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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 8:51 pm to gumbo2176
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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???
I actually did this. Just for a minute. Hahaha
Probably should have practiced longer.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:52 pm to eyepooted
Those little scratches?
Posted on 6/24/18 at 9:06 pm to WPBTiger
They just take coordination and common sense
Posted on 6/24/18 at 9:18 pm to eyepooted
quote:
Hey everyone come in here and laugh at me
If you insist
Posted on 6/24/18 at 9:33 pm to Tiger Prawn
When I bought my zero turn, the dealer asked me if I wanted to test drive it. I said no.
Got it out in the open when it was delivered. I did not want to be laughed at. That was 18 years ago.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when I was mowing in the opposite direction I usually do and clipped a very expensive antique pot and knocked it into my brick wall. Cracked the shite out of it. I waited a couple of days to confess to my wife.
Got it out in the open when it was delivered. I did not want to be laughed at. That was 18 years ago.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when I was mowing in the opposite direction I usually do and clipped a very expensive antique pot and knocked it into my brick wall. Cracked the shite out of it. I waited a couple of days to confess to my wife.
This post was edited on 6/24/18 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 6/24/18 at 9:34 pm to skidry
quote:
It was very hard to get used to.
Just dropping in to be the butthole saying driving a zero turn seems the most natural thing in the world to me.
Now watch I put mine in the ditch next week.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 4:57 am to uway
Should of called me. Would of sent the wife over to show how to drive one. Dang, even a woman can operate one. 
Dang, even a woman can operate one. Posted on 6/25/18 at 7:34 am to uway
It happens to the best of us.
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 8:32 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
Are you people retarded?
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
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