The joys hidden objects

[Turf Commando]

Mowed Dr office yesterday (new client).
Grass was knee length, walked property looking for any object that shouldn't be mowed over, ended up hitting every huge stick, rock, and even a steel plate don't ask...
Dulled my blades a little glad I purchased a commercial mower vs residential junk, otherwise the outcome would of been far beyond blade sharpening more like new deck...

[mike33087]

it never fails, no matter how many times you walk over a new account at that lenght your bound to hit something good

[Turf Commando]

I can't begin to emphasize my frustration, it's Murphy's law out there...lol

[schunklawn]

i was finishing up a clients home yesterday and on my last pass with my 36in. husky "pow" a damn newspaper roll in green plastic wrap...i wasn't paying much attention, but would have had a hard time seeing it even if i was...spent the next 10-15 min. picking that crap up...aahhhh pissed me off

[deere615]

I hit a ground wire today, no damage to mower, but cut the wire in half

[huskres]

Hit a stump today in knee high grass, was about 4 inches thick. It knocked my belt off of my spindle pulley on my 32" toro. Thank god it was easy to get back on. But it did piss me off.

[Lawn Enforcer]

I found a stump at one of my foreclosure mows this week, my Everride just barked and kept going!!!

[billslawn89]

gotta love those papers..especially when you are mowing and you do see a small piece of paper and try to avoid it and somehow it gets sucked up and your next pass you see not one, but now 10 pieces...boy do i get mad! how its gets sucked up, i have no clue. :cry: if i only picked up the one piece...LOL

[Merlin300]

A couple of years ago, I fell victim to a full wet diaper hidden in tall grass. It exploded and bits of Bio hazzard was stuck to myself and the mower. The smell was something the english language don't have words to describe it.

[billslawn89]

A couple of years ago, I fell victim to a full wet diaper hidden in tall grass. It exploded and bits of Bio hazzard was stuck to myself and the mower. The smell was something the english language don't have words to describe it.

oh man...thats gotta be the worst!

[Turf Commando]

A couple of years ago, I fell victim to a full wet diaper hidden in tall grass. It exploded and bits of Bio hazzard was stuck to myself and the mower. The smell was something the english language don't have words to describe it.
Thats funny right there.

[huskres]

oh ya, the same yard i got a snake too! good thing it didnt get on me!

[cgaengineer]

A couple of years ago, I fell victim to a full wet diaper hidden in tall grass. It exploded and bits of Bio hazzard was stuck to myself and the mower. The smell was something the english language don't have words to describe it.

That is friggin nasty!!

[gorknoids]

We handle several nursing homes. There is nothing more infuriating than walking the places down with a bucket and tongs, only to run over a tightly-balled Kleenex at the front door. I call them Snot Grenades.

[laxative]

Rugs and fencing are fun. And spray cans. Hardest hit was maybe an 8" chunk of railroad track somebody collected.

[Carolina Cuts]

Ironic topic...

Yesterday I did a 'favor' for a real estate agent....

grass was a foot high... cakewalk property.... but hit an axe blade, no handle.. that did wonders for the blades.... some major roots.... and topped off the visit by bumping into a homemade hosebib tied into the water main. The pipe was 3 inches out of ground under over grown pompass grass.... the bump shifted EVERTHING underground shattering 2 feet of 20 year old pipe tapped off the main. Major leak... shut main down. Ran to the store, repaired, glued, set... let dry. Turned the main back on.... NO LEAKS. Filled hole in.
Tonight I receive a call from the realtor.... major leak again. WTF?????

ALL this for a $30.00 cut. Dull blades and what will be now 4 man hours in fixing some hack job after thought hose bib attachment to a water main.

[laxative]

That reminds me, I ever so slightly bumped a gas meter last year. Didn't think much about it. Next week the owners freaked out on me, said they had to call the fire dept. and the gas company after I left, and were without gas for several hours. Wanted me to pay for it. I declined. They fired me. So it goes.

