concerned about the off camber or the tractor flipping over backwards? How does your son feel about driving the tractor up the slope? Not suggesting you let him be the guinea pig, but curious to hear his thoughts too.

Pictures usually flatten out a slope, so this must be pretty doggone steep. I have some pretty steep areas on my property too, and they were alot steeper when my tractor was new When going up my slopes, I put my tractor in 4wd, low gear, throttle up a tad, and use my foot pedal for more power if necessary. Keep any and all equipment as low as possible too. The main thing you don't want to do is stall out half way up the hill.

At the end of the day you know what you feel comfortable doing. Just do that. Age does make us more cautious.

I also think Eddie had some good points on re-routing your road to lessen the slope, as well as, control erosion.

Good Luck and be safe! Maybe Thingy will come up and show you how it's done

 

[scott_vt]

Good Luck and be safe! Maybe Thingy will come up and show you how it's done

Mornin 1bush2hog,
I doubt it ! Like John says its way too cold up hear for Thingy !

 

[JerryG]

John,
Like many have said, it doesn’t look that steep, but this is one type of thing that pictures don’t do very well. An off camber hill that is steep is one of the worse things that can be attacked by a tractor. If the hill is too steep and is off camber, the front end gets light and can slip to the down hill side of the camber. If it does that, it will turn over. Try to straighten the trail up. Can you get a straighter path up the hill between the trees in a different spot? If you don’t feel comfortable, DON’T do it.

 

[thingy]

John,us hillbillys are like all climate oil,or all terrian tires,or something?
Some of us would consider that area a nice homesite,,ready to build on.

Main thing is,if it don't feel right,don't do it,unless you have to,,,I go up some hills with my little 254 with 5 ft hog on back that you wouldn't want to park a 4 wheeler on,and you would lean forward,[probably not really needed,but most would],,don't have a loader but probally got about 400 lbs of weght on front end,,its never started to come up,,,but the areas are not sidling much,,that side ways stuff is where it gets scary,,I just let areas like that grow,,,but if it don't feel right,than don't do it,,,,,thingy

 

[johnk]

They have a new item at cabela's. Incineometer that reads the angle both ways up and side to side and even has a compass in the middle. Good price @ $19.99. Might pick one up and put it on my quad to see what that pesky angle really is. I had a tilt meter on my other tractor but never really looked at it as I was headed up backwards. I was too busy praying....

go to cabelas.com and when you get there, in the search part put 523067.

Seems like a good deal.

 

[dtd24]

Hard to say without actually seeing it. It seems to me I would go at it backwards, but that thought is based on the knowledge of my machine. Someone mentioned a winch. I think that would be a safe idea on the first try.

 

[Scrounger]

I've worked on some ATV and snowmobile trails over the past two years and I always go by my pucker factor. If you start to feel that the incline is too steep or the tractor starts to feel uncomfortable it normally is. I have a tilt meter, but I've found that my own self preservation instincts have kicked in before it did.

I've noticed that a seat belt and tall ROPS raised the level of nerve before the pucker alarm goes off.