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Now I know how Alice felt
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Now I know how Alice felt
when she fell down the rabbit hole. Was finishing up the mowing for neighbor, had the despeeder engaged, thankfully. I was creeping through weeds taller than the front tires, and suddenly the front was going down. I jammed the brakes, and got off and looked things over.
The left front wheel had dropped into a hole deeper than the top of the wheel, and the right rear wheel was actually off the ground. the balance was so close that whne the neighbor stepped on the right side of the drawbar the left front tire would raise up a ways, but not enough to be able to back out. It definitely could not pull itself out, but one of my other cubs was there. the 2 of them together still could not bring it out. I brought the Ranger down and tied it to the drawbar, and it brought the mowing cub right out.
The left front wheel had dropped into a hole deeper than the top of the wheel, and the right rear wheel was actually off the ground. the balance was so close that whne the neighbor stepped on the right side of the drawbar the left front tire would raise up a ways, but not enough to be able to back out. It definitely could not pull itself out, but one of my other cubs was there. the 2 of them together still could not bring it out. I brought the Ranger down and tied it to the drawbar, and it brought the mowing cub right out.
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
John:
Wow ... that was a surprise I bet. Glad you are okay and the Cub is ok too
Wow ... that was a surprise I bet. Glad you are okay and the Cub is ok too
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
John, It was nice talking with you at Cubarama, and I'm glad there were no injuries. I wonder if the Mott helped to keep you from rolling over.
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we need to think differently."
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
Bob, I think you need to rephrase your question more like this......
And yes, #1) I do realize there are two ways to look at that statement #2) I'm going to pay dearly for making it!Bob McCarty wrote:.......... I wonder if theMottextra ballast in the operators seat helped to keep you from rolling over.........
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
Wow,I've had mine tipped but not like that...Echo, Glad it stayed upright...Dave
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
Sorry to hear of your mishap. Thankfully, you and the Cub are both fine.
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
Wow... I would have needed a new set of underwear after that incident. I'm glad you are OK!
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
Yes you are!!Scrivet wrote:Bob, I think you need to rephrase your question more like this......And yes, #1) I do realize there are two ways to look at that statement #2) I'm going to pay dearly for making it!Bob McCarty wrote:.......... I wonder if theMottextra ballast in the operators seat helped to keep you from rolling over.........
The pictures make it appear a little worse than it actually was. The top of the front wheel was below ground level, but had hit bottom, so that was as far as it was going. I did not try to push it over any further to see how close it was. I may be crazy, but not stupid. As heavy as the flail is and the way it sticks out to the side with the weight on the right arm of the rock shaft, it definitely helped stabilize it. When I went back and looked later, I could see white plastic (probably drain pipe) at the bottom of the hole. I suspect it was either a gray water drain or a drain field pipe that was not put together properly and dirt was washing down into it and out the end, creating a small sink hole. Looking around I could see what possibly looked like another one a little further on, so I told Ralph he would have to cut that area with something else. I'd had enough excitement for the day. As I stated in an earlier post, my life is never dull.
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
I have an excuse. CRS.
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
Leave it to you, John. You seem to get you and your Cubs into some really interesting situations.
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
One of the problems is I tend to push them beyond what they were ever expected to do. Of course the fact that i could not see the wheels, much less the ground and was in a place I had never mowed before did not help. Not really a very smart thing to be doing, though the ground had been walked, the hole was well hidden. I went back and took another look, and the wheel had not reached the bottom of the hole, the hole was a little over 24 inches deep, and the wheel had slid down the side and had enough side ways pressure it pushed out a ledge and stopped about half way or a little more down. if I had been 4 or 5 inches more to the left I would have straddled it and never known it was there, at least till the next pass anyway.Denny Clayton wrote:Leave it to you, John. You seem to get you and your Cubs into some really interesting situations.
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
Good Lord, John that could have been a very serious situation. I'm glad neither you nor the cub were harmed
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Re: Now I know how Alice felt
wow that is a beautiful heart wrenching story .
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