thcri said:
The pucker factor would only go up higher if he dropped in a hole. But I am sure this guy has been doing that lawn for some time and knows where the holes are if any.
murph
Yep... if it didn't roll. Growing up on the mountainsides of East Tennessee, I've seen too many on their sides and upside down. My uncle used to "bush-hog" with a little JD crawler for a part-time job. After he'd rolled it 3 times, he found another way to supplement his income...
All it takes is either a low spot for the tires/tracks on the downhill side -- or a little sideways splippage from running over a rock, stump, clump of wet grass you've previously cut, etc., then that wheel catches and the momentum will roll it. Heck, my brother and I rolled a steel-wheeled horse-drawn mowing machine when mowing pastures. Even though we'd put log chains on the wheels for extra traction and I was riding the uphill axle in addition to him hanging half out of the seat like this guy's doing... The downhill wheel ran over a small rock, slipped sideways and caught, and the mowing machine flipped over. Luckily it slung both my brother and I out of the way, farther downhill. The mowing machine ended up upside down and the two mules on their sides, all twisted up in the harness and chains. If you want an exciting time, try to get scared, kicking mules out of their harness when lying on their side on a steep hillside, all twisted up in chains.
One mule got a scraped leg out the deal... we were all VERY lucky.
At least we were smart enough to not try mowing it with the 8N or MF135.
Bottom line is if I can't mow a steep slope going straight up and straight down, it doesn't get mowed....
