[Farmall] Tractor Safety and Slope

[Jim Hudson]

Super A and Cub with the engine on the lower side. Almost flat. running over something on the upper side are the left side dropping in a hole!!!!
  The Super C with the rear wheels slipped out can handle much much more slope.
  The old tractors have no rating for the slope they can handle. And different setups make all the difference in the world.
  Look at this URL  http://www.tractorbynet.com/articles/02tm.htm
"It is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Larry L Hardesty 
  To: Farmall/IHC mailing list 
  Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:40 PM
  Subject: [Farmall] Tractor Safety and Slope


  Farmall Tractor folks:  I am in the process of planning some major dirt 
  moving around my acreage in anticipation of leveling an area for a machine 
  shed for my tractors.   I have some rough land from which I to move a fair 
  amount of dirt and at the same time make it safer to mow, etc.

  Any suggestions as to what I could tell the dirt moving contractor 
  regarding the maximum degree or percent of slope to make so I can be 
  relatively safe with my tractors on it--going up, down, and across.  I 
  know this is a tough questions since it depends on my tractors.  All have 
  wide front ends.  I have two Farmall As with either a belly mower or belly 
  blade on them;  a Cub 154 with a belly mower; a Super C with front and 
  back blade, and (the toughest regarding safety) a Farmall 340 with wide 
  front end and loader.   None have ROPs.   No doubt if the ground were 
  perfectly flat that there are still safety factors...".nothing is fool 
  proof in the hands of a fool"....but what is reasonably safe?

  Thanks in advance. 

  Larry Hardesty
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