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How steep a hill can I climb?

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Georgia Boy

09-05-2005 10:36:44




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I live in a sparsely populated neighborhood where the main road in climbs a pretty steep hill for about 800 feet, as steep as allowed by the county engineering department. I have been afraid to go down the hill on my newly restored Farmall A because I wasn't sure I could get back up, with a gravity feed carburetor. Am I fretting over nothing? Would I be fine, since the fuel sediment bowl would still be higher than the float?

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Janicholson

09-06-2005 06:42:25




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Georgia Boy, 09-05-2005 10:36:44  
If this is an engineered road, and passable with cars and pickups, to get to your property, and!!!!!if your brakes are good enough to slide the tires (and they should be) there is no doubt that the tractor can make it. If you try making it in high gear from full speed at the flat on the bottom of the hill, do so only after practicing stopping and shifting to a lower gear on the first fifty feet of the hill. You don't want to "practice" 2/3 of the way up.
Be safe. Jim Nicholson

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Nebraska Cowman

09-06-2005 05:24:06




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Georgia Boy, 09-05-2005 10:36:44  
It makes no difference where the sedemnt bowl is as long as the fuel in the tank is higher than the carburetor. If other vehicles are using this road you should be fine. One thing I keep telling the Little Cowman, whatever you do on a hill, ALWAYS LEAVE THE TRANSMISSION IN GEAR AND DON'T PUSH THE CLUTCH IN. Old tractor brakes don't always hold and as long as you leave it in gear the engine compression will give you at least some degree of braking and help you to maintain control.

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Hugh MacKay

09-05-2005 13:40:50




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Georgia Boy, 09-05-2005 10:36:44  
Georgia Boy: Are cars and pickup trucks climbing this hill? Unless the Farmall A is low in gas, it will climb the hill if cars and pickups are.

Now it does take a bit of commons sence, no speed shifting, no sudden starts or stops and be sure you are in the gear that will climb the hill. Last but not least, make sure you have enough front end weight so that front end stays on the ground.



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lee

09-05-2005 12:26:53




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Georgia Boy, 09-05-2005 10:36:44  
Attempting to climb too steep of hills can be very dangerous. There are those who will say that's how folks learn to drive tractors. Think about it. What happens on a steep hill when your tractor has no more climb left in it? It's not something most have thought about or prepared for. Perhaps the engine bogs right down and nearly quits. Maybe you can jump off at the instant the thing stops forward motion. If you press in the clutch you better hope you can stop the tractor on the hill with the brakes. Most tractors don't break real well going forward let alone backward. The brakes may not work at all in reverse. Then what? Throw it in reverse and back down? Let the clutch back out? I doubt that's a good thought. Maybe the engine has the power but you don't have enough traction. Wheels just start spinning. Perhaps you can break left or right wheel to gain traction. If the front don't come up and over you may have time to jump off. There just aren't many good options when a tractor stops forward motion on a steep hill. It's going to be a panic no matter how you do it. Perhaps others have good ideas on what to do.

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Bill in NC

09-05-2005 14:27:11




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to lee, 09-05-2005 12:26:53  
Lee raises good questions. I'd put a disk harrow or plow on the back to be available to drop should the tractor bog down or quit. There's been numerous times when dropping an implement to the ground got the situation back in control. However, putting a heavy implement on the back makes the front end lighter, so like Hugh suggested, putting weight on the front wheels is a good offsetting idea. Here again, should the front end raise up, droping the rear implement puts the tractor back into control. I've done the same thing when on a side hill and things were getting scary. Dropping a disk harrow to the ground goes a long way towards getting the center of gravity down, putting "sponsons" down and safely stopping or slowing the tractor. Come to think of it, some form of hydraulically lowered system would make a neat "active" control system for tractors sort of like the new active control systems I've read about on several high dollar cars.

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The Little Train That Cou

09-05-2005 12:19:24




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Georgia Boy, 09-05-2005 10:36:44  
Just keep telling yourself: "I think I can, I think I can!" It worked for me.



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old

09-05-2005 10:49:06




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Georgia Boy, 09-05-2005 10:36:44  
Well as long as you have enough gas in the tank it shouldn't be a problem, but if to low it could be. Been there done that more then once and its not fun lol



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Walker Dogs

09-05-2005 10:44:47




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Georgia Boy, 09-05-2005 10:36:44  
My Granddad taught me a time that if you ever get in a bind like that just back up the hill. Just wave and smile as your neighbors drive by. Good Luck



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brainerd dave

09-05-2005 10:53:19




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Walker Dogs, 09-05-2005 10:44:47  
Grandpa was right. That's how everyone driving a Model T got up those long hills.



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Walker Dogs

09-05-2005 14:01:48




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to brainerd dave, 09-05-2005 10:53:19  
I think thats what brought it up one time when I was little. I think he had a Model T.



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KRUSS

09-05-2005 17:09:58




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 Re: How steep a hill can I climb? in reply to Walker Dogs, 09-05-2005 14:01:48  
don't test it



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