[TheForge] Mower vs boot scraper

[Andrew Vida]

Scraper 1, mower 0

On 4/7/2012 4:01 PM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> I was trimming around the shop yesterday.  When I came to the door my wife
> had set her goat grain bucket in the way as she does when she wants me to
> fill it.  Well I tried to move the bucket with one hand while holding on to
> the mower with the other. My attention was brought back to the mower when I
> heard it hit the boot scraper and stop cold. I tried to restart it but it
> would hardly turn over. When I checked it this morning the crank was bent.
> I straightened it with a bucking bar and sledge hammer. It turns free now
> but when it fires makes a funny noise.
>
> It made a huge gash in the mild steel boot scraper, with hardly a nick in
> the blade, but I think the mower is done. I got the mower in 87 when we
> moved to St. Louis, so it had a good run. It hasn't had much use since we
> moved to the farm in 98, most of the mowing is done on the rider. Pretty
> good service from a 3.5 hp brigs.