[bobbygedd]

for you guys that use walk behinds. ever take one in the gut? while mowing, i hit a stump , the mower stopped, i didnt. took a nice shot in the ribs from the handle. ever happen to u?

 

[scott's turf]

Bobby,
this used to happen to me all the time when I ran wb's. I used belt drive wb's and when a sudden stop would occur my hands would usually get cut up on the nuetral thumb lever locks and sometimes almost feel like I was going to go right up over the mower.

 

[Gravely_Man]

Yes Bobby I have taken a few to the ribs and other body parts over the years of running walk behinds. If nothing else it really wakes you up! Worse then that is when running an older Gravely walk behind using the sulky and you go up a hill. That will put the handlebars right in your lap if you know what I mean. That is not fun at all.


Gravely_Man

 

[Rick Jones]

That is just one more nice feature of Toro's T-bar. The primary handlebar is one solid piece, parallel to the operator's gut, with no protrusions sticking out to impale you. If you do collide with it, the force is spread evenly across the belly, rather than imparting all that energy in a 1 square inch area.

 

[LB Landscaping]

Yup, hurts like hell for a while.

 

[Jimbo]

I know a guy who was going all out on his WB with Velke attachment. There was a stump cut off a few inches above the ground, and he clipped it with the deck. The mower didnt move much but it sort of jack-knifed.
The guy was thrown over the bars but his right hand got pinched between the lever as he went over and it darn near tore it off.
Ever since hearing that story I go extra slow on new props and try to always wear leather gloves.

As far as I am concerned the worst I did (so far) was got pinched between my WB and a fence. I had a belt drive and I was going up a steep hill which is close to a fence. I missed a little spot so I pulled in on the levers to let it drift back, and then I applied full force to stop the mower but the brakes would not hold, and it wedged me against the fence. I had to push like Heck to get that 650lbs off of me.

Jimbo

 

[ElephantNest]

Been there, done that. Also fun when you actualy flip over the bars, landing with your back on the belts and pullies, and your feet hanging over the front, touching the ground. :dizzy: Scariest part was the blades were still humming right along. '

A buddy of mine had an eXmark climbing the side of a house, straight up, then bounce down, then up again. Yup, fun stuff.


~Nest

 

[Green in Idaho]

I was mowing around some big Maples one day, I think the exact species was Moving Maples. And all of a sudden one moved 6 ft across the lawn and planted itself right in front of the mower and I had no time to stop. Wham right into it! Hurts!

Dang those trees move FAST!

 

[Doc Pete]

Originally posted by Rick Jones
That is just one more nice feature of Toro's T-bar. The primary handlebar is one solid piece, parallel to the operator's gut, with no protrusions sticking out to impale you. If you do collide with it, the force is spread evenly across the belly, rather than imparting all that energy in a 1 square inch area.

Yup, the H bar is the same way.....

 

[BSDeality]

the worst i got was clipping something with the deck and i had the handle bar go right into my hip. i'm a pretty tall/skinny guy, so i've got no fat to cushion it. I had a nasty bruise the next day. it hurts just thinking about it.

 

[logan]

Watch out for those bar ends taking core samples out of you!

 

[thartz]

Got pinned between a wb and a tree once;went down a hill and made the turn for the next pass to go back up.Turning wheel hit some mud and started the machine sliding backwards.Right behind me was a large oak that I thought was farther away.Had a pistol grip catch the side of my hip and pin me up against the tree;luckily about seconds later the wheel got traction and pulled the machine off me.Wife had to buy me a new pair of fruit of the looms after that day.

 

[GLAN]

That happened to my drivers God Father that works for another LCO. It ruptured his splean.

 

[Turfdude]

I'm a little taller, so I've taken a few in the stones

 

[rodfather]

It's happended to me a few times over the years. I've had a couple of my guys actually go over the handlebars from either not paying attention, grip is too loose, and/or going too fast...will have to agree, it's those old tree stumps about 3 or 4 inches high that are the worse.

 

[Navig8r]

Bobby... I actually was thinking of you and the bungee cord last week......

I clipped my trailer with the WB, and put the bar end right into my crotch...... Luckily, the bar does not have great aim (if you know what I mean), or I'd still be laying in that road.......... I did have a good bruise for a few days though..OUCH!

 

[bobbygedd]

maybe the bar does have good aim, just the target was too small......

 

[Navig8r]

Ouch.... thats just wrong Bobby...... But 2 points for a good one anyway..LMAO

 

[bobbygedd]

listen to me. that shot i took in the gonads with that bubngee cord, was the absolute worst pain i have ever felt, or imagined in my life. anytime i hurt myself, i immediately think back to that, and the pain goes away. believe me, after that, i fear no man.

 

[Doogiegh]

I've hit 2 "memorable" stumps so far.. On my pro-slide, whizzing along a straight run.. Forgot about the sawed off at 3" level fence post in the middle of the yard, maybe it was an old clothesline? I dunno. WHAM. I hit my left hip bone, I'm tall and skinny as well,. Man left a black and blue mark on my hip like I got clubbed by a baseball bat..

Another time, hit some other tree stump, flew forward about 8 inches into the handle bars. My left thumb slammed into the pistol grip latch system, I swore I broke my thumb off. Blood came out of the knuckle, immediate pain, the whole deal. And I still had to control the mower cause after the mower hit the stump, it spun off to the right and was heading about 3 feet away from going right through a stockade fence.... Thumb luckily was just bruised and had a cut that wasn't deep, just seemed to bleed alot.. Thank goodness...

Gary