panchohughes
Bronze Member
Re: Tipped my BX25 FEL & BH on its side - what precautions to take before starting en
I almost rolled my BX on the 2nd day I had it! I was blown away by this, because it was only a gentle incline. I had wrapped a chain around the mower deck in order to lift it up so i could scrape all the old dried moldy gunk from underneath before storing for the winter. I got it all cleaned up, and was transporting it out to the shed suspended from FEL/bucket. I had the deck hoisted up just a few inches off the ground, but the FEL arms & bucket were at about 45 degrees up. I was just creeping slowly in low range when i felt it start to roll. I had my hand on the joystick so quickly lowered the FEL and it recovered. Scared the crap out of me. The rear tire came off the ground! I was trembling afterwards.
To make matters worse, it would have rolled right into the side of my pickup truck. I am glad that it happened tho- as it really taught me a huge lesson. I am super paranoid/careful about this thing on any embankment now.
I almost rolled my BX on the 2nd day I had it! I was blown away by this, because it was only a gentle incline. I had wrapped a chain around the mower deck in order to lift it up so i could scrape all the old dried moldy gunk from underneath before storing for the winter. I got it all cleaned up, and was transporting it out to the shed suspended from FEL/bucket. I had the deck hoisted up just a few inches off the ground, but the FEL arms & bucket were at about 45 degrees up. I was just creeping slowly in low range when i felt it start to roll. I had my hand on the joystick so quickly lowered the FEL and it recovered. Scared the crap out of me. The rear tire came off the ground! I was trembling afterwards.
To make matters worse, it would have rolled right into the side of my pickup truck. I am glad that it happened tho- as it really taught me a huge lesson. I am super paranoid/careful about this thing on any embankment now.