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When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 09:58:23 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
It`s a real pain to disengage the blades Do you need to stop the engine, or just stop forward motion? -- http://mduffy.x10host.com/index.htm |
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On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 12:58:28 PM UTC-4, wrote:
When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb Find a schematic and see how it's wired up? Find the switch that detects gear position and bypass it? Or course they apparently put that there for some additional protection, how important that is to you, is up to you. |
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On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 1:16:01 PM UTC-4, Mike Duffy wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 09:58:23 -0700 (PDT), wrote: It`s a real pain to disengage the blades Do you need to stop the engine, or just stop forward motion? -- http://mduffy.x10host.com/index.htm Sounds to me like he doesn't want to stop anything. His annoyance is the opposite, if he doesn't disengage the blades, when he tries to back up, the engine shuts off. |
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On 05/21/2016 12:21 PM, trader_4 wrote:
.... ... Or course they apparently put that there for some additional protection, ... Yeah, but that one makes mowing in any restricted place a _real_ pita. That'd be a non-starter for a purchase in my book and definitely a retrofit... -- |
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On 5/21/2016 1:20 PM, Frank wrote:
Government mandated rules are to protect the dumbest among us. I remember my old neighbor, Tony, trying to clear under his mower while it was running. He got cut pretty badly. Anecdotal story of a couple fellows, had a bit too much beer. One noticed the hedge needed to be trimmed down. But, no hedge trimmers to be found. Someone suggested just have four guys pick up the walk behind mower. Carry it along over the hedge, to trim the hedge down. Please do not try this under any circumstances. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 10:22:50 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote: Sounds to me like he doesn't want to stop anything. His annoyance is the opposite, if he doesn't disengage the blades, when he tries to back up, the engine shuts off. Then don't back up. My take is the OP is annoyed by having to do so. The things we suffer through life. Most lawn cutting tools I know of work in both directions. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 11:41:31 -0700
Oren wrote: On Sat, 21 May 2016 10:22:50 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: Sounds to me like he doesn't want to stop anything. His annoyance is the opposite, if he doesn't disengage the blades, when he tries to back up, the engine shuts off. Then don't back up. My take is the OP is annoyed by having to do so. The things we suffer through life. Most lawn cutting tools I know of work in both directions. Not any more. All new ones shut off blades going into reverse. Some make it very hard to bypass this. Not the fault of the mower maker but some fat ass government employee with illegals cutting his grass. For even more of this kind of rules and regulations vote for pantsuit. |
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Stormin Mormon wrote: "Anecdotal story of a couple fellows, had a bit
too much beer. One noticed the hedge needed to be trimmed down. But, no hedge trimmers to be found. Someone suggested just have four guys pick up the walk behind mower. Carry it along over the hedge, to trim the hedge down. Please do not try this under any circumstances. " ^^This^^ ! I laughed so hard visualizing this I choked on my own saliva and nearly dropped my tablet on the floor! |
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Stormin Mormon:
From UK - Be careful, Onslow!! lmao! http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/arti...-427505709.jpg |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 18:20:14 +0100, Frank "frank wrote:
On 5/21/2016 12:58 PM, wrote: When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb Government mandated rules are to protect the dumbest among us. Er..... how is cutting in reverse more dangerous than cutting going forwards? -- Pilot to tower, pilot to tower, I am 300 miles from land, 600 feet over water, and running out of fuel, please instruct! Tower to pilot, tower to pilot, repeat after me: "Our Father, which art in heaven....." |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 15:18:13 -0400, burfordTjustice
wrote in On Sat, 21 May 2016 11:41:31 -0700 Oren wrote: On Sat, 21 May 2016 10:22:50 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: Sounds to me like he doesn't want to stop anything. His annoyance is the opposite, if he doesn't disengage the blades, when he tries to back up, the engine shuts off. Then don't back up. My take is the OP is annoyed by having to do so. The things we suffer through life. Most lawn cutting tools I know of work in both directions. Not any more. All new ones shut off blades going into reverse. Some make it very hard to bypass this. Not the fault of the mower maker but some fat ass government employee with illegals cutting his grass. Exactly. For even more of this kind of rules and regulations vote for pantsuit. -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one. Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those newspapers delivered to your door every morning. