I fought the lawn (mower) and the lawn won!

[Rastus]

What kind of zero turn was it?

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

What kind of zero turn was it?

Cub cadet

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/cub-cadet-ultima-zero-turn-mower-zt1-42-42-in-215hp-kawasaki-engine-2326593?cid=Google-Shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&BU=TSCO&adtype=pla&campaignid=20387647901&device=c&product_channel=local&product_id=2326593&store_code=613&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20382437754&gbraid=0AAAAADnTm225i_UeCBY_gO6DNY-w-AF9O&gclid=CjwKCAjwvO7CBhAqEiwA9q2YJVAaipN0KCIEYu4xwonQRnIJ405HCXzIoECeb_9AZMzcjTlExzStyhoCgcYQAvD_BwE

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

Did you go sideways on a slope, or head first downhill?

Went up a hill and the left rear tire lost traction. As soon as it started, I slapped my hand down on the blade engage button to shut off the blades.
It rolled back and then tipped toward the left. The right side came up off the ground, and I was simply along for the ride as it rolled toward the left, up, and over my back and ribs. While it continued to roll, I fell off and it rolled all the way over and stopped to my right, still running.

[MikeBjerum]

It was ten years ago when I bought it, and seven years since we left it behind, but that is basically what we had, except we had the 60" deck. What you described is one of the unstable posibilities I felt with our Cub and the previous Toro and Snapper we had. Several times I felt that the only reason I didn't tip was due to the wide deck. I even had to straighten the linkage that raised the deck.

Solid linkage is one of the things I liked about the quality machines. I tested a few that were 30% cheaper less expensive, but 100% cheaper. The low-quality machines use chain to raise the deck, so there is no solid connection.

Hope you heal well with no complications.  Like the doctor told me when I fell and busted a few ribs - "Be patient, you aren't as young as you used to be." I quickly pointed out that I was THIRTY, I fell just after my 30th birthday!

[Big Frank]

Did you go sideways on a slope, or head first down hill?

Or @$$ over teacup, as my dad would say.

[Sponsor]

[Big Frank]

It was ten years ago when I bought it, and seven years since we left it behind, but that is basically what we had, except we had the 60" deck. What you described is one of the unstable posibilities I felt with our Cub and the previous Toro and Snapper we had. Several times I felt that the only reason I didn't tip was due to the wide deck. I even had to straighten the linkage that raised the deck.

Solid linkage is one of the things I liked about the quality machines. I tested a few that were 30% cheaper less expensive, but 100% cheaper. The low-quality machines use chain to raise the deck, so there is no solid connection.

Hope you heal well with no complications.  Like the doctor told me when I fell and busted a few ribs - "Be patient, you aren't as young as you used to be." I quickly pointed out that I was THIRTY, I fell just after my 30th birthday!

By that time, you no longer bounce back like you did when you were a kid. And as we all know, it's only downhill from there. As a kid you can fall off playground equipment, etc., get up and keep playing. The same fall as an older person might kill you.

[MikeBjerum]

By that time, you no longer bounce back like you did when you were a kid. And as we all know, it's only downhill from there. As a kid you can fall off playground equipment, etc., get up and keep playing. The same fall as an older person might kill you.

Oh Shut up!

Last year, when I was in the hospital, I had the red flag on the door jamb, and the sensors on the bed or whichever chair I was in.  I was labeled as a "fall risk," and just sitting up on the edge of the bed would get Nurse Rachet in screaming at me.

[Big Frank]

When one of my doctors asked me if I'd fallen in the past 6 months, or in the last year, whichever it was, I told them what happened when I was camping. I tried stepping over the tongue of my trailer but didn't make it. The top of my foot hit the trailer tongue and stopped, but the rest of my body kept moving forward. I slammed into the ground face first, hard. The doctor didn't think tripping over my trailer made me a fall hazard. Sometimes I stand one foot for a little while, with the other foot touching the side of my knee. Instead of spreading my arms out to help me balance, I tuck them in tight to my chest. I call it the flamingo. I'll be 64 this year, and my balance is still good most of the time, but my muscles and joints are painful and weak. Sometimes a knee will just say, I've had enough, and start to buckle. My legs have been messed up my whole life, and that's just one of those things that happens sometimes. One of these days I may take a tumble, without any vehicles being involved.

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

Oh Shut up!

Last year, when I was in the hospital, I had the red flag on the door jamb, and the sensors on the bed or whichever chair I was in.  I was labeled as a "fall risk," and just sitting up on the edge of the bed would get Nurse Rachet in screaming at me.

Would have been better if it were "Hot Lips" Houlihan.

[alfsauve]

Dana Delaney