roll over?

[Nic Jeffries]

Anyway to tell how much of pitch, or incline, or slope, or however you want to say it, a 50 8n can travel sideways on a pond dam before it will tip, roll over, squash me, or however you want to say it? Wheels set at 48" or so. Not seeing anything in 3729-50-m. Typical five foot mower. You think wheels would slide first?

 

[Ky Hauler]

My response would be to stay away from pond banks. It only takes a small hole to flip a tractor operating on a grade.

 

[TheOldHokie]

(quoted from post at 17:57:44 06/11/10) Anyway to tell how much of pitch, or incline, or slope, or however you want to say it, a 50 8n can travel sideways on a pond dam before it will tip, roll over, squash me, or however you want to say it? Wheels set at 48" or so. Not seeing anything in 3729-50-m. Typical five foot mower. You think wheels would slide first?

If it's grass the wheels will "usually" slide first as long as the implement is lowered. That said once the wheels hit something to stop them - like a rock - sliding momentum tends to aggravate the issue and over it comes..... DO be careful.

TOH

 

[Devious]

I have been around constuction for yrs and seen front end loaders and backhoes etc on slopes and lots of times the will slide down sideways, if it is wet or muddy but most rollers are on dry surfaces. Devious

 

[old]

Driving side way on a hill on grass not all that much. The picture shows how one slide sideways and then hit that tree which saved the guys life. He was on about a 10-15% grade and slide and by the way it is a 1950 8N that had fluid in the tires

 

[John in Mich]

Local pond code here says no steeper than 1 foot of drop to 4 feet of run. I find that to be to my liking. If it is steeper, I stay away.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I cannot answer the question but I can tell you I have a ditch out front that gives me the heebee sheebee's everytime I mow it. I have also seen my neighbor mow it and it don't look as bad watching him as it does from the drivers seat. Got to use caution and listen to that inner-voice.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I cannot answer the question but I can tell you I have a ditch out front that gives me the heebee sheebee's everytime I mow it. I have also seen my neighbor mow it and it don't look as bad watching him as it does from the drivers seat. Got to use caution and listen to that inner-voice.

 

[Nic Jeffries]

Roger that Old. Thanks for the pics. NJ

 

[old]

I have posted those picture many times over the years and if it saves just one person a year from going to the hospital or even worse the morg I'll keep posting them

 

[corvetteguy]

Don't Ask

 

[Dave 2N]

When you feel that orifice in your posterior starting to tighten up, then you might be on too steep of a grade.

Stay away from ponds!

 

[Woodchuck]

If you need to cut the pond bank use a sickle bar mower that will work below horizontal. My Sperry/New Holland will do it. The other nice one is a Ferguson side mount. It will work below horizontal and youdon't have to twist around to look behind yourself to watch where it's going.

 

[Devious]

HEY Ponds and Cane poles and worms and an umbrella or a tree along with a cooler of whatever pulls your chain work just don t mmess with the steep part..

 

[Devious]

HEY Ponds and Cane poles and worms and an umbrella or a tree along with a cooler of whatever pulls your chain work just don t mmess with the steep part..

 

[Caryc]

I saw it in print somewhere that said you could drive a stock N sideways on a 45 degree slope. I don't know where I saw it.

I have a font end loader and always have either a brush hog or a box blade on the back. I would not want to test the 45 degree theory.

I think a good rule of thumb is, "if it scares you, listen to your good sense and don't do it". But then we all have those moments when good sense seems to leave the picture for some odd reason.

As one poster said, if you're watching some guy working on a hill it may not look too bad to you, but if you're sitting in that tractor seat, suddenly there is a whole different feeling.

Not like sitting in a car, when that tractor tips that metal seat tips with it and makes you very aware of it. Just don't get to confident in that theory that it's not really as bad as it feels.

Remember that on that hill there could always be a family of gophers that have a nice soft spot for one of your downhill side rear tires to suddenly sink into.

 

[Nic Jeffries]

Good advice friend. Just came in from mowing, ditch was OK, pond... I will just weedeat like I have been.