tilt meter on B7500

[texblonigan]

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]

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]

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

 

[theboman]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Mike_Dumond]

I don't think anyone said to look at the tilt meter only. I think Greg summed up the operating with a tilt meter question pretty well.

I've got one and I use it to adjust my pucker factor when needed. Although it's just my opinion, it is shared by many.

You just have to remember that it isn't the holy grail of slope estimation, but it is a pretty good tool.

 

[OrangeFloyd]

Wouldn't the Tilt Meter be a decent tool for rough-grading? Should give you a pretty good feel for this process I would think.

-OF

 

[theboman]

I put mine on the botton side of the top of the grill. I have pic somewhere ... I'll look for it.

 

[theboman]

pic 1

 

[theboman]

pic 2

 

[theboman]

pic 3

 

[PineRidge]

How about a picture of one mounted on a 40 HP New Holland? Easy to see, yet out of the way.

 

[chrisjbell]

No pic to add, but a comment (can't help myself sometimes /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif)... I have tilt meters on both my Kubota and my little JD lawn tractor. For both machines I drilled a hole in the hood and mounted them right in front of me where I can see them all the time.

It is true that they don't predict the future, but I find them quite useful when I start to get nervous about the way the machines "feel". (Yes, I do take my JD on slopes - can't really help it where I live.) I take it nice and slow on slopes, but it really is the gopher holes and rocks on the upside that will cause a tractor to flip.

When I'm getting concerned (pucker factor rising), I look at the tilt meter and figure how much leeway I have - if I'm close to the limit then I figure that I'd best not proceed 'lest the unforseen hole or rock push me beyond said limit. So while they will not prevent a rollover, I think that tilt meters are a useful tool in trying to anticipate one and avoid it. If you know you are already on a 20 degree slope and that there is rough terrain ahead, that is useful information that can help you figure out your next moves.

OK, so I'm a fan of 'em. Must admit it. And I haven't rolled a tractor...yet /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.

 

[theboman]

Yeah when I feel the pucker coming on I play close attention to the Tilt Meter.