Land Leveling Suggestions

[Charlton John]

I am a failry new tractor operator (1.5 yrs.) I currently am planning on box blading and raking about 2 acres of my property to level it off and rip out the old cow pasture I have been mowing and replace w/ sod/grass. Some of these areas are on slopes which I at times feel a bit uneasy on. I was contimplating taking off the loader to do this work for more stability on the slopey areas. My question is do you feel taking off the loader and adding the box blade (roughly 400 lbs) w/ loaded R4's on my Kubota 2620 will then make this to back heavy to handle this work on the slopy areas?

Thanks!!!!

 

[jmfox]

Sometimes it is not the slope but the terrain. A little mound of dirt or rock can change things. Also there will be times when the box blade is up. You should be moving slowing while traversing any slopes. Because of the many factors that impact on safety there are no guarantees. Experience and good sense are helpful.

jmf

 

[dirtrod]

I too live on a very sloped property. I would leave the loader on to help hold the front down when going up the hills. Keep it low to the ground not up in the air. If itç—´ a steep slope try to do the work going down hill and find a less steep path to go back to the top. When scraping or using the rippers you can hit rocks, roots or anything else and it may snag you and if youæ±*e running up hill when that happens it will try to lift your front tires off of the ground, not desirable to say the least.

 

[Kernopelli]

Kind of a tough call. The others are right on about keeping the loader as low as possible, working up and down the slope, watching for holes bumps, etc. It is often hard to only work up/down though. I have a steep slope that I often have to side hill, going up/down in some areas isn't an option and with my tractor, I have to say that I am more stable without the loader on. When I do this, I usually put 200 -250LBS of weight on the front bumper and always have it in FWD. For me, that has always been a really good combination for traction and stability.

 

[LBrown59]

My question is do you feel taking off the loader and adding the box blade (roughly 400 lbs) w/ loaded R4's on my Kubota 2620 will then make this to back heavy to handle this work on the slopy areas?

You need to add weight to the front if you take off the FEL and add a Box Blade to the back.