JDgreen
Lawn Addict
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Normally I don't mind having to fix one of my toys, except when the repairs are needed because I did something stupid to cause it.
In the middle of my property is a big pile of fieldstone that I am using as a decorative border around the house, last week I was throwing some of them into my wheelbarrow and pushed them up to spread around. The grass by the pile wasn't too high then, but it really grew since then. Started up my push mower this morning, and of course there was a baseball size stone hidden in the tall grass....WHANG...the engine stopped dead and I said a few dirty words. Crossed my fingers and wheeled the mower back to the barn, propped it up and saw the nearly-new mulching blade badly bent at one end, and the chute deflector was broken. Said a few more dirty words and replaced the $20 blade and found a chute deflector on a parts mower that fit. Started the engine up, and thankfully no vibration from a bent crankshaft. Has anyone ever had a bent crank from hitting something with a blade? I have bent two or three others with the same size of stone on different mowers in the past. DUMB ME. :frown:
In the middle of my property is a big pile of fieldstone that I am using as a decorative border around the house, last week I was throwing some of them into my wheelbarrow and pushed them up to spread around. The grass by the pile wasn't too high then, but it really grew since then. Started up my push mower this morning, and of course there was a baseball size stone hidden in the tall grass....WHANG...the engine stopped dead and I said a few dirty words. Crossed my fingers and wheeled the mower back to the barn, propped it up and saw the nearly-new mulching blade badly bent at one end, and the chute deflector was broken. Said a few more dirty words and replaced the $20 blade and found a chute deflector on a parts mower that fit. Started the engine up, and thankfully no vibration from a bent crankshaft. Has anyone ever had a bent crank from hitting something with a blade? I have bent two or three others with the same size of stone on different mowers in the past. DUMB ME. :frown: