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The art of tractor sliding

That looks hairy.
 
That looks hairy.
Called a grader this am and said I need you this summer! I can’t keep risking life and equipment to get from one side to the other. I can’t properly manage that side of the property since I can’t get to it when it’s remotely wet. It’s like 200 acres that I have to basically hand seed any food plots. It’s stupid.
Without going on the main road I have a main hill that I have to traverse to go anywhere on my place. It’s so steep I can only get 3/4 the way up on the excavator before I have to pull myself up with the bucket a couple times. If you aren’t comfortable that can get puckered up fast. This pic doesn’t do it justice of course. I tried to work on it some this winter. I have some huge boulders halfway up so I can’t take anymore off the top with my machines. I tried to build up from the bottom but that’s all topsoil from my fields that have washed down which isn’t worth a crap for making a road. Need the big gunsIMG_0872.jpeg
 
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It’s crazy how things don’t look steep until you are in a tractor seat and that sick feeling comes over you!

Can you get rock to it? Seems like that would help?
 
The pic with the skid steer I can but it needs to be worked or I’m just pissing money away. It would eventually wash.
 
Cut pine branches and lay them down. Used to drive a 2wd s10 pickup. Did that a few times to get up the hill to my house.

Sometimes you can swap tires left to right with turf and sone R4 tires. Gives it a fresh edge.

So e tra torso don't have rear diff lock. You might be able to split the brakes amd apply brake to the spinning wheel. Dual brakes usually have a little lever arm to tie the 2 pedals together. Can flip the lever tie and hit the spinning wheel for more traction.

Early 4wd guys used to put a 2nd parking brake pedal in for each ear wheel. Poor man's posi....
 
Yeah this was going down the hill. Uphill was wide ass open
 
Downhill around a turn or steering rut, put a log as a curb.

On atvs and tractors, putting it in 2wd so only the rear brakes cone on can help. That left right brake can help steer too.

There's good spot on the 650 acre camp I don't hunt because dragging deer with an atv or just driving there is a hassle.

Plenty of good venison on the farm easy to get to can spoil ya.
 
I've taken my tractor up and down the hill at my place once. It was dry. That was with fluid filled tires and a box blade with weight added. No way in hell I want to feel that thing sliding sideways. I'll be making some changes to my access roads before I make regular trips up and down with it.

What ATVs select rear brakes only when they're in 2wd? I'm not doubting that some do, I've just never heard that before.
 
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