ponytug
Super Member
I think it is different strokes for different folks. I needed the slope mowing capability, but not a full blown slope mower, and the 1445 has the HP to climb the steep sections fully loaded. Terry talked me out of the 1430 for HP / slopes reasons. I have come around to really enjoy the HP.
Candidly, having the automatic brake was and is a huge plus around my slopes. I once missed a shift on an old Allis and nearly backed it into a creek gully that probably would have killed me. A rapid stomp on the brakes and a retry on the shifting got me out of it, but one wheel and axle were already past the lip of the creek edge.
The rain gauge said 2.5"; the buckets said more like four. Most of it seems to have sunk in, without too many washouts. The cows looked happy to be washed clean and fluffed, while the horse was happily wearing half the field. We are at the top of the hill, so no flooding here. Forty miles north of here got 12", sixty five miles northwest got 26".
Just the rate of rainfall was overwhelming for many areas; we don't get hard rain so nothing is built for it.
All the best,
Peter
Candidly, having the automatic brake was and is a huge plus around my slopes. I once missed a shift on an old Allis and nearly backed it into a creek gully that probably would have killed me. A rapid stomp on the brakes and a retry on the shifting got me out of it, but one wheel and axle were already past the lip of the creek edge.
The rain gauge said 2.5"; the buckets said more like four. Most of it seems to have sunk in, without too many washouts. The cows looked happy to be washed clean and fluffed, while the horse was happily wearing half the field. We are at the top of the hill, so no flooding here. Forty miles north of here got 12", sixty five miles northwest got 26".
Just the rate of rainfall was overwhelming for many areas; we don't get hard rain so nothing is built for it.
All the best,
Peter