I was able to successfully take my T-28 off from a short section of street. However, when landing, I had the bright idea that I would put her down into tall grass. The grass might be softer, I thought. The front wheel caught and I snapped the entire front of the fuselage off on a rather gentle landing! You need a flat, hard concrete type surface for both take offs and landings, I believe.

I've changed her to a tail dragger since I had so many problems with the front wheel catching on my present very rough grass/clay/divot marked landing strip.
regards, Rich