4wd or not in wettish ground?

Bleating Lamb

Intend cleaning off some grazing ground that has light rushes on it,it would be just trafficable with a few spots with potential to track it....there's no sign of settled weather on horizon so want to do it before it gets wetter!
Often wonder should you leave tractor in 4wd on ground like that?....level ground,or are you tearing as the wheels turn at the headland.

johndeere3350

Bleating Lamb wrote:

Intend cleaning off some grazing ground that has light rushes on it,it would be just trafficable with a few spots with potential to track it....there's no sign of settled weather on horizon so want to do it before it gets wetter! Often wonder should you leave tractor in 4wd on ground like that?....level ground,or are you tearing as the wheels turn at the headland.

Leave it in 4wd unless your turning like a mad lunatic om the headlands the harm won't be much. Be a he'll of a lot better than getting bate and turning the 4wd on when she's down in the back

_Brian

4wd all the way.
And you can work so your not turning tight turns.

At least if things start to get sticky your already pulling on all corners and no need to loose momentum switching from 2wd.

Markcheese

The right tyre pressure helps as well - low pressure for soft ground -

Bleating Lamb

Thanks lads,I would usually leave tractor in 4 wd on ground like that so am glad I'm doing right thing....hardest thing is fields wouldn't be too big,two acres and less so you have a good few turns.

johndeere3350

Bleating Lamb wrote:

Thanks lads,I would usually leave tractor in 4 wd on ground like that so am glad I'm doing right thing....hardest thing is fields wouldn't be too big,two acres and less so you have a good few turns.

Go around them as many times as you can. Youl have a large headland for turning and what's left in the middle won't be much.
When I'd be mulching ground I tink is wet I'd back to the ditch then drive down and back up again if you get me. Working your way accross the feild from the good ground to the bad.
If you just went straight in and went for a round around the feild you could get bate where it's too wet to pull you. The other way your working away from solid ground that you have already traveled and if it's getting bad it's easy get yourself free without help.

yellow50HX

Leave it in 4wd and take you time, once your not turning too tight at the headlands your fine.

CloughCasey1

It's reading posts like this that makes me realise how hard some lads have it with wet land. The only weather that bothers us is too hot and dry and we burn up and in this little country years like the last two are few and far between. Roll on a middling Irish summer.