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 22:03:11 +0100, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article , says... On Sat, 21 May 2016 18:20:14 +0100, Frank "frank wrote: On 5/21/2016 12:58 PM, wrote: When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb Government mandated rules are to protect the dumbest among us. Er..... how is cutting in reverse more dangerous than cutting going forwards? We have people in government that have to come up with things to keep their jobs. Just as the warning on the cigarett packages about being bad for your health. What I really hate is the 'new' gas can regulations. I have a one gallon can that I bought for the weed eater mixed fuel. I have spilt more out of that can each time I use it than I do out of my 5 gallon cans of the old type all year. Another is that the government has the home owner mower blades going so slow I can not get a good cut of the grass with the mower going very fast. YOu may back over something with the blades going. Mainly a child that comes behind you and you do not look back. Do you not look back when you reverse your car? Do you not look back when you reverse your mower? Is your child too thick to get out of the way of a big noisy machine? The more safety rules we have, the more stupid people will survive. The next generation will be dumb as ****. -- In 1999 the creators of KY Jelly created a new product. It was called "Y2K Jelly." It allowed you to get four digits in your date instead of two. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 13:39:56 -0700 (PDT),
wrote: Stormin Mormon: From UK - Be careful, Onslow!! lmao! New Zealand, actually. http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/arti...-427505709.jpg A bit better, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK9eybE35E or the same redneck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwTzBVhlurE A guy (Joe Taylor) in Philomath, Ore trims his hedge with a 24" rotary mower strapped to the bucket of his Kuboto loader tractor -up to 12 feet in height.(it was in Farm Show magazine this month) |
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On 5/21/2016 4:37 PM, wrote:
Stormin Mormon wrote: "Anecdotal story of a couple fellows, had a bit too much beer. One noticed the hedge needed to be trimmed down. But, no hedge trimmers to be found. Someone suggested just have four guys pick up the walk behind mower. Carry it along over the hedge, to trim the hedge down. Please do not try this under any circumstances. " ====================================== ^^This^^ ! I laughed so hard visualizing this I choked on my own saliva and nearly dropped my tablet on the floor! With enough alcohol, many things make complete sense that the rest of us dry folk would never do. This is one such. The rest of the anecdote (warning to those of us who are sensetive and have good imaginations!) is that many fingers were lost at that moment. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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Mr Macaw wrote: "- show quoted text -
"In 1999 the creators of KY Jelly created a new product. It was called "Y2K Jelly." It allowed you to get four digits in your date instead of two. " GROAAAAN! |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 17:13:36 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 13:39:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Stormin Mormon: From UK - Be careful, Onslow!! lmao! New Zealand, actually. http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/arti...-427505709.jpg LOL. It seems to work. When my bushes got higher than my head, trimming them was much harder. I should try this. A guy (Joe Taylor) in Philomath, Ore trims his hedge with a 24" rotary mower strapped to the bucket of his Kuboto loader tractor -up to 12 feet in height.(it was in Farm Show magazine this month) Reordered: A bit better, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK9eybE35E or the same redneck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwTzBVhlurE Wow. His mower didn't break as easily as he thought it would. 3 tries (or more?) |
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On 5/21/2016 5:13 PM, wrote:
A bit better, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK9eybE35E or the same redneck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwTzBVhlurE A guy (Joe Taylor) in Philomath, Ore trims his hedge with a 24" rotary mower strapped to the bucket of his Kuboto loader tractor -up to 12 feet in height.(it was in Farm Show magazine this month) The first one is interesting. I notice he's standing right in front of the discharge opening. The second one shows good upper body strength. He's got to be a hoot at bar fights, throwing the bouncer out the front window. When there's a redneck, there's a way. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On 5/21/2016 5:13 PM, wrote:
A guy (Joe Taylor) in Philomath, Ore trims his hedge with a 24" rotary mower strapped to the bucket of his Kuboto loader tractor -up to 12 feet in height.(it was in Farm Show magazine this month) In my small engine class, we were told that four stroke mowers can't be tilted very much, they have oil circulation problems when they are off level. Not sure if centrifugal force is an issue. Most likely yes. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On 5/21/2016 6:43 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 5/21/2016 5:13 PM, wrote: A bit better, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK9eybE35E or the same redneck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwTzBVhlurE A guy (Joe Taylor) in Philomath, Ore trims his hedge with a 24" rotary mower strapped to the bucket of his Kuboto loader tractor -up to 12 feet in height.(it was in Farm Show magazine this month) The first one is interesting. I notice he's standing right in front of the discharge opening. The second one shows good upper body strength. He's got to be a hoot at bar fights, throwing the bouncer out the front window. When there's a redneck, there's a way. OK. That's just stupid. Some rednecks give rednecks a bad name! -- Maggie |
