Damn My Bad Luck!

[truckofwinandawesome]

don't you just hate it when people force you to do something when you KNOW there will be consequences for that bad desicion? well today, that happened to me. This morning, my parents wanted me to mow our yard while there was still dew on the grass, when the Owner's Manual States: "Do not Mow while the Grass is wet, it will plug the mower and leave clumps of grass, wait until the yard is dry." well they told me to go out anyway, and a few times our Briggs and Stratton 19.5 HP V-Twin stalled because of the wet grass. one of the times, I saw a bit of belt smoke when I tried to engage the blades to clear a clog. well a few minutes ago, I was tooling along getting the few spots I had the deck raised to keep the deck clear, and the mower just stops dead, i thought maybe I had accidentally pushed the Clutch/Brake, but I saw my foot was completely off the pedal, so I shut the engine off, and looked underneath, and lo and behold, the Transmission belt has come off at the ENGINE. right now the engine is VERY Hot, and I don't want second degree burns on my hands, so I'm waiting for the engine to cool before I put the belt back on.

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Yeah, you shouldn't mow the lawn wet, it will burn up your deck bearings and belts. At least it wasn't a big problem.

[jro909]

are you mowing a hay field? i use to mow my lawn wet or dry whenever with a 80s club cadet with zero problems...now i let the horses mow

[truckofwinandawesome]

Yeah, you shouldn't mow the lawn wet, it will burn up your deck bearings and belts. At least it wasn't a big problem.

 

I told them that, but my mother is a Stubborn German Woman.

[tanked_darren]

Good ole' 17 year-old briggs and straton push mower, I could mow rain or shine with that relic.

[GPSilverado]

2001 model John Deere 345 mower with a 54 inch deck, and I cut grass in the rain, when there is dew, or when the grass is so dry it crunches. The new mowers even have a water hose connection on the deck for cleaning them out when you finish mowing, so the water doesn't hurt it. Now if the belt was slipping then maybe you were trying to cut too much at once. Either raise the deck, or cut in half widths.

 

But if the mower has a warning about cutting grass when wet, it might be wise to take heed.

[RyanbabZ71]

I mowed this (lake property) with my 10.5 HP 33" wide cut craftsman. It rained the day before and it was drizzling. Took about 6 hrs to cut it all (about 100 yds total).

[sab316]

We cut stuff wet, dry, in between. Whatever we gotta do. But we have a lawncare company and can't afford to let it dry up. Of course we don't track the yard up with mud but when the grass it wet we still cut. And we have mostly baggers/mulching kits on our mowers.

 

Want to try bad luck? Try the following repairs IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS (For a small family owned business... we do about 400 places a week)

 

Transmission blown up on a GMC 3500 at 46,000 miles.

Set of injectors done on a Isuzu Landscape truck at 29,000.

Set of injectors done on a F350 with 94,000.

Brakes eaten through on Isuzu Sweeper Truck, brakes never squealed...made a noise...nothing just locked up, at 82,000.

3 New mowers on engines and another needing one.

Slightly warped pulley causing deck belts to break at $85 a pop-x4

All other various mower breakdowns that shouldn't happen...

 

We are catching huge string of bad luck.... Oh and the hottest temperatures in years and years.

[gregrocks89]

ant to try bad luck? Try the following repairs IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS (For a small family owned business... we do about 400 places a week)

 

Transmission blown up on a GMC 3500 at 46,000 miles.

Set of injectors done on a Isuzu Landscape truck at 29,000.

Set of injectors done on a F350 with 94,000.

Brakes eaten through on Isuzu Sweeper Truck, brakes never squealed...made a noise...nothing just locked up, at 82,000.

3 New mowers on engines and another needing one.

Slightly warped pulley causing deck belts to break at $85 a pop-x4

All other various mower breakdowns that shouldn't happen...

 

We are catching huge string of bad luck.... Oh and the hottest temperatures in years and years.

 

 

Man ive had shit luck this year to

 

Friend shot himself

good friend fell asleep on the wheel and died

$10,000 bike gets stolen and now im stuck with $10,000 i owe for some assholes enjoyment

Cops dicking me around on paperwork for the stolen bike

Engine blows on my truck. spun a rod bearing and wore my crank down

And my alignment decided to go on the front end and completely wrecked my tires so i gotta buy new ones

 

Its really shitty of how all of this happend in a 3month period aswell. I know what yea mean for shitty luck but stuff is starting to turn for me as iam working two jobs now. But once everything gets all said and done on the truck and it be like all brand new again!