wimmens and riding mowers...grrrrrrrrr

glennster · Jul 4, 2010

ok so yesterday the wife decides to mow. grandma was weeding the garden. wife has this habit of windrowing when she mows. keep telling her....always discharge grass to where you already mowed. yeah,yeah,yeah.... i know what i'm doing. be careful so you dont hit anybody if the mower throws something. yeah,yeah, yeah, i know what i am doing. i was working on the 254 international and went to the truck for some tools. open the passenger door, wham...bang, here is the results.

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Sean Feeney · Jul 4, 2010

Looks like you all ready know a body shop, I ran over a golf ball some years back that sucker must have gone 300 yards it sent a chill down my back, because if it hit someone it could have been deadly.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2010

all come on you gotta giver a little credit for tryin she could be in the house watchin soaps.
RICK

Dutchman · Jul 4, 2010

Glad it was the window and not you ....
when I mow by the Hwy. { in front of the house } blowing the discharge on the road ... when a car or ANYTHING comes ... I stop moving , before they get there .. just don't want to take the chance of throwing something and hitting them ..

Mark

sammy the RED · Jul 4, 2010

when I mow by the Hwy. ...................... blowing the discharge on the road ...

Mark

I think that is called littering...... Try discharging the grass the other way.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2010

And people wonder about the advantages of a flail mower. Accidents like that don't happen with a flail. Dave

MeanGene1 · Jul 4, 2010

Could have been worse, could have been yours or grandma's head..
20 bux says she still won't admit she should have done it "your way", and is mad at you about it LOL- "female logic 101"

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2010

They don't happen NEARLY AS OFTEN, but they do still happen. One of my employees launched a piece of 1/2" rebar (roughly 10" long) through the side of a U Haul trailer about 2 weeks ago while using an Alamo flail mowing roadsides. They have to hit "just right" to pick up and throw things but flails aren't 100% safe.

JD Seller · Jul 4, 2010

I delivered a new lawn mower, twenty years ago now LOL. The older gentleman had bought a bagger with it. I told him that he needed to use the discharge shield with this mower when not using the bagger. It used high lift blades to throw the grass into the bagger. I could tell he "knew" more than me. TWO day later he was in to buy the clip that holds the deflector chute on. He had removed the chute. He had the habit of mowing across his drive way. The mower picked up a bunch of gravel. The gravel broke all of the vinyl siding and windows on that side of his house. Including the kitchen one that his wife was standing in front of washing dishes. LOL No one was hurt. His wife was known as being "commanding" I would have liked to hear her conversation with him after that. LOL

TomH in PA · Jul 4, 2010

"20 bux says she still won't admit she should have done it "your way""

Of course it was Glenster's fault. She expected he would pick the rocks out of the garden when he tilled it in the spring.

I was brush hogging near a greenhouse once. Just as I thought to myself "this isn't a good idea" - bang-crash-crash - in one side and out the other, three panes of glass with one rock.

glennster · Jul 4, 2010

yup tom, you got it right. after the "event" it was my fault. she says, well, i did what you said!!! went around the barn to the side yard, windrows were big enough to bale!!

Traditional Farmer · Jul 4, 2010

Also impressive how far a Bush Hog can throw a rock

buickanddeere · Jul 4, 2010

I couldn't get the wife and kids to understand, get away and keep away from the area when the bush hog is in use.
While mowing between the rows in the tree plantation.I heard the thunk, seen the white blur fly straight ahead. And directly towards my turkeys flock I had just let out for their exercise. Knew what was going to happen about the time of hearing the "thunk".
Hit and killed a 25lb bird from 110yrds away with a tennis ball sized rock.

Phil in Pa · Jul 4, 2010

You've got to be kidding.

GordoSD · Jul 4, 2010

It's your fault. That truck should have been moved to the south 40 when your wife started the mower.

Gordo

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Jul 4, 2010

Glennster, just be happy she was willing to run the mower in the first place. Mine has absolutely no desire to help with the yard work here. I second the golf ball thing. I found one with the mower in the yard too. I usually run with the guard up for better clippings dispersal. Chucked it a good 100 yds out in the field.

