Shmudda
Gold Member
I'm new to the compact tractor scene and have about 15 hours on my BX24. Spent the last (2) weekends digging out some Tree of Heaven stumps and moving some dirt around with the FEL.
Today I was moving some dirt away from the side of a stump excavation and somehow got sideways on a small hillside grade (25-30%) with a completely full bucket of dirt. At one point I actually felt the machine go up on two wheels and I quickly dropped the bucket to the ground (it was only up about a foot anyways) and it stabilized the tractor and brought it back onto all four tires. Needless to say I was a little surprised at how unstable the machine was on that slight grade. I have been around various equipment and machines all my life, from ATV's, small lawn tractors, track excavators, track hoes, but never a small compact tractor such as this.
I know one thing, I will never get sideways on a grade like that again with this tractor! Good lesson learned I can tell you that!
Anyone else ever experience this with a machine of this size before??? Regardless of size are all tractors this unstable???
Craig
Today I was moving some dirt away from the side of a stump excavation and somehow got sideways on a small hillside grade (25-30%) with a completely full bucket of dirt. At one point I actually felt the machine go up on two wheels and I quickly dropped the bucket to the ground (it was only up about a foot anyways) and it stabilized the tractor and brought it back onto all four tires. Needless to say I was a little surprised at how unstable the machine was on that slight grade. I have been around various equipment and machines all my life, from ATV's, small lawn tractors, track excavators, track hoes, but never a small compact tractor such as this.
I know one thing, I will never get sideways on a grade like that again with this tractor! Good lesson learned I can tell you that!
Anyone else ever experience this with a machine of this size before??? Regardless of size are all tractors this unstable???
Craig