David Haggerty
04-11-2002, 07:44 PM
This wasn't intentional. A little problem I encountered this morning.
I'd taken the core aerator off, and was easing the tractor up to the deck to hook it up. I was standing beside the tractor pushing the hydrostatic pedal with my hand.
It was just running at an idle. I had a block of wood holding the spring loaded push arms down. The block of wood somehow pushed against the hydrostatic pedal linkage. Before I could shut the engine off, the tractor had climbed right on top of the deck!
Yup it's wedged between the two front castors. I jacked it up and let the air out of the drive tires to free it.
No damage done, but it took two hours to do a five minute job!
When I figured out I wasn't hurt, I had to laugh at what I'd done.
I'd taken the core aerator off, and was easing the tractor up to the deck to hook it up. I was standing beside the tractor pushing the hydrostatic pedal with my hand.
It was just running at an idle. I had a block of wood holding the spring loaded push arms down. The block of wood somehow pushed against the hydrostatic pedal linkage. Before I could shut the engine off, the tractor had climbed right on top of the deck!
Yup it's wedged between the two front castors. I jacked it up and let the air out of the drive tires to free it.
No damage done, but it took two hours to do a five minute job!
When I figured out I wasn't hurt, I had to laugh at what I'd done.