John S-B · Jul 4, 2010

Yeah, I had that conversation with my wife. She just wanted to mow what ever way she wanted. It was just the two of us, and I said, "Everyone here who's worked for a professional landscape service raise their hand". That got her a bit PO'd. I have to mow the front yard where the leach bed is about every other day in spring because it grows so fast. She saw no reason for that until last spring when I was away on active duty. The grass was so high she fried the belts trying to mow it with the riding mower. She did consent to a ExMark ZTR after that though...

PJH · Jul 4, 2010

Sorry about your window.

I slung a brick into the windshield of my nearly new '68 Ford pickup once. Didn't notice it until I got in the next morning to go to work. Couldn't even see through it to drive.

Ever notice how wimmin will bravely (or without thought) wade a mower into a large clump of grass? Could that clump of grass be hiding a large immovable object??

I changed a flat tire on a wheel rake once. There was nothing to place a jack under, and I ended up lifting the side of the rake with the front loader and a log chain. In a hurry (or lazy) I threw the chain, lug wrench and hydraulic jack (that I had hoped would lift it) in a pile and it laid there for a couple mowings. Guess what - she attacked that clump of grass with the old Wheel Horse. It was needing new blades anyhow. . .

I don't say much, in fact, I appreciate her help, and my motto is "never anger the cook".

Paul

Inno · Jul 4, 2010

Like others, my wife has no desire to run the riding mower.
I will share something that happened to me at my last house. Before we moved to the country we had a house in town. There was a neighbor across the street, an elderly gentleman who used what was probably a 18-20hp riding mower to cut his tiny front yard. He would also cruise down to his neighbors a couple houses down and do theirs too..........why not, his was done in around 2 minutes! I was out washing my truck, my son who was around 6 at the time had just gone inside when I hear the man across the road hit something with his mower two houses down from his. About 3 seconds later I hear a "WHUMP" up against the side of my house which left a sizable dent in the aluminum siding. I found the object, a piece of a brass nut from a municipal water shutoff! He'd sheared it clean off and sent it what must have been 60-75 yards across two lanes of traffic and into the side of my house. I contemplated throwing it back at him but figured two wrongs don't make a right. The old guy has a reputation for always being right so I decided to let it be........but if the damage were more severe or had my son or I been hurt, I would have gone after him.

RusselAZ · Jul 4, 2010

Was your fault. Shouldn"t opened the door!!

A real trip is finding that long lost spike tooth harrow with a mower.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2010

Flails are way safer than rotary's though. Dave

Old Roy · Jul 4, 2010

Maybe your local body shop can fix that one . --LOL
Just Kiddin.

kruser · Jul 5, 2010

Assume YOU parked the truck in the wrong spot! Good luck finding a body shop.

olgentdc · Jul 5, 2010

Tuf Break ,, my sister found the Harrow and Had my New 3 speed on the column 76 Ford Truck sitting Sqaurely On Top of of a harrow .. Told Her "straddle the mud puddle road so you dont get my truck muddy ' , she chose to avoid it entirely ..LOL .. She Never Did Learn To drive a Clutch ,,, About 5 Yrs later' With 2 little Girls , 2 dogs and a STILL Wonderful PATIENT Husband . Joel decided her would Have her drive Them home from his Parents home on Another well used 3 speed 76 FORD truck . She started out fine in !st and Woundit up Good to Hit 2nd , FOUND REVERSE INSTEAD AND MADE IT SOMEHOW ??? ,DUMPED the CLUtch , And All The CaterWaHLIING IN THE world Was UNLEASHED. Spun the truck around in the gravel road in the opposite direction .. DUST and SMOKE And Commotion , Kids Squalling , Dogs Barking and yelping . in one instant , out Jumped The Dogs And Crying little girls clamoring onto the safety of the Hay Field .. Dust was still flying in the Air . My Sister was acroos the fence in a Heartbeat and headed on a fast walk to the house with girls , dogs all in Tow , SAYING ," Dont , Ever Make ME DRIVE AGAIN Joel " .. .. Joel Sitting there All Alone in the Passengerside .. said ," Thats Just fine"

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