That was a wild ride

[bocephus1991]

Had to tow dads 1212 grasshopper back to the garage to work on it, bad fuel pump. Anyway I removed the drive chains to tow it because it doesn't have a hydro release. Well it didn't go so smoothly! The tow strap came undone on a hill with me on it and off like rocket I went backwards towards the trees! I bailed off it stopped against a cedar tree. Luckily neither me or the mower were hurt other than a few bruises. If it has to be towed again I will tie the straps so it cannot come loose! Did scare me though. Could have been very bad.

[R Bedell]

Sounds better than Cedar Point....!!!

[crossingcrown]

Grasshopper 1, driver 0. Glad you are good.

[Cub Cadet 123]

Wow, glad that you are alright. I try to think, "What's the worst thing that could happen?" and that usually allows me to thing about 1 step ahead for safety.....usually. A stumble may prevent a fall--Chinese Proverb.

Cub Cadet 123

[olds45512]

my landlord lives up the road from me and there's a pretty good hill leading up to his house, one day i rode my old 126 up there to give him the rent and on the way down 3rd gear wasn't fast enough so i popped it out of gear. the 126 didn't have good brakes and the steering had a mile of slop in it, needless to say it took off like a rocket and even though i was holding the wheel straight the slop allowed the tractor to drift back and forth about 4 feet which really made it feel like it was about to go out of control and start flipping. i didn't get stopped until well past my driveway and ive never been so happy to get off a cub in my life.

[darkminion_17]

Glad your okay,are your underpants a different color?

[J-Mech]

Too bad the guy towing you didn't get a pic of your o-s*** face as you rolled backwards. LMFAO.

I'm sorry for the morbid sense of humor, but because your ok, I feel I can laugh. I've had those moments too... just glad you weren't hurt. (At least not badly) We live and learn, and live to tell. Wisdom is gained from experience.....even if it's a bad experience.


Tim, I heard you tell that story when it happened. I still laugh reading it too. I bet that was a wild ride!


We had a BIG A on our farm. (3 wheeled dry fertilizer spreader.... BIG thing) Anyway, it had basically no brakes, and was a manual. I started driving it when I was about 14. It had a 351 Ford gas engine in it and straight pipes up the side of the cab. Point is, with no brakes, spreading 6-8 ton of ag lime, downhill..... I went on a couple wild rides. Never any accidents.... but some close calls. I can remember more than one time grabbing the steering wheel and literally standing on the brake to get what little it had to work. I must have been a heck of an operator at that age for dad and grandad to put me in it.... because sometimes I wonder why they did let me drive it. (They were actually very safety conscious.)

[bocephus1991]

I thought posting this would be a good reminder to everyone to be safe and think, I should have. Should have tied that tow strap or a chain. I ended up pulling it back to the garage with the 1200. I chained the rear of the grasshopper to the sleeve hitch and drug it. It didn't hurt anything, except a sore spot on my leg. Now to get parts and get this dam thing outta here!

[rwairforce]

Thanks for sharing.
It's a good reminder that sometimes we rationalize that "it will never happen" when we should always expect that it will.

[bocephus1991]

Why I even got on it is a good question. I couldn't steer it and couldn't stop it. Just lucky I didn't get hurt! And yeah Jon my neighbor said my eyes had that oh sh!!!! Look! lol nope my britches were fine! Lol surprisingly enough! Lol