Scary incident at Lowes

[two_bit_score]

Why; do you wanna' sue

No. Are you trying to practice barratry?

 

[mjncad]

I always thought it was safer to back up ramps...isn't that the correct way to do it?

That's what I've always thought too...back up into the bed.

And the really stupid thing was they halfway acted like they expected us to take the mower that fell. We had to ask for a different one. And just out of curiosity we stopped by Lowes again this weekend and the mnower that fell off the truck bed was back in their line of "new" mowers. The scratches on the back and the slightly bent "hitch" were a dead giveaway.

DOH's...Let's botch something together.

 

[DIRTROAD]

And just out of curiosity we stopped by Lowes again this weekend and the mnower that fell off the truck bed was back in their line of "new" mowers. The scratches on the back and the slightly bent "hitch" were a dead giveaway.

Was the price discounted? If not, then that is very wrong!!

 

[Bedlam]

this one amazes me.
YouTube - Joe Vs. Mower ( Crash Fall Pain ) FUNNY
And there what three or four guys. two or three should have been able to just pick it up.

 

[20 20]

And you thought you had a bad day

YouTube - How to ruin an excavator

 

[Bedlam]

Good one I guess they can freewheel.LOL

 

[bullbreaker]

Don't load many atv' or riding mowers on back of my truck,but when I do I put -em in neutral(freewheel-em).Then hook-em up with rope and come-along.Takes longer too load but real safe method.Even when you ride them up(make sure weight capa. ok)it will keep front end down,sometimes takes two people to load.
Boone

 

[Bird]

My ramps are 2 x 8 boards with the aluminum ramp ends. They're just about 6' long (just barely fit into the Ranger bed with the tailgate closed), they were cheap, and they work great for loading and unloading my self-propelled walk behind lawnmower and items on a 2-wheeled dolly such as a washer and dryer, and even a refrigerator. But you couldn't pay me enough to get me to try it rding on a riding mower.:laughing:

 

[crashz]

I unloaded and loaded a Landini 2 wheel tractor with some 8 ft boards in my 1/2 ton last year and while successful, I really didn't like it. I did it on a hill though and used the advantage of the hill to keep it as level as possible. I was most worried that the boards would bend enough to slide off of the bumper of the truck

 

[Wis Bang]

In high school I worked at a gas station that also sold lawn mowers & garden tractors. We had a mesh ramp that was in two sections hinged together. One half bolted to the inside face of the tailgate the other half folded to ride paralell.

You opened the tailgate while holding the outer half and walked back and it unfolded and locked into a flat platform w/ a 3" flat stock 'flap' along the bottom making an edge to drive up onto the ramp. the whole ramp angled as needed [chains instead of todays rigid gates] and was made so it would not fold in the wrong direction as you drove over it.

We used to cheat and drive the tractors onto the frame contact lift and lift the mower up and open the tailgate w/ the ramp folded [had chains to keep it from swinging open] and back up until we could roll them off the lift directly into the truck after a good walk around inspection of the assembled mower while it was sitting on the lift arms...