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re: Any of of you guys ever flip a lawn mower?
Posted on 6/9/22 at 10:33 pm to finchmeister08
Posted on 6/9/22 at 10:33 pm to finchmeister08
When I was 16 and mowing the yard of a retired veterinarian who's yard was adjacent to a drainage ditch. He had a riding lawnmower that I had never used before, he gave me a lesson before he left. Of course I rolled it over on that drainage ditch slope, lucky I wasn't maimed.
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Posted on 6/9/22 at 10:36 pm to finchmeister08
Why was someone filming that?
Posted on 6/9/22 at 10:37 pm to finchmeister08
At least he was wearing hearing protection.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 11:25 pm to CaptSpaulding
My first zero turn was an Exmark,2nd time I used it I flipped it upside down.Had rollbar and was wearing seatbelt.My wife was pissed.
Turned my tractor with FEL over.My first instinct was to try and jump but I know better,I just held on to fender and steering wheel and rode it down.Thankfully my neighbor with a beast of a tractor was home and got me back upright without wife knowing about it.
Turned my tractor with FEL over.My first instinct was to try and jump but I know better,I just held on to fender and steering wheel and rode it down.Thankfully my neighbor with a beast of a tractor was home and got me back upright without wife knowing about it.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 12:35 am to finchmeister08
No , but I did have one catch on fire while I was operating it.
I was probably 13 at the time . Dad bought a Yazoo lawnmower and I couldn't wait to use it. I was almost finished with the yard when I passed around our tin shed. Then I felt this intense heat on my neck like the Sun just went supernova on me. A neighbor happened to be watching and pointed with a frightening look in his face. I turned around and seen fire in my face. By the time I jumped off he already had a pale of water to put out the flames from our pond. It all happened quick like in 5 seconds.
Come to find out the fuel line was ran right over the carburetor and when I passed by the shed a piece of tin was sticking out and it sliced the fuel line spilling gas on to carburetor.
I thought my dad was going whip my arse like never before but no he was just glad I was okay and didn't put any blame on me.
I was probably 13 at the time . Dad bought a Yazoo lawnmower and I couldn't wait to use it. I was almost finished with the yard when I passed around our tin shed. Then I felt this intense heat on my neck like the Sun just went supernova on me. A neighbor happened to be watching and pointed with a frightening look in his face. I turned around and seen fire in my face. By the time I jumped off he already had a pale of water to put out the flames from our pond. It all happened quick like in 5 seconds.
Come to find out the fuel line was ran right over the carburetor and when I passed by the shed a piece of tin was sticking out and it sliced the fuel line spilling gas on to carburetor.
I thought my dad was going whip my arse like never before but no he was just glad I was okay and didn't put any blame on me.
This post was edited on 6/10/22 at 12:46 am
Posted on 6/10/22 at 12:41 am to finchmeister08
Get the Exmark stuck every now and then on its side, in the ditch road side. Ground just saturates there and it can get iffy but I'm lazy and hate weedeating it.
I have some rope I pull it out with but if you pull at the wrong angle, its going over, son.
Lucky I never been that much of an idiot when it comes to understanding how to counterbalance weight and take the right angles.
I have some rope I pull it out with but if you pull at the wrong angle, its going over, son.
Lucky I never been that much of an idiot when it comes to understanding how to counterbalance weight and take the right angles.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 5:27 am to finchmeister08
Flipped a riding mower when I was 14 or 15. My sister is 12 years younger than me and she loved riding the mower. I noticed I could pop the clutch in the ditch and do a wheelie. Got a little too aggressive and flipped it on us. Held it off while she crawled out and flipped it back over. Parents only recently found out about it. Did this back in the 90s.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 6:04 am to finchmeister08
No, but if I tried to mow part of mine after the county worked on utility lines and “improved” the drainage I sure would. That bit is just going to have to be weeds
Posted on 6/10/22 at 6:38 am to finchmeister08
Had a neighbor on his tractor with the disc behind him tilling up the dirt. He caught a tree branch which pulled him off the tractor and the disc tilled him up. RIP
Posted on 6/10/22 at 7:29 am to finchmeister08
I got a special skill (to me) where I can mow with my zero turn with one hand and hold a beer in the other.
Ole baw should have been mowing that stretch up and down the hill instead of trying to take the shortcut.
Ole baw should have been mowing that stretch up and down the hill instead of trying to take the shortcut.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 7:31 am to finchmeister08
I had a friend of my recently let his wife cut their yard and she almost over ended the mower. It was seriously impressive.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 8:26 am to Loup
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was on a scag that had a roll bar. went under a tree with some low branches and it about gave me a heart attack when it started flipped backwards. luckily when I let off it quit flipping
Happened to me with my Exmark when I first got it
This post was edited on 6/10/22 at 8:27 am
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:04 am to Das Jackal
Not a lawn mower, but I was helping my good friend lay some concrete behind his house. The concrete truck was at the street and we were hauling the concrete from the truck to the form. We only had an hour to haul several yards of concrete. We're hauling arse, him on the riding Georgia bucket and a few of us with wheel barrows. I was heading one way, he was heading the other. His buggy was full of concrete and he tried to 'juke' like he was going to run over me. He made his juke move and caught momentum and flung his arse almost 10 yards to the right. He was scraped and his ego was bruised but he was ok. I'd pay $500 to have that on video.
This post was edited on 6/10/22 at 10:07 am
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