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Hey everyone come in here and laugh at me
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:09 pm
This morning I brought my fathers zero turn mower to my property to mow. Within the first 5 minutes of being on it I drove it into the barbed wire fence. A combination of things cause this 1. Not know what the he’ll I was doing(first time I ever drove a zero turn 2. Going too fast and 3. Going to fast
I was driving along the fence when the the black plastic guard caught the fence at the same time I tapped the wrong control arm and did a 90 degree turn into the fence. My legs and stomach were pinned against the mower by the barbed wire. Painful.
I was driving along the fence when the the black plastic guard caught the fence at the same time I tapped the wrong control arm and did a 90 degree turn into the fence. My legs and stomach were pinned against the mower by the barbed wire. Painful.
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Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:10 pm to eyepooted
I have had one about two years, they take some getting used to.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:11 pm to eyepooted
They take some getting used to. Glad you weren’t hurt any worse than that.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:19 pm to eyepooted
I’d imagine it scared the shite out of you.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:22 pm to eyepooted
It begs to be asked, if your property is big enough to need a zero turn mower, why not get use to how it handles AWAY from a barb wire fence to get the feel for the thing???
Just seems more logical to me to do it that way. Guess you just like to live on the wild side.
Could have been worse. The fence could have been an electric one.
Just seems more logical to me to do it that way. Guess you just like to live on the wild side.
Could have been worse. The fence could have been an electric one.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:34 pm to eyepooted
I seen some people flip them.
Best advice turn down throttle and away from everything. Just play around with it.
Kind of similar to walking with a grocery cart. Go back strait push back. Go forward push both forward. Turn right use the left lever more.
Best advice turn down throttle and away from everything. Just play around with it.
Kind of similar to walking with a grocery cart. Go back strait push back. Go forward push both forward. Turn right use the left lever more.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:38 pm to eyepooted
I put my riding mower in the shop for service and they gave me a loaner zero turn a few years ago.
It was very hard to get used to. Knocked my AC unit off it’s concrete pad.
Then, I was cutting next to the street while the light a few houses down was red. This guy on a motorbike got on it pretty hard as the light turned green and I was a little out in the road. I panicked and hit the wrong lever and knocked my cast aluminum mailbox over onto my driveway right as this guy went by. It shattered like glass into a million pieces. The look on his face
It was very hard to get used to. Knocked my AC unit off it’s concrete pad.
Then, I was cutting next to the street while the light a few houses down was red. This guy on a motorbike got on it pretty hard as the light turned green and I was a little out in the road. I panicked and hit the wrong lever and knocked my cast aluminum mailbox over onto my driveway right as this guy went by. It shattered like glass into a million pieces. The look on his face
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:44 pm to eyepooted
quote:It's not how fast you mow, it's how well you mow fast.
2. Going too fast and 3. Going to fast
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:52 pm to eyepooted
Those little scratches?
Posted on 6/24/18 at 9:18 pm to eyepooted
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Hey everyone come in here and laugh at me
If you insist
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:16 am to eyepooted
Are you people retarded? It’s not rocket science. It takes no getting used to at all. The only thing on a zero turn that requires any kind of skill is holding your beer with one hand while controlling both handles with the other
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:24 am to eyepooted
Posted on 6/25/18 at 9:44 am to eyepooted
I don't understand how driving a zero turn is so hard for some people 
It's just:
Forward
Reverse
Left
Right
The only problem I can see people having is making divets in the yard when you turn. Even that's not hard to figure out
It's just:
Forward
Reverse
Left
Right
The only problem I can see people having is making divets in the yard when you turn. Even that's not hard to figure out
Posted on 6/25/18 at 11:42 am to eyepooted
I watched my BIL, who is pretty much good at everything get on my ZT and run straight into my dad's shed within about 14 seconds. Trying to find the brakes
Guess youve got to start out slow.
Guess youve got to start out slow.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:27 pm to eyepooted
I put my big red 3-wheeler thru a single strand of barbwire once.....looked like I got into a fight with a wild cat. I couldn’t get my shirt untangled from the wire so I just had to leave it.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 11:04 am to eyepooted
Mowed my dad's yard Friday with his old Craftsman, or whatever Sears sold 30 years ago. Did it early, and kept having problems making turns, with bald tires, in the wet grass. Ran over a couple of roots you should avoid, and tore up the edge of one flower bed. He told me I went in the wrong direction on part of it. He'll probably call someone to come mow it before I get back over there.
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