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On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 1:53:30 PM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 5/21/2016 1:20 PM, Frank wrote: Government mandated rules are to protect the dumbest among us. I remember my old neighbor, Tony, trying to clear under his mower while it was running. He got cut pretty badly. Anecdotal story of a couple fellows, had a bit too much beer. One noticed the hedge needed to be trimmed down. But, no hedge trimmers to be found. Someone suggested just have four guys pick up the walk behind mower. Carry it along over the hedge, to trim the hedge down. Please do not try this under any circumstances. -- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus . www.lds.org . . That's just stupid. Besides you gotta give 4 guys beer. I welded handles onto the deck of mine. Works fine with a little care. We did have an employee we caught starting the mower by pulling on the blades. He'd broken the pull cord and was scared he'd get fired if anybody knew. It didn't occur to him he'd be more likely to get fired for the safety violation. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 18:09:34 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote: On 5/21/2016 4:37 PM, wrote: Stormin Mormon wrote: "Anecdotal story of a couple fellows, had a bit too much beer. One noticed the hedge needed to be trimmed down. But, no hedge trimmers to be found. Someone suggested just have four guys pick up the walk behind mower. Carry it along over the hedge, to trim the hedge down. Please do not try this under any circumstances. " ====================================== ^^This^^ ! I laughed so hard visualizing this I choked on my own saliva and nearly dropped my tablet on the floor! With enough alcohol, many things make complete sense that the rest of us dry folk would never do. This is one such. The rest of the anecdote (warning to those of us who are sensetive and have good imaginations!) is that many fingers were lost at that moment. Take off the wheels and bolt 2 2x4s on - one on each side- and a rotary mower can be a relativel effective and safe way to cut a hedge - if both guys wear full face sheilds. Without modifications - definitely NOT. |
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On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 12:58:28 PM UTC-4, wrote:
When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb It might help if you told us what model, but here are three ways to do it on Craftsman mowers: This guy does it just by unplugging one connector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQkILPSLwCE This guy says you can just bend the lever that shuts down the engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vtakR_Dp-I This is how it's done on a zero turn Craftsman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93swGLM0IGY |
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On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 4:45:12 PM UTC-4, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 18:20:14 +0100, Frank "frank wrote: On 5/21/2016 12:58 PM, wrote: When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb Government mandated rules are to protect the dumbest among us. Er..... how is cutting in reverse more dangerous than cutting going forwards? llorT |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 22:07:27 +0100, "Mr Macaw" wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 22:03:11 +0100, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... On Sat, 21 May 2016 18:20:14 +0100, Frank "frank wrote: On 5/21/2016 12:58 PM, wrote: When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb Government mandated rules are to protect the dumbest among us. Er..... how is cutting in reverse more dangerous than cutting going forwards? We have people in government that have to come up with things to keep their jobs. Just as the warning on the cigarett packages about being bad for your health. You may not be old enough** to remember that that was a compromise. One side wanted to ban cigarettes completely. Would that have been better? Don't you think a stupid 12 or 15-year old should be told smoking is bad for him by someone other than his parents, if they did? (FWIW, it's those who are "conservative" now who brought about the ban on alcohol, which didn't work well.) **You probably are. Everyone on usenet seems to be an old codger, even though it's a far better format than webforum.s What I really hate is the 'new' gas can regulations. I have a one gallon can that I bought for the weed eater mixed fuel. I have spilt more out of that can each time I use it than I do out of my 5 gallon cans of the old type all year. Another is that the government has the home owner mower blades going so slow I can not get a good cut of the grass with the mower going very fast. YOu may back over something with the blades going. Mainly a child that comes behind you and you do not look back. Do you not look back when you reverse your car? Do you not look back when you reverse your mower? Is your child too thick to get out of the way of a big noisy machine? What a moron you are. Do you think they did this before plenty of children had already been hurt? The more safety rules we have, the more stupid people will survive. The next generation will be dumb as ****. I'm surpised you made it past infancy yourself. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 19:44:41 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote: On 5/21/2016 5:13 PM, wrote: A guy (Joe Taylor) in Philomath, Ore trims his hedge with a 24" rotary mower strapped to the bucket of his Kuboto loader tractor -up to 12 feet in height.(it was in Farm Show magazine this month) In my small engine class, we were told that four stroke mowers can't be tilted very much, they have oil circulation problems when they are off level. Not sure if centrifugal force is an issue. Most likely yes. With my previous car, and maybe the one before that, I knew when I went around the corrner 3 corners before my house, and the oil light went on, that I needed to add oil. So I agree, the answer is yes. I didn't think I was going so fast, but it was the only corner in the city where that happened. I guess I knew from thousands of times that there were no pedestrians, no driveways, and never anything I could hit. |
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On Sat, 21 May 2016 19:37:33 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote: On 5/21/2016 4:39 PM, wrote: Stormin Mormon: From UK - Be careful, Onslow!! lmao! http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/arti...-427505709.jpg I wish I had a crane. Looks safer than a yard full of drunks with a walk behind mower. |
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On Sun, 22 May 2016 00:31:16 +0100, wrote:
