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I think you're right. I figured this out myself on some gentler inclines, a steady 4th felt a lot safer than losing control in 2nd. The hill where I feel the least safe happens to have a turn before it flattens out so I'm not prepared to go down any faster without a ROPS. Once I have that...

Update: I did some work on my flat orchard and drove around the roads a little. On the hill I was most concerned about I didn't feel like there was any risk of tipping forward, at least with an empty loader low to the ground, but I definitely lost traction. I was in the lowest gear and the...

I think I'm a little wider than that in the front, but I'm definitely lighter. I think this tractor is under 3 with the bucket and a rotund driver. I should be clear that I didn't ever feel like I was going to tip forward on my rides, especially with the bucket as an e-brake, I was...

It's a little different kind of fun than I'm used to, lol. Modern hydro-static tractors feel like an extension of your body after a few hours on them and this thing is more like riding a horse. I couldn't keep renting tractors because my new job makes weekly rentals too difficult and needed...

If I stick to the flat roads I still need balast advice for traction in soft terrain. It sound like weight on the 3-pt would help get some weight off the front wheels to ease the strain of the loader in a way wheel weights wouldn't.

I am NOT going to try to freewheel and brake, I was only explaining to someone who wasn't familiar to the tractor (and asked about braking) what would happen if I tried to use the brakes going downhill. I know that these brakes are only meant to hold you in place to change gears. Wolfman...

Re: Balast for L200 I'm going to spend a day on it this weekend just exploring hills with an empty bucket, maybe ease into light loads to see how it feels, I'm also going to see if leaving it at the top of the hill and using my truck and small trailer to move material makes sense. I'll be...

Re: Balast for L200 Not really, they're already turned out. Spacers might be a possibility but I'm already disappointed in the turning radius because of the proportions and manual steering. As scary as it feels on a slope I'm mostly worried about handling down hills and traction in soft...

Re: Balast for L200 It seems like a carry-all is essentially tongue weight, which will act as a fulcrum on the rear wheels and pull some weight off the front HOWEVER that's going to be negated by the steep grade pushing forward and the loader counter-balancing it. I'm hesitant because I KNOW...

Re: Balast for L200 I had been leaning towards bolt-on wheel weights because I wanted to keep the weight between the axles rather than off the back, but I like the versatility of the carry-all. I am a little concerned about the back weight giving me less steering downhill, but the weight in the...

Re: Balast for L200 The carry-all is an interesting idea. I was worried that putting the weight too far back would hurt me going up-hill, but most of the time I would want to bring bigger rocks down with the dirt anyway and I can always back up the hill when I don't need to. These are real...

Re: Balast for L200 That seems like the easiest solution, I've seen that a lot of people will make a DIY 3-pt weight with a bucket and some cement. I'm wondering how this will impact me on hills; will it be enough to make me back-heavy going up-hill, will the traction on the wheels make up for...

I recently bought a used (obviously) L200 with a front-loader and finally had a weekend to put some hours on it; I don't love the way it handles. Between the weight distribution, 2WD, and manual transmission it's pretty unwieldy and feels dangerous on any kind of slope. I've already called my...

I'm definitely not going to modify the tractor. It was listed as an L210p because that's the service manual the owner had for it, when I went to test it I saw that it was actually an L200 and it didn't take long on google to realize it's a rare vintage model. It has four holes on the fenders...

I just picked up an L200 with in generally good condition with around 1,000 hours on it, I'm expecting this to be the first of many posts, I had it delivered to my family homestead and I wanted to add a couple of LED work lights when I'm up there next, but I realized a machine this old could...