Tinker Taylor
Member
Hi everyone,</p>
I took delivery of a new RTV900 a couple of weeks ago (what a great machine!) but have yet to try it on my steepest trail- an old logging trail. The hill is walkable but a little intimidating on a new machine without much seat time. The normal advice with tractors is to reverse up anything like this my guess is a50% gradient maybe getting close to 75% in parts (26 degrees to 37 degrees). Does the same idea hold for the RTV900? The manual suggests it BUT if you get stuck you now have the added problem of getting out of reverse and into Low. I do not want to go down that hill in neutral. Too many trees. I think if I just put into Low, 4WD and locked the diff it would just motor up without a problem...</p>
Anyone got an opinion or photos of your RTV taking a steep hill?</p>
By the way I have a used Bearcat chipper (73420) on the way that I plan to tow in the woods behind the RTV. Should be a good setup.</p>
Thanks,</p>
Mark</p>
I took delivery of a new RTV900 a couple of weeks ago (what a great machine!) but have yet to try it on my steepest trail- an old logging trail. The hill is walkable but a little intimidating on a new machine without much seat time. The normal advice with tractors is to reverse up anything like this my guess is a50% gradient maybe getting close to 75% in parts (26 degrees to 37 degrees). Does the same idea hold for the RTV900? The manual suggests it BUT if you get stuck you now have the added problem of getting out of reverse and into Low. I do not want to go down that hill in neutral. Too many trees. I think if I just put into Low, 4WD and locked the diff it would just motor up without a problem...</p>
Anyone got an opinion or photos of your RTV taking a steep hill?</p>
By the way I have a used Bearcat chipper (73420) on the way that I plan to tow in the woods behind the RTV. Should be a good setup.</p>
Thanks,</p>
Mark</p>