[Turf Commando]

Carolina cuts that was quite the story lol...

[mngrassguy]

Got a newspaper stuck in the secoundary of my snowblower once. Had to take it to the shop and tear it down in the middle of a snow storm.

[mattfromNY]

Got a newspaper stuck in the secoundary of my snowblower once. Had to take it to the shop and tear it down in the middle of a snow storm.

Same here, but with Christmas lights. :cry:

I got a pair of thongs wrapped up in the blades once, had to cut 'em out. (we mow near the college)

We mow for a gas co., they plug their trucks in using extension cords in cold weather. Didn't see one of the cords once and before I could shut down the PTO, had about 30' of cord wrapped, tied, balled, tangled amongst all three blades. That was a nightmare. Luckily the cord got unplugged as it went into the mower deck!

[freshprince94]

At my job, one of the guys ran over one of those metal dog chains with a 36 Gravely w/b. Took about 15 mins to untangle from the blades, thank god it didn't break.

[Charles]

I hit a boundary pin one time and bent a brand new blade in the process ^%$#@*&^:cry:

[Itsgottobegreen]

I just hit a rock at my own house with my new walker. That made a wonderful noise. I had gravel in the hopper when I dumped it.

[dcgreenspro]

One of my clients doesn't want mulch anymore and instead, installed large river rock. Then, I guess they told their three kids to scatter them about the yard to see how many I could hit the next time I was out to cut. Picked them all up and sent a very nice email explaining what happened along with additional bill for my time spent on the property. No more rocks to deal with but still can't get em to clean up the monstrous piles of dog crap.:cry:

[Gardens55]

Wait until they are standing nearby then drive over it! ;)

[cgaengineer]

I hit a boundary pin one time and bent a brand new blade in the process ^%$#@*&^:cry:

I hit one too with my 21" (1/2 rebar) and you would be amazed at how fast a rotating mass can come to a stop (3600 rpms to 0 rpms in a milli second)

[S man]

A couple of years ago, I fell victim to a full wet diaper hidden in tall grass. It exploded and bits of Bio hazzard was stuck to myself and the mower. The smell was something the english language don't have words to describe it.

That's funny.

[Stillwater]

That reminds me, I ever so slightly bumped a gas meter last year. Didn't think much about it. Next week the owners freaked out on me, said they had to call the fire dept. and the gas company after I left, and were without gas for several hours. Wanted me to pay for it. I declined. They fired me. So it goes.

why would you not pay for it?

[Stillwater]

Luckily the cord got unplugged as it went into the mower deck!

Wow just think about that for a minute.........

[Integritylawncare]

Last year it hit a used sanitary napkin in one of my yards, must be a dog got it out of the garbage. Anyway tore it up somewhat but not as much as you would think must be that absorbing power kept it together.

[mnglocker]

I hit a McNasty yesterday, I was mowing the ditch along the driveway and the blades found a half gallon of milk the must have been in the sun for about 2 months. Thick sticky stinky cheese came out of the chute. :ack:

[DaughtryLC]

I hit a baby rabbit this spring, little guy was crouched down in the grass and I didnt see him. I was tore up all day!

[Dave_005]

I know what ya mean, i walked a new yard last week, it wasnt really long but long enough to hide thigs, didnt find anything though, then about halfway through the yard i hear BANG ! found a nice Big Brick ! :cry: bent the hell out of the blade. luckily i carry extra blades in the truck. but what a MAJOR PITA having to change blades ! :hammerhead:

[farmboy52787]

Ive hit like 3 of those water main shutoff things that stick up a little out of the ground. Bent one a little bit, chipped a piece off another, thank god they didnt break. But damn arent they a PITA. Ive never bent a blade though, how they hell do you bend a blade, jeez do your machine not have shear pins or something. My walker will break the shear pins if i hit a rock and thats a PITA too but again its my fault for hitting a rock.

[Gardens55]

Mmm I might invent some kind of rock sensor. Anybody want to buy one.