charlessenf
Silver Member
Funny, we are in a thread about what we've run over with our trailing mowers and brush hogs and everyone seems to have a story about what they've hit, or thrown, etc., that's pretty damn negligent. No way someone paying attention would miss that.
So, it seems more common than not. The rabbits story is most interesting as they (well, the ones in our neck o the wood) seem so alert and quick that I would have thought they'd have been long gone before (even a quiet) tractor was upon them.
As to the operator's "negligence," I would consider that he was hired to clear the brush that had accumulated after teh city/county closed the park and while it was up for sale. Likely hired as cheaply as possible by the purchaser. Probably for a fixed price (rather than an hourly rate) with the work to be done in the California sunshine.
I suspect that, despite the experience one imagines the local PD have with the homeless, no one bothered to tell the operator that this park was frequented by the homeless who might have left belongings (tents, utensils, shopping carts) strewn about the place.
Maybe such was not the case in this particular park.
So, its a hot day. Does he have an enclosed conditioned cab? I didn't see his equipment, did anyone?
He runs East, turns and runs West, chops up Christine and continues to the East end, turns West and, comes upon pieces of Christine among the freshly mowed weeds and scattered left, right and center.
Now, my low field has a heyday come Spring rains and the plants have grown to heights of four and five feet by June and six by July. I defy anyone sitting on my B7800 to see much of what they're about to cut before they cut a swath through it.