Mr Macaw wrote: "- show quoted text - "In 1999 the creators of KY Jelly created a new product. It was called "Y2K Jelly." It allowed you to get four digits in your date instead of two. " GROAAAAN! Yes, she'll do that. -- Women are like a pack of cards... you need a heart to love them, diamonds to marry them, a club to kill them and a spade to bury them. |
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On Sun, 22 May 2016 02:56:35 +0100, Micky wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 22:07:27 +0100, "Mr Macaw" wrote: On Sat, 21 May 2016 22:03:11 +0100, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... On Sat, 21 May 2016 18:20:14 +0100, Frank "frank wrote: On 5/21/2016 12:58 PM, wrote: When I`m using the riding mower and put it in reverse with the blades engaged the engine stop. It`s a real pain to disengage the blades and then back up. There are not any kids or pets in the area so everything is clear. How can I correct this problem? Thanks for any advice Herb Government mandated rules are to protect the dumbest among us. Er..... how is cutting in reverse more dangerous than cutting going forwards? We have people in government that have to come up with things to keep their jobs. Just as the warning on the cigarett packages about being bad for your health. You may not be old enough** to remember that that was a compromise. One side wanted to ban cigarettes completely. Would that have been better? Don't you think a stupid 12 or 15-year old should be told smoking is bad for him by someone other than his parents, if they did? (FWIW, it's those who are "conservative" now who brought about the ban on alcohol, which didn't work well.) Stupid 12-15 year olds should do what they want. And they're even less likely to read warning labels than listen to their parents anyway. **You probably are. Everyone on usenet seems to be an old codger, even though it's a far better format than webforum.s What I really hate is the 'new' gas can regulations. I have a one gallon can that I bought for the weed eater mixed fuel. I have spilt more out of that can each time I use it than I do out of my 5 gallon cans of the old type all year. Another is that the government has the home owner mower blades going so slow I can not get a good cut of the grass with the mower going very fast. YOu may back over something with the blades going. Mainly a child that comes behind you and you do not look back. Do you not look back when you reverse your car? Do you not look back when you reverse your mower? Is your child too thick to get out of the way of a big noisy machine? What a moron you are. Do you think they did this before plenty of children had already been hurt? They'll have done some ****ed up survey, just like they seem to think speeding is dangerous , when it actually only causes 4% of accidents. Anyway, the only person who should be avoiding killing their own kids is the parent, not the government. The more safety rules we have, the more stupid people will survive. The next generation will be dumb as ****. I'm surpised you made it past infancy yourself. You're surpised? -- The Artist Formerly Known As Prince has a new album out. It's called "The Songs Formerly Known As Hits." |
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On 5/21/2016 8:05 PM, TimR wrote:
We did have an employee we caught starting the mower by pulling on the blades. He'd broken the pull cord and was scared he'd get fired if anybody knew. It didn't occur to him he'd be more likely to get fired for the safety violation. Did he at least yell "Clear prop!" before hand propping the mower? In my life, mower pull cords are a disposable item like gasoline and spark plugs. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On 5/21/2016 8:47 PM, wrote:
Take off the wheels and bolt 2 2x4s on - one on each side- and a rotary mower can be a relativel effective and safe way to cut a hedge - if both guys wear full face sheilds. Without modifications - definitely NOT. I've found that if you string enough "if" in a row, some thing gets forgotten, in the process. But, yes, that might possibly be done safely. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On 5/21/2016 9:56 PM, Micky wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2016 22:07:27 +0100, "Mr Macaw" wrote: Do you not look back when you reverse your car? Do you not look back when you reverse your mower? Is your child too thick to get out of the way of a big noisy machine? What a moron you are. Do you think they did this before plenty of children had already been hurt? You know, in all my fifty or so years, I can't remember ever meeting (or first generation reliable source hearing about) a child injured by a lawn mower. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On 5/21/2016 10:02 PM, Micky wrote:
From UK - Be careful, Onslow!! lmao! http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/arti...-427505709.jpg I wish I h[Glad I don't have a yard full of drunks.]ad a crane. Looks safer than a yard full of drunks with a walk behind mower. Center posted, as yours was. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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Stormin Mormon wrote: "You know, in all my fifty or so years, I can't
remember ever meeting (or first generation reliable source hearing about) a child injured by a lawn mower. " A neighbor's kid once ran into a dark garage to retrieve an itinerant ball - tripped over the corner of a walk-behind and bruised their forehead on the concrete deck... |
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On Sun, 22 May 2016 07:46:51 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote: On 5/21/2016 8:05 PM, TimR wrote: We did have an employee we caught starting the mower by pulling on the blades. He'd broken the pull cord and was scared he'd get fired if anybody knew. It didn't occur to him he'd be more likely to get fired for the safety violation. Did he at least yell "Clear prop!" before hand propping the mower? In my life, mower pull cords are a disposable item like gasoline and spark plugs. Usually get 10 years on a cord - 5 or more on a plug |
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