It depends on the slope and the tractor. Does the tractor have a safety frame, water filled tyres, a front-end loader?
Start small, learn to use the diff lock and the independent brakes. If you think that when you get to the top you can't turn round, consider reversing up and cutting on the way down. Keep the front end loader and the mower as close to the ground as possible when you are side-on on the slope.
Don't is a good instruction. As in .... don't tell him what he can and can't do. Don't tell him how to do it. Don't interfer with his concentration. Don't get in the way.
Don't forget to praise him for a good job, even if it is not as good as you would like, because he has done his best.
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Sure have, used it a lot, sometimes even with a full manure spreader on behind, and a cross road with no stop signs at the bottom of the hill - probably before you were born. But that was way back when I thought I was invulnerable. At 83, I now know better. The good Lord watched over me or I'd never have lived to be this old. Working for Deere, we used to get complaints on new-generation utility tractor of clutch facings "exploding". It seems that in roadside mowing they'd go forward up the roadside embankment as far as their nerve would let them, then push in the clutch pedal and let the tractor freely coast back down, backward. Transmission rotational speeds got so high that the clutch facings flew off due to centrifuge force.
Bee darned careful when applying individual wheel brakes to control downhill overspeed. If not applied evenly to both wheels, the tractor can suddenly swerve off the road out of control, especially on roads with loose crushed rock or gravel. Some tractors, but not the old JD two-bangers, have the capability to lock the two brake pedals together. That helps with even braking, but only if the brakes are adjusted properly - which most aren't. On the old Deere's there's only feel to go by. It's easy to end up in the ditch, rolled over or upside down. Way better to control downhill speed with gears than brakes.
Thanks for the replies. Sounds like consensus is that my instinct to brake when RPMs get up near the max shown on the tach was the right one. I'll keep doing that. I read through the operator's manual back when I first got the tractor, but I didn't think to consult it on this. I'll skim it again and see if I can find anything. A few quick internet searches didn't turn up anything like a red line for RPMs on the 630, but maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.
I've been told that overspending a 2 cylinder will break the crankshaft. An A used to sit up the road from me near the bottom of a steep hill that the crank broke in it. So maybe there is something to the notion of overspeeding a motor. Honestly, I would not run any engine above suggested maximum RPM of which the term red lining is used for today's engines.
The governor weights will likely be the first thing to let go ! Gear down. I once pulled a load behind my model 50 down a hill on the road. I did stop at the top and selected a lower gear. About half way down it was clear I should of selected a lower gear yet ! I ended up riding my brakes and burnt the paint on the brake drums. Glad I had repaired the brakes a year or so before this.
The thought of disengaging the clutch while descending something resembling a steep hill reminds me of the song Wolf Creek Pass(CW McCall?). Not a particularly good idea........at least on a steep or long(or both) hill. If the OP is concerned about overspeeding the engine, simply begin the descent in a lower gear in order to keep the RPMs in check. If there isn't a gear low enough to accomplish that on an empty tractor then the hill is quite likely too steep to be coming down in the first place. LOL https://youtu.be/X6LzWZYWpOU
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Overspeeding an engine is never a good thing, IMO. These are tough old birds, it might not throw a rod right away; why take a chance? But coasting with the clutch out is even worse (again IMO). You are literally risking your life to get to the bottom of the hill a few seconds sooner. BTW, the operator's manual for my model A specifically mentions keeping in gear on hills and using brakes to control speed. I'll bet it's mentioned in the 630 manual, too.
"taking it out of gear it should coast freely"There's something new here everyday!Over the years I've read dozens of posts on here from guys scared their tractor will "jump out of gear" coasting downhill, or still scared 'cause it actually did!You are the first that I can recall who would WILLINGLY shift it out of gear!
This might seem like a dumb question to more experienced folks, but I keep wondering about it, so I'm going to ask it. When driving a tractor down a long or steep hill, the weight of the tractor pushes up the engine RPMs. Is there a point which one does not want to allow this revving to exceed? Or as long as I don't feel the speed is unsafe, am I good to just let her run? To be on the safe side I've been giving the brakes a tap when the RPMs approach the max on the tach (on my JD 630 I think this is around 1400). At this point I'm just driving the tractor without pulling anything, so safety considerations with respect to towing are not at play here.
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