Fluid and a pair of cast iron center wheel weights each side made my JD3038E tractor feel much more stable on the pond dam than when I first got it. I was kind of goosey on it before the weighting. Hard to beat that portion of the weight that is right down at the ground for low center of gravity stability.
These little utility tractors have a pretty narrow tread and are not the best thing for sidehill stability. I usually use my Bad Boy Outlaw QP zero turn mower for the pond dam, although I have mowed it with the 3038 and rear finish mower as well as a 15' flex wing mower behind the 5083E. The latter is a really rouh cut. The 5083E I have the adjustable rear wheels set all the way out, plus cast iron weihts plus fluid so it is pretty stable. The 3038E is probably the least stable of any of the above, but adequate.
