Ride on lawn mower for steep uneven slopes

[jimmy_timber]

My John deere x758 can do 45 no problems. You will come off the seat first

 

 

45 degrees?? Really? I'd like to see you do that and stay on it! Slight smell of............

[Tomtop]

Will try and take pic when I come round to cutting it again this year. But I do have to take a clean pair of underwear, when doing it

[Burgess]

Most ride on's you'll fall out of before they tip though. It's before 45 degrees though.

[david wood]

i doubt even our john deere zero turn copes with 45 degree slopes with tyres let right down to couple psi, just slides off sideways scaring me

[Tomtop]

I remember going into John deere one day and they had a zero turn witch one of the reps had twisted the subframe by trying to do a pond bank.

[Tomtop]

Most ride on's you'll fall out of before they tip though. It's before 45 degrees though.

 

 

I haven't measured it but it's an old moat and very steep. It not the safest job. I wouldn't let one of my guys try

[GardenKit]

Time to step in and do a citizens moderation on this thread before someone kills themselves on the advice that they can work on a 45 degree slope with a standard ride on machine.

 

Simply put, they can't.

 

45 degrees is incredibly steep, you can't even stand safely on a slope like that.

 

I know that many foolhardy souls will dismiss guidelines, but they do so at their peril. Exceeding the guidelines not only endangers the well being of the operator and those around him but will also nullify his insurance I suspect.

 

HSE guidelines limit all standard ride on kit to 15 degrees

 

16-20 degree slopes should only be tackled with pedestrian machines or hand held. Or very expensive purpose built bank machines.

 

20-30 degrees only with specialist, purpose built kit

 

30 degrees plus, only with side arm kit.

[HertsWood]

Or, even better than a spider that needs a winch on steep slopes - get an Irus Deltrak like mine.....

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Have you considered sowing it to wild flower and let it go its own way.

 

Sometimes an obvious but commonly overlooked option - depending upon your particular circumstances.

 

There's far too much unnecessary, costly, time consuming mowing going on with Parish, Town & County councils probably the worst culprits - short of money or poor use of available funds? Not to mention the potential bio diversity benefits of developing a broader plant variety.

 

Grass - it's got its place, but there are alternatives.

[sloth]

Have you considered sowing it to wild flower and let it go its own way.

 

Sometimes an obvious but commonly overlooked option - depending upon your particular circumstances.

 

There's far too much unnecessary, costly, time consuming mowing going on with Parish, Town & County councils probably the worst culprits - short of money or poor use of available funds? Not to mention the potential bio diversity benefits of developing a broader plant variety.

 

Grass - it's got its place, but there are alternatives.

Excellent post, I hardly ever have to cut my 'lawns', and they attract all manor of bugs and birds- they wouldn't look right in a formal stately home garden though!