Hillside steering?

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  • September 17, 2012 at 3:31 pm #44056
    Ellen Anderson
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    Great annual meeting. I enjoyed seeing everyone. I am putting together my wish list for a Pioneer Forecart and wonder whether people think Hillside Steering is a worthwhile option. I do indeed have hillsides!

    September 17, 2012 at 3:42 pm #74976
    dominiquer60
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    The application that I have used it for is plowing, and it really helps on a slope. What do you plan on doing with your fore cart?

    September 17, 2012 at 4:02 pm #74979
    Ellen Anderson
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    I will be harrowing and spreading manure. I will not be plowing on the hillside though.

    September 18, 2012 at 7:19 pm #74980
    carl ny
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    Personally, I don’t think you really need it. It is needed when you have to hold a line, such as plowing or planting. I spread manure, rake and ted hay on some pretty steep hillsides and have never needed it. JMHO

    carl ny

    September 18, 2012 at 9:32 pm #74977
    Ed Thayer
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    I think you will be fine without it Ellen, if you stick to what you want to do in terms of spreading manure and dragging a chain harrow. Good luck. Brakes are an option I think is important. Hydraulic brakes are great but the band brakes I have on mine work well too.

    Ed

    October 1, 2012 at 1:58 am #74978
    bird
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    I am also thinking about a forecart. There are so many options and they are so expensive! I see Pioneer has a torsion axle and hillside steering. Those seemed like helpful options when working in rough terrain and in the woods. But since I don’t have any forecart, it’s hard to know . . . Is the steering basically a left and right brake?

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