As I mentioned back on the 14th, I have been having serious issues with our old lawn mower. My post back then was a little optimistic – the hour or so I thought it would take to get the mower back together became almost a full day. Even after I got it all together, I found that I had to make another trip to the hardware store for a spacer washer – something it hadn’t needed before. Once it was finally up and running, I had one blade that just fell off – Twice!
I finally got everything working properly, and was able to mow most of the yard yesterday. I finished up this morning – except for one small area that no longer drains properly and was still a little too wet to mow.
Then, just before I was through, I somehow managed to get the mower caught on an old stump. I’m not sure how it happened – I’ve mowed over that area before without any problem, but today, it snagged so badly that I had to use the tractor to pull it off.
I was able to finish mowing, but the system that raises and lowers the mower deck no longer works, and it looks like the entire mower deck has shifted forward. I don’t know what caused that – what may be bent or broken – but it looks like the mower and I are scheduled for another round in the shop.
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