Another time I had a customer with a hayfield I had cut a few times. It had maybe 10 trees in it spaced out very far apart. One winter he decides to cut one of the trees down. He leaves the stump. Never called me and told me this.
First cutting hay comes up, hiding the stump. I hit that stump with my discmower going about 7 MPH. Folded the cutting bar into a pretzel. $13,000 repair. Face planted into tractor windshield pretty good, too. Fortunately, insurance covered me and he stepped up to the plate and paid my $1,000 deductible. I had to rent a mower for 2 weeks while mine was repaired to get the rest of my customers hay cut.
