Is my back hill too steep for my Mahindra 1626 tractor to mow safely without rolling over? 

On our dairy farm located in the Green Mountains in Vermont, some of our pastures are nearly as steep as your hill. As such, we added a lot of extra weight to our tractor to improve stability. By ballasting with liquid we added 1403 lbs to the rear tires and 276 lbs to the front. We also added 440 lbs in rear wheel weights for a grand total of 2119 lbs additional weight. This makes for a huge improvement in stability, as it moves the tractor's center of gravity to a significantly lower position (total tractor weight is about 7800 lbs). Despite the added safety, I would not have attempted to drive on your hill whatsoever, and instead would have used a walk-behind mower (which I believe would have taken about the same amount of time) or better yet I would have left it to grow wild to attract wildlife like turkeys. Anyway, glad that you did not get hurt.

I did watch the entire video! LOL! But not to see you roll, but rather to watch your technique. Our Mahindra is on the way, and I'm watching as many safety videos as possible to prepare. We do have one hill but I don't think it's nearly this steep, thank goodness! Thanks for sharing!

Interesting! I mow a slope which is 23 degrees (40+%) measured with a machinist’s protractor and a 5’ level. It is half the height of your slope. I have been doing it for 30 years and just upgraded from my old B series Kubota to one with a loader. I would never approach either end of the hill on anything but 90 degrees to the edges. With a damp lawn and moist ground I have had the tractor sliding the whole way down with no control. That is with wide set wheels, filled tires, wheel weights, suitcase weights and crossed fingers. Be careful! By the way, how come you don’t back up the slop so you can mow up and down? That is how I do it. I assume you tried. Your hill looks very steep!

I will pray to our Lord Jesus for protection & safety when I do my hill 10%-37% , there is some place 60% which I will never use the tractor. I will walk the hill too see if it's dried (it has too be dried). Tractor I use is a Mahindra Max26XL HST with a mid or belly 60" deck( No front loader attach, No weight box in rear) in 4 wheel drive & low range that's the only way I mow the hill plus I will keep up the deck wheels little off the ground, I want weight on the tries. I go up the hill really slow, I think it's safer then going down( that's me). Thank for your video be safe.

If the wheels aren't sliding ur good. I've came off hills brush hogging that my 4x4 75hp tractor was sliding off. U never slid at all.

I’ve got 6 acres we’re gonna build on. Some of it is 60 degrees but most is 20 to 30. I have no tractor experience. I will also be learning how to nearly kill myself and terrace eventually. Looking at a Branson 2515h. I’ve been using a brush mower but it’s always breaking so I need a tractor. The mustard weeds are 10 ft tall right now. Nice work!

Thanks... I am just about to receive my first new tractor and I've been wondering how much slope is too much -- seeing that rear wheel leave the ground has been very helpful. Baby steps.

I have some pretty steep hills on my place. One is probably closer to 40-45 degrees. I only go up that one, going down gives me a pucker factor. Tractor has no trouble with it (JD 2305).

if your rear tires aren't filled, i highly recommend it. i bushog hills in tennessee much steeper than that with the same tractor

From everything that i have seen, it looks to be easier to backup the hill mowing then starting down first.

If you would put fluid in all 4 tires, it should do that hill pretty good

Thanks for sharing the experience. I’m always trying to figure out what’s too steep. Did you use the engine on the downhill through low gear or just your brake?

I know what you mean when you say the picture don't do it justice. I'm amazed with my L2501 how poor these r4 tires are on wet grass. I wish the R14's were available when I bought mine, they'd of been worth the upgrade. 2nd thought, did you check the overlap on your pto shaft? Like when you get to the bottom of the hill, and the mower is at the steepest angle. You can do serious expensive damage if it "bottoms out" and pushes your tractor's pto shaft in. I think tractor time with Tim covered that as he damaged his just loading/ unloading a mower onto a trailer with the shaft attached. Obviously yours kept going, but just a heads up thing to consider.

I wonder how a Ventrac 4500 would do on that hill.. I think if you had a few wheels on it it would be pretty secure!

Could you please fill me in with how it would roll over while going straight down a hill? The only thing I can see going wrong is sliding

Do you feel like you could have backed down halfway stopped and drove back up it and what transmission do you have

I don't want to see you roll it over. I just want to know if you have filled tires?

Preventing a rollover is one thing, but aren't you concerned about engine lubrication when you are on such a steep slope?

Wow that is steep

atleast you kept the loader down close to the ground alot of the homestead wannabes raise the loader all the way up because it lets them see more and because all the wannabes do it on youtube

I'll be let it grow and be set it fire

get a ventrac it will have that slope for breakfast.

8:42 *HE ROLLS IT*

Wrong tires to mow a hill.

Couldnt watch thats just too dangerous I hope your not doing this still.

Hey man, I

Really hard to watch, you are flirting with disaster