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I have an E-15 with a heavy bucket loader on the front.
With a bucket full of heavy material, the front weight really lightens the rear
end. A couple of observations: Go up a hill in forward is easier than the same hill in
reverse. This is because gravity is transferring a small amount of the front
mounted weight to the rear of a slope. In the extreme, consider the
amount of weight on the rear wheels if the tractor was standing vertical on its
rear end end. Now how about if it was standing on its nose? A bit
of an extreme, but sometimes considering the extremes help quantify the
middle. Going up a steep hill forwards will help transfer weight to the
rear wheels. Tire chains are a necessity. A weight box helps (I use concrete blocks in it) I guess I
have 200 lbs in it. There is a Peerless transaxle that is exactly the same as those
used on the ETs, but it has positraction! A drop in unit if you can find
one. I do not know the part #. Pieter From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of g k i think the weightbox has a
substantial influence. also if you could go up the hill in forward gear,
you'd also gain some traction. good luck, jon k albany ny On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Graham Allan <allan physics umn edu> wrote: So what would you say is the major factor in not getting
stuck? Weight? I've tried either blowing or plowing my driveway with my E15
with dismal results. The driveway is probably around 30 degrees, downwards from
the house, and when it comes time to reverse back up the hill one wheel will
simply lose traction and spin. So I have given up for now (knowing mainly, I am
missing something critical). I've had chains on the drive wheels but no extra
weight, which is probably a big mis-step given the huge weight of blower or
plow blade up front. But I was never convinced that weight alone would make the
difference, given the open differential... hopefully I'm wrong on that? Well, the snow is over. 20 inches, wet and heavy here in
Relay.
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