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You may encounter some terrain on which your tractor
cannot be operated even if a different piece of
equipment has operated there in the past.
Learn to Compensate for Changes in Operating
Conditions:
Adding or removing attachments or ballast (such as
wheel weights or fluid) change the weight and weight
distribution of your tractor and, therefore, changes your
tractor’s operating characteristics.
Be alert to these changes. Practice operating the
tractor after each change has been made.
Adding an attachment (weight) to the rear of the tractor
reduces the weight on the front axle. Adding an
attachment (weight) to the front of the tractor reduces
weight on the rear of the tractor. You must add
counterweight to the front if rear mounted attachment
is installed. You must add counterweight to the rear if a
front mounted attachment is installed.
Tractive conditions will vary with weather and terrain
and equipment.
Areas wet with dew or rain will be more slippery than
when dry. Areas covered with loose gravel are more
slippery than firm dry ground. Greater stopping
distances are required in these slippery areas.
Spinning rear wheels tend to move the tractor
sideways. The addition of tire chains will provide more
traction to the rear wheels in the forward-reverse
direction but less stability in the sideways direction.
Chains will cause more abrupt starting and stopping.
The final word in safe tractor operation rests on your
judgment.
If in doubt of your safety, STAY OFF THE SLOPE.
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