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TURN DOWNHILL!!!!!!! This action will get the front wheels down the hill fastest, and 'catch' the tipping tractor, assuming it is starting to tip. Turning uphill will not help get the mass at the bottom under the mass at the top. Even when feeling a little squeemish about being on the sidehill, turning down will help lower the pucker factor. When on the sidehill, I am always ready to turn down, and I keep a light touch on the uphill brake so I have power to the wheel on the lower side if anything starts to happen. Not much traction on the upper side if the rig is ready to tip over.
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One could only think about the 'old days' when someone would (usually at the county fair) get a car to tip up on two wheels, and they would drive that car past the crowd. How did they keep it up there? They turned the wheels to keep it balanced. The same reaction applies to sidehill safety. They would keep from tipping more on the side of the car by turning into the direction of tip. If the car was starting to drop back down on all four, they would turn that direction to get it to tip back up.
Hope this helps justify the answer and the need to turn downhill to keep on all fours.
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One 'rule' or response regarding dropping the bucket to the ground when losing rear wheel traction and sliding downhill likely won't always apply. If the traction on the rear wheels is lost, it is quite possible dropping the bucket will decrease weight on the front wheels and add weight, thus traction, to the rear sliding wheels. For sure, if there is a load in the bucket, it would be important to drop the bucket to the ground, hoping that the leading edge of the bucket is curled up and won't dig into the ground. I would also apply both brakes to keep one wheel from rotating forward and the other rotating in reverse. The positraction will work too. Just letting the rear wheels work through the differential, will cause one wheel to rotate counter to the other, thus increasing the chances of turning the tractor away from a straight downhill slide. Been there, done that.
About the car trick on its edge, I suspect the rear end differential was also modified, to get power to only the one rear wheel on the ground. I wasn't surprised that the cars were fixed up to do the trick. Thanks for letting us know how it was done. I remember being surprised they could keep the car on edge as long as they did. My original point was only to relate to the steering reaction to keep the car balanced on the two wheels i.e. turn 'downhill'.
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