Tim Wescott wrote:

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:34:20 -0500, Pete C. wrote:

Randy wrote:

This is 30 year old advice but I think it still applies. My parents
had a yard with a steep slope and were told to always ride the tractor
up and down the hill and to push a mower across it.

My shop has some steep hills and I push mow all of them, the new mower
has a brake/kill switch on it, which is a good thing, I slipped down
the hill a few times.

I ride my mower across the steep slope around my pond with my hanging
off the uphill side as ballast. No sissy kill switches on my mower...

Y'know, I could do that with a riding mower. I've done it once on my
tractor, but even though it's a _small_ tractor it's a _real_ tractor,
and that was one scary experience.

Yes, on the riding mower it's not a big deal, but I wouldn't try it on
my little Kubota B7100DT, and my fat but wouldn't be much of a
counterweight for the tractor anyway.