Bmyers
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Equipment
Grand L3560 with LA805 loader, EA 55" Wicked Grapple, SBX72 BB, LP 1272 mower
Went out to the farm and learned a few lessons today.
The law of gravity is still in effect.
Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today.
Always have clean underwear with you.
My typical mowing is usually uneventful. I was 20 minutes from finishing, listening to 'We built this city on rock and roll'. As I was enjoying the music, probably a little to much and letting my mind wander, I was quickly brought back to reality when my tractor started to rollover to the left.
Immediately the old pucker factor kicked in and with zero thought I just turned into the roll and down the hill we went. A little rough landing at the bottom, but was on all four tires and the tractor didn't go completely over.
Turned off the tractor, removed the seat cushion from between my butt cheeks and got out to inspect everything.
The area I was mowing is on 15-20 degree slope, but we mow it all the time and we mow it up to the edge of about a four foot drop down to the next level which we have a path to go down and mow that lower section. We have worked on making the drop off less and turn it into more of a slope, but until we remove some more brush and old stumps (now there is less brush to remove), can't finish smoothing the transition down, so we are stuck mowing along the edge.
Since I had become so focused on enjoying the tunes, I had forget about halfway along the edge we had removed a tree stump, which left a nice little hole and of course it was all overgrown, so while I was doing my drum routine with the music, my front left tire found the hole and decided that the tractor needed to go that away. I have mowed around that hole for few years now, always planned on fixing it, just never a priority.
I checked the tractor over, operated everything, looked for any damage, but besides the skid marks on hillside and my underwear, I could find no damage to anything, all lines looked good, steps okay, nothing looked out of whack, which I was very thankful.
I finished mowing and then before putting the tractor up I placed a few loads of dirt in the hole and worked on smoothing it out.
I have mowed that spot dozens of times and always had to remember to take the jog around the hole. Today, it just about cost me for not taking the time to fix the hole.
So the moral of the story is to always fill your holes otherwise you may end up filling your drawers.
The law of gravity is still in effect.
Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today.
Always have clean underwear with you.
My typical mowing is usually uneventful. I was 20 minutes from finishing, listening to 'We built this city on rock and roll'. As I was enjoying the music, probably a little to much and letting my mind wander, I was quickly brought back to reality when my tractor started to rollover to the left.
Immediately the old pucker factor kicked in and with zero thought I just turned into the roll and down the hill we went. A little rough landing at the bottom, but was on all four tires and the tractor didn't go completely over.
Turned off the tractor, removed the seat cushion from between my butt cheeks and got out to inspect everything.
The area I was mowing is on 15-20 degree slope, but we mow it all the time and we mow it up to the edge of about a four foot drop down to the next level which we have a path to go down and mow that lower section. We have worked on making the drop off less and turn it into more of a slope, but until we remove some more brush and old stumps (now there is less brush to remove), can't finish smoothing the transition down, so we are stuck mowing along the edge.
Since I had become so focused on enjoying the tunes, I had forget about halfway along the edge we had removed a tree stump, which left a nice little hole and of course it was all overgrown, so while I was doing my drum routine with the music, my front left tire found the hole and decided that the tractor needed to go that away. I have mowed around that hole for few years now, always planned on fixing it, just never a priority.
I checked the tractor over, operated everything, looked for any damage, but besides the skid marks on hillside and my underwear, I could find no damage to anything, all lines looked good, steps okay, nothing looked out of whack, which I was very thankful.
I finished mowing and then before putting the tractor up I placed a few loads of dirt in the hole and worked on smoothing it out.
I have mowed that spot dozens of times and always had to remember to take the jog around the hole. Today, it just about cost me for not taking the time to fix the hole.
So the moral of the story is to always fill your holes otherwise you may end up filling your drawers.
