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You do what you have to do...and that statement becomes more relevant the older we get. [eek]
I like those aluminum vents, are they commercially available?
I like those aluminum vents, are they commercially available?
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I was wondering what 'vents' you were referring to!? Then I realised that you had been confused by the sunlight hitting the corrugated sheets of Colorbond Steel. [smile]
I am sure you have this or similar in NA. Our roof, under decking and some ext walls are covered with this.http://colorbond.com/support
[member=44099]Cheese[/member] [big grin] LOL.Cheese said:
I was wondering what 'vents' you were referring to!? Then I realised that you had been confused by the sunlight hitting the corrugated sheets of Colorbond Steel. [smile]
I am sure you have this or similar in NA. Our roof, under decking and some ext walls are covered with this.http://colorbond.com/support
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Thanks [member=19746]Untidy Shop[/member], In that one picture the shadow lines are so strong that they look like angled louvers rather than rounded corrugated.
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Untidy Shop said:So this morning AEST, I hobble to the mower shed and get stuck in to some mowing. At lunch time rather than hobble back to the house I drove up the deck ramp to the door.
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So essentially you're a grass cutting version of Davros [eek] [big grin]
@ Untidy Shop It hurt only my ego. I was actually fortunate the car was there in the exact spot. Had it not been there, or a couple of feet further from the wall ................
Luckily the owner had a sense of humor when I unformed him that, "Some body has parked a lawn mower on your car."
By the height of your deck, You were probably fortunate the mower did not tip back on you. Been there and done that also. I had a 3/4ton pickup that i had been hauling my mower (same style but less weight to the deck as the one i parked on that car) I had a couple of aluminum ramps that I used with no problem during the first season I had used the truck. During the early winter I got a job where I would be putting a lot of fill into a tight space. I had planned to get a small dump truck, but decided the picku would work with a dump body installed. So i went that route and all went well.
In the following spring, i went back to using the same pickup for hauling my rider. The first lawn I went to, I unloaded in the same spot as always duringg the previous season. The mower went off fine, I mowed the lawn and came back to drive up the ramps. The truck body was now 4-1/2" higher than it had been before. As I got fully onto the ramps, the front end of the mower just continued going towards the sky. I did a quick calculatin and decided it would probably be a tad uncomfortable if that mower kept turning over and landed on top of me. I also realised it might be a bit messy if my head were to put a crack in the flagsone walk it was heading for. I tucked my head up and as the mower, all 500lbs of it, decended directly towards my foulded up body, my shoulders hit the walk. I somehow gave a mighty heave with arms and legs and deposited the mower about three feet of to my side. In attempting to keep my head from messing up the walk, I put a couple of tears in the ligaments that run up both sides of the front of my neck. I had a couple of sore lumps there for a couple of weeks, but no other damage to any of ME. I always figure my head is probably the least vulnerable part of my body anyhow.
When the dust had settled, I trid to turn the mower over, but it would not budge. I had to go to another job where I had another crew working. The biggest guy came with me to help my turn the mower back on its wheels. Since that little problem, i have never tried to run a riding mower up onto any truck. I went home and got my trailer (which I should have been using, but it was soooo much quicker to use the pickup with ramps [eek]) and have used only a trailer for hauling my riders ever since.
@ Untidy, do be careful running your rider up onto your deck. I cringe to think what could happen. Your head is probably not as hard as mine. Better you irritate your toe than to irritate your dear wife when she has to come out and peal you off the grass.
Tinker
Luckily the owner had a sense of humor when I unformed him that, "Some body has parked a lawn mower on your car."
By the height of your deck, You were probably fortunate the mower did not tip back on you. Been there and done that also. I had a 3/4ton pickup that i had been hauling my mower (same style but less weight to the deck as the one i parked on that car) I had a couple of aluminum ramps that I used with no problem during the first season I had used the truck. During the early winter I got a job where I would be putting a lot of fill into a tight space. I had planned to get a small dump truck, but decided the picku would work with a dump body installed. So i went that route and all went well.
