-
You are viewing the forum as a Guest, please login (you can use your Facebook, Twitter, Google or Microsoft account to login) or register using this link: Log in or Sign Up
Ride on Lawn Mowers - Flood pics
- Thread starter Zeus.
- Start date
zozo
Member
Haha, I remember a complete series of tools like that being offered. The drill hammer and the chainsaw
And a few more...
And a few more...
jamila169
Member
you mean it took more than an hour to realise that goats will eat almost anything before they'll eat grass?
LondonDragon
Member
I can see why the wife might have not been keen on the idea! but I bet you had fun doing that 🙂
Even named than as 'Silfen Paths' after Peter F Hamilton Commonwealth Saga - Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained an Epic/must read, read them twice and looking forward to read them again. For any fans of the Saga I have yet to find 'Morning Light Mountain'
I use a Husqvarna it is OK, I had the mulching blades fitted so no grass to pick up.
It has never been easy to start, it does always start but never straight away.
I had a Honda before and that seemed to be a much better built machine, it cost me £1200 it lasted about 15 years and i still got £400 part excahnge .
Yours has the blades front mounted which I think makes the driver look like a meerkat ha ha….
It has never been easy to start, it does always start but never straight away.
I had a Honda before and that seemed to be a much better built machine, it cost me £1200 it lasted about 15 years and i still got £400 part excahnge .
Yours has the blades front mounted which I think makes the driver look like a meerkat ha ha….
Yes, read up about that and with the grass being so dense wild flowers wouldn't have much of a chance unfortunately.
The deck is a mulching deck so no pickup
Starting hasn't been an issue for a nine year old machine, it has a Briggs & Stratton Engine, which I do intend to strip on overall come winter
😆, dead handy for getting under bushes and it has a pretty tight turning circle, back end kicks out a bit when doing so,
I had a big green ride on at one time, I cant remember the make but it had a two forward speed gearbox And could go really fast (15mph?)
Anyway, I decided to sharpen the blades (big single deck) while still in place so i made a one sided ramp and drove her up an an acute angle.
I used a 4” grinder with a sanding disk to sharpen the blades, worked a treat so I dove back dow the ramp and started it up.
I thought that it sounded a bit rough and reved it up a bit only for the motor to completely seize up!
What had happened was the engine oil had drained away while it was at an angle.
It was an expensive mistake for sure!
Anyway, I decided to sharpen the blades (big single deck) while still in place so i made a one sided ramp and drove her up an an acute angle.
I used a 4” grinder with a sanding disk to sharpen the blades, worked a treat so I dove back dow the ramp and started it up.
I thought that it sounded a bit rough and reved it up a bit only for the motor to completely seize up!
What had happened was the engine oil had drained away while it was at an angle.
It was an expensive mistake for sure!
Karmicnull
Member
For which you should be profoundly grateful!
Cut a few paths on long grass for starters
Wife wasn't too keen on them 🙄😇
Excellent! Mini Pitch-and-Putt or a Go Kart track as a second income could be in your future! . . . Man, I'm so envious of that outlook and river access!
You might not be when river floods, when it flooded earlier this year when river was at 4.07meters ( last owner sent me these pics on request)
You can see the level it reached inside the garage where the wall is wet
the highest its been on record is 5.17 meters sept 1999, so thats just below the light switch
Ouch! I guess there’s no such thing as a free lunch eh! . . . but you still went for the house?
Yes, there is always a risk. Unlike Brian May I am aware of the risk of flooding of house.
zozo
Member
Meanwhile, in Germany and Belgium, this was yesterday and the day before.
The area where I live is 20 to 30 miles downhill away from this area, we got the aftermath, a tad less drastic but still, quite some villages evacuated.
I feel really lucky living on top of a hill and see the creek below it turn into a rafting monster.
The area where I live is 20 to 30 miles downhill away from this area, we got the aftermath, a tad less drastic but still, quite some villages evacuated.
I feel really lucky living on top of a hill and see the creek below it turn into a rafting monster.
What a tragedy 😱😱😭😭, one of the hidden issues when rivers are held back with banks and we colonise the available land is when freak weather happens and banks bust and very high volumes of water moving fast destroy everything in their way.
zozo
Member
Yup, 🙁 it's a wake-up call, how a small idyllic village with a romantic babbling brook can turn into a horror movie.
From this
to this
in less than 3 days time.
From this
to this
in less than 3 days time.
