Traffic Cones

Do any of you put cones behind your trailer when at a lawn?

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lawn mower fanatic

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Do any of you put cones behind your trailer when at a lawn?

I will take a pic of mine once we have a snow that I need the trailer to haul the snowblower.
 
lawn mower fanatic said:
Do any of you put cones behind your trailer when at a lawn?

I will take a pic of mine once we have a snow that I need the trailer to haul the snowblower.
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No I just park if I'm in a no parking zone loading zone or somewhere km not technically supposed to be ill turn on my flashers no cones seems just one more thing to keep track of
 
I don't see a reason why.

I only use my lawn tractor with my cart but even if I was driving a truck with a trailer I wouldn't use cones. Hazard lights do a good enough job if you park in the street. Personally I would park in the customer's driveway if at all possible. When it comes to parking in the street, I would just leave the hazards on like I said. I don't think it's that hard to see a pickup truck with a flatbed trailer.

Then again, you hear stories of people crashing into school buses.
 
Most yards I park in the driveway because they are on busy roads.
When a park in the road or in a parking lot the cones are used and flashers.
I also have backup beepers.
 
I would add placing cones out gives your company a professional look and feel.
 
In TN back up alarms are required on all commercial vehiclesIt is a TOSHA regulation in TN TOSHA regulations override OSHA.
We have always used cones due to TN being a comparative fault state.
 
I'm not a commercial landscaper, this is just an observation. If you don't put out cones when the trailer gate is down, you could be held liable if a person trips over the gate and injures themselves. The cones will act as a warning device and could absolve you of any liability in a court of law. Again, just an observation, and no legal precedent known by me to support it.
 
mullins87 said:
If you don't put out cones when the trailer gate is down, you could be held liable if a person trips over the gate and injures themselves.
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Just how far do you have to go? As soon as I pull in there driveway they can sue me. Just maybe I will trip over there lawn mower and sue them? Just what are we living in a sue happy country and just where do we draw the line?
 
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