In the following spring, i went back to using the same pickup for hauling my rider. The first lawn I went to, I unloaded in the same spot as always duringg the previous season. The mower went off fine, I mowed the lawn and came back to drive up the ramps. The truck body was now 4-1/2" higher than it had been before. As I got fully onto the ramps, the front end of the mower just continued going towards the sky. I did a quick calculatin and decided it would probably be a tad uncomfortable if that mower kept turning over and landed on top of me. I also realised it might be a bit messy if my head were to put a crack in the flagsone walk it was heading for. I tucked my head up and as the mower, all 500lbs of it, decended directly towards my foulded up body, my shoulders hit the walk. I somehow gave a mighty heave with arms and legs and deposited the mower about three feet of to my side. In attempting to keep my head from messing up the walk, I put a couple of tears in the ligaments that run up both sides of the front of my neck. I had a couple of sore lumps there for a couple of weeks, but no other damage to any of ME. I always figure my head is probably the least vulnerable part of my body anyhow.
When the dust had settled, I trid to turn the mower over, but it would not budge. I had to go to another job where I had another crew working. The biggest guy came with me to help my turn the mower back on its wheels. Since that little problem, i have never tried to run a riding mower up onto any truck. I went home and got my trailer (which I should have been using, but it was soooo much quicker to use the pickup with ramps [eek]) and have used only a trailer for hauling my riders ever since.
@ Untidy, do be careful running your rider up onto your deck. I cringe to think what could happen. Your head is probably not as hard as mine. Better you irritate your toe than to irritate your dear wife when she has to come out and peal you off the grass.
Tinker
Glad to see you are recovering nicely!
Regarding ramps - not having anything to do with mowers - but being consistent with my philosophy to share stupid things that I have done so others do not...
One of my dogs - Blazer - was a white golden retriever that developed hip issues. He was about 85 lbs. I built a ramp for him to use instead of the steps to get from the rear porch down onto the deck and outside to use the bathroom. As he got older I learned the very hard way on numerous occasions that in icy - even frosty - weather that humans shouldn't carry 85 dogs down slippery slopes in such conditions. He was never injured in these experiences; I cushioned his falls. Lucky him.
Peter
Regarding ramps - not having anything to do with mowers - but being consistent with my philosophy to share stupid things that I have done so others do not...
One of my dogs - Blazer - was a white golden retriever that developed hip issues. He was about 85 lbs. I built a ramp for him to use instead of the steps to get from the rear porch down onto the deck and outside to use the bathroom. As he got older I learned the very hard way on numerous occasions that in icy - even frosty - weather that humans shouldn't carry 85 dogs down slippery slopes in such conditions. He was never injured in these experiences; I cushioned his falls. Lucky him.
Peter
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[member=19746]Untidy Shop[/member] Now I see the ramp, I feeel much better about your welfare. A gentle pitch. I don't know the weight distribution of your mower. The mower i had my experience with was one of the earliest models. I should have known better as I had already had experiences with it tipping back on steep lawn slopes a couple of times. The mower I have now (the one in the picture)is much heavier. The deck is way heavier. I have tried to tip it up on a couple of very steep slopes with out success. I still will not try running it up a ramp to my truck. 500+/-#'s I could handle with a good flow of adrenalin. 1200#'s, not so much.
BTW: A very nice job on the ramp. I like that you put the sloping boards croswise for better traction. Do you have a smoth transition from ground to the lip of the ramp so the front of the mower does not bounce as it starts up the incline?
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BTW: A very nice job on the ramp. I like that you put the sloping boards croswise for better traction. Do you have a smoth transition from ground to the lip of the ramp so the front of the mower does not bounce as it starts up the incline?
Tinker
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Thanks for your comments regarding the ramp. Yes there is a smooth transition to the ground, assisted by some pavers before the grass commences. For more ramp details you might want to visit-http://festoolownersgroup.com/membe...ed-a-deck-ramp/msg476448/?topicseen#msg476448
Regarding the mower and mower ramps. One of the dealer's mechanics just collected it for a 100hrs service. Based on your experiences, if you had been here, the two of us would have held our breath as he drove it up some high ramps to the back of the ute tray. Both front anti scouring wheels rotated as the deck front edge just cleared the tray lip! [eek]
Thanks for your comments regarding the ramp. Yes there is a smooth transition to the ground, assisted by some pavers before the grass commences. For more ramp details you might want to visit-http://festoolownersgroup.com/membe...ed-a-deck-ramp/msg476448/?topicseen#msg476448
Regarding the mower and mower ramps. One of the dealer's mechanics just collected it for a 100hrs service. Based on your experiences, if you had been here, the two of us would have held our breath as he drove it up some high ramps to the back of the ute tray. Both front anti scouring wheels rotated as the deck front edge just cleared the tray lip! [eek]
[member=19746]Untidy Shop[/member] It always amazes me to realize how many workers around machinery have no idea about certain laws of physics. I cringe even when seeing a worker park a truck uphill on a slope, put down ramps and try to drive even a walk behind machine up those ramps that are starting at the bottom already from a steep incline.
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Tinker, do these mowers have a reverse gear? If so, couldn't you go up a ramp in reverse with no risk of tipping over?
They are ZERO TURN. They can go forward, backward and spin 360º. The problem with backing up a ramp, or hillside is the the drive wheels are in the back. If the mower deck is mid mount or front mount, backing up becomes a problem if the drive wheels are upside. Of course, [member=19746]Untidy Shop[/member], that would be no problem. Everything is downside up in Oz anyhow. My mower has a 61" deck and weighs about 200#'s. The entire mower is a little over 1200#'s. That takes a lot of traction to pull so much weight. My old mower that tipped back on me years ago was around 500 to 600#'s with a much lighter deck. That mower tipped back often but had a bracket that kept it from going all the way. When i tipped it onto me, that bracket fit between the two ramps. UGH! [scared] the mower I have now, I have tried tipping over backwards on open hill sides with total stability. It is so heavy that i have to be careful in going downhill frontwards. When i "parked on the man's car, I had weights on front of the mower to hold front end down when using my leaf vacuum system. I had just removed the vac syatem 30 minutes before. The grass was wet. A very bad combination. I have not made the same mistook again.
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I don't really understand what you said...I know nothing about powered mowers. Don't waste your time trying to explain it to me.
I just hope you continue to stay active and avoid serious injury.
I just hope you continue to stay active and avoid serious injury.
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Tinker said:
That's funny [member=550]Tinker[/member]...because when I was growing up, I had the exact opposite problem. My dad purchased a new riding mower to help ease my pain of having to mow weekly, a 2 acre yard with a 19 inch self-propelled walk behind mower. He purchased a front wheel drive model with a front mounted, 3-blade mower deck. The combination of a front mounted deck with front wheel drive prevented me from going up any hill forwards because of insufficient traction. I had to attack every hill in reverse, and if the hill was too steep, the lawnmower would start to wheelie and lift the rear wheels off the ground, but they were the ones that steered the contraption. [eek]
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Untidy, that Cox looks pretty handy, and swift.
Almost makes me wish I had a lawn.
Almost makes me wish I had a lawn.
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Good News Regarding My Hammer Toe Operation.
After five weeks the wire was removed today.
Bad News Regarding My Hammer Toe Operation.
I have been cleared for 'normal' activities. [eek] [eek] [smile]
Interesting, that instead of some high tech surgical 'thing a me jig', my surgeon used a cheep pair of pliers; the sort you find at the $2 Shop or Aldi! [eek]
After five weeks the wire was removed today.
Bad News Regarding My Hammer Toe Operation.
I have been cleared for 'normal' activities. [eek] [eek] [smile]
Interesting, that instead of some high tech surgical 'thing a me jig', my surgeon used a cheep pair of pliers; the sort you find at the $2 Shop or Aldi! [eek]
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