Using three wheel tractors on side hills

Most of my farm is fairly level ground but I do have a couple spots that have some slope to them and one spot is quite steep.

Any farms out there farming on ground like this using a narrow front end?

Got any advise or a good story to tell?
I'd love to hear what you have to say.

I have both wide and trike fronts and have a few hills. It is just a matter of common since as to how you use your tractor. If it does not feel safe to you then don't do it. Up and down it ok running along the hill on any tractor can and will get you hurt or dead. Even and 8N ford will flip just look at the pictures the guy was brush hogging along a hill the tractor slide side ways into the tree if it had not been for the tree the guy would have been under the 8N

Richard a narrow front end on what? A 656 or a super c there is a big difference. The 656 is a heavy tractor that pretty much stays where you put it.A super c is much lighter and pulling a cultivator on a side hill it will slide a little. If your hills are real steep you just have to make sure the back wheels are out far enough and you wont have any problems I have a narrow front 656 and i like it, i dont see to much difference between the wide and narrow except the wide is smoother driving than the narrow. The narrow front is much more bumpy than the wide front. Erik..

Its up to the driver to use the tractor in a safe way i have lived around hills forever with narrow fronts just need to use the brain to good use. You can upset anything.Watched neighbor go by yesterday with corn bale on front loader up in the air at least 8ft not smart on slick roads cold weather ect it happens too much that you hear about tractor upsetting.

Advice? Stay off the steep spot. Generally I think if a tractor will back up a hill without spinning out it's probably safe enough. If it's steeper than that, stay off it. I know there's guys that will say you can run on steeper slopes than that but let's ere on the safe side.

I have seen alot of people ask this question and alot of different responses come up. Some say avoid steep hills, others say set the rear tires wide and with weights you will be fine, and others say narrow or wide steep hills are dangerous. Tractors wide front axles are not fixed like a car. They are free floating, so they are not as safe as one thinks.I think you should just think before you drive across the steep hills sideways and do whats comfortable, it isn't worth your life to get the job done a little faster.

We farm on the side of a mountain with all narrow fronts. Never had a problem the last 60 years! Its called using your head! If it looks too steep or your not comfortable don"t go there simple! You have to know the capabilities of your machinery

I agree it is a matter of common sense. My family farms ground in central PA that is VERY steep in spots and have done so for 70 years with narrow front ends with no problems at all except for maybe one. I remember picking corn one nite about ten years ago with our M and a 327 New Idea 2 row picker with a 150 bushel gravity wagon behind it. Not a lite load to be pulling around with an M in slippery fields especially on a hill. I was going along the side of one of our steeper fields and had just turned from looking back at the picker snouts to check where I was goin and heard a crashing noise and suddenly the tractor started pulling VERY hard. I turned around to see that the wagon had rolled over from the steepness of the hill. I came to find out after some investigating it had hit a rock in the field and bounced the box enough to roll it. Since we only bolt oppossing corners on our gravitys and chain the other oppossing corners to let them flex on uneven terrain it was not hard to figure out how it got the extra kick to roll hitting that rock. The wagon was not even half full yet, so take it from there as to the severity of the hills grade.

Having told this story I will say that in my opinion if youre not comfortable operating your tractor on a hill by all means "DON'T DO IT". Better to error on the side of caution and stay uninjured just like the cowman said. Had the tractor hit the rock the outcome could have been very different.

I agree completely. By the time most wide fronts hit there stop on a rollover the tractor is already tilted enough to go on over.

In my opinion wide fronts are a little less safe because the pivot is right in the middle of the tractor and the wheels out wide give you a false sense of stability.