tilt meter on B7500

texblonigan · Nov 21, 2002

Does anybody have a photo of a tilt meter installed on the B7500? I want to find a good place to mount it that isn't gawdy.

lloydp · Nov 21, 2002

I haven't taken a picture yet but I mounted mine on the strip between the hood and the black plastic cover over the instrument panel. Just used the double sided tape that came with it. It has lasted 2 weeks and still seems solid.

My tractor is a B2410, but should be about the same.

Lloyd

ddl · Nov 22, 2002

for safety factors, keep it in the box and learn the limitations of your tractor

theboman · Nov 22, 2002

On my grill...UNDER it! Ain't got no pics but think about it. It's grill that came with a Woods 1006 FEL, on top the meter would get abused but between the front end and the grill it's lower than the top of the grill and still in the line of site.

B7500 · Nov 22, 2002

I mounted mine dead center on the crossover bar. The double-sided tape is so good that trying to "adjust" it removed some of the paint.
It's in clear view and does not cover any of my instruments.
-Terry

Anonymous Poster · Nov 22, 2002

ddl,

OK...this has been on my mind for while...

<font color=blue>for safety factors, keep it in the box and learn the limitations of your tractor </font color=blue>

How do you propose this is done? I have not figured out a way. My inclination is to roll the tractor and see when that happens...a few times...

But the tractor cost so much...I can't bring my self to do that!

So how do we learn the limitations without reaching them???

I really want to know...really...but don't think it is possible...

Bill in Pgh, PA

Buster57 · Nov 22, 2002

I live on a very steep hill as well. On an earlier post someone mentioned a protractor and a board to determine slope. This seemed like a pretty good idea for ballpark figures.
Unfortunately, no slope surface is perfectly flat. On my hills there are gopher holes, etcetera, all over the place and they will through off the protractor measurement for sure. Not having a clue what the incline is, I would sure like to borrow one of those tilt meters. For $50, I will probably get one.

GregJ · Nov 22, 2002

I just took a picture of mine on a B7500. I got mine to "regulate" my pucker factor. In other words, I use it to calibrate the "bubble" in my head. I have had a couple of instances where I have felt the tractor could go over, with a load or hit a bump, or whatever. After that happens, my "pucker" factor is doing overtime. I just need something to look at every now and then to make sure the tilt that I am feeling is real. There is no substitute for being able to know and "feel" your machine. I don't watch the gauge on slopes, I am too busy driving, but I use it periodically to help me verify what my head is telling me. For a new operator, I feel it is important to get this kind of feedback.

ddl · Nov 23, 2002

mount the tilt meter on a long 2X4 and lay the tilt meter on the slopes that you are wondering about. this way only the 2X 4 will roll down the hill if too steep. One once recongize that it is not the steepness of the slope but the sudden change in slope that will cause a rollover and the meter will do nothing to indicate this sudden change.
Dan L

ddl · Nov 23, 2002

you are talking about false safety. If you don't look at on the slopes, why have it at all. But you are right to say you are too busy when on slopes. If the meter had the ability to look ahead and give warning, then you would have a good device. A meter that indicates present time, it will be too late to react.

Dan L