Ever gotten your mower stuck!?

MooseMan89 · Apr 2, 2011

Have you guys ever gotten your mowers stuck? If so, how did you get it free?

I was servicing the property of one of a client when the across the street neighbor came over and ask me to mow her lawn down. So I gave her a price (of course i hammered her since she doesn't want to be on the schedule and only wanted a one time thing :laugh

and told her I'll do it once I'm done with the one I'm currently working on.

The grass in the back yard was above knee and i couldn't really see what was under what I was mowing. So I'm mowing and enjoying the sight of all the heavy discharge at the mower's chute when my mower suddenly wouldn't stopped... So I'm like what the..? I looked at the tires and they're spinning full speed in MUD! My mower was actually sinking!!! I get off the sulky to push her and my boots start sinking.. So i get out of there and see is going on. Turn out they're running the hose from the washer in the laundry to the back yard because they don't want it to fill up the septic tank... Which figures why the grass is extremely high in the back..
So I tried and to get my mower out with no luck. Tires where spinning everywhere! I finally backed my truck in there, disconnected the trailer, and tied it to a rope and dragged her out... Destroying half of the backyard in the process..

So the lady and watching and like ohhh Im soo sorry and blah blah...

Richard Martin · Apr 4, 2011

bob said:
A slippery slope sucked in the Grasshopper. The Gravelys tires got caked in mud & couldn't pull the Grasshopper out. The Gravely then slide down towards the bottom-less pit. Good thing my Ranger was only a few miles away.

I remember you posting that before.

http://70.85.43.66/showthread.php?t=247870

Anthony6589 · Oct 8, 2019

It happen to me too with zero turn...... that why I like commercial walk behind with sulky. Stand on is ok

Mowing monkey. · Oct 8, 2019

Who hasn't gotten their mower stuck a few times? Luckily I've never gotten my truck stuck while pulling out a mower.

takervader · Oct 8, 2019

Zero turn gets stuck in mud at least once a year in spring when the ground is mush. Grab the nose and turn it 180 degrees and pull, and usually get it out.

Thats why I use a tractor mower on wet ground in spring, tends to not get stuck and tear sh** up as much.

JagT20N · May 15, 2020

not me but one of the residents where I took over , they have a low area that was for a foundation that was dug out and partially refilled and when it rains it turns into a retention pond and stays wet for a week or two afterwords , I walk it before I mow it to make sure its dry , well they see the dry dirt on top and run the lawn tractor right into it and it sucked it right down to the top of the deck kind of like driving across a peat bog . since I am the only one with a pick up I chained it up and slid a sheet of plywood under the rear wheels and the mower deck to break the suction ond pulled it out , the deck was damaged . and they think I am nuts when I walk the yard and the low spots . would hate to sink the BC because the damn thing weighs over half a ton .

Coachbob · Jul 11, 2020

Mower stuck?? Not since April.

goodgreen · Jul 12, 2020

Have a few homes close to a river. It's really high and I've gotten too close a couple of times. Had to pull it out with the Ford F150 ... :usflag:

Ever gotten your mower stuck!?

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