What do you do when the riding mower that last week sunk up to the hilts in a muddy area of the lawn is now embedded deeply in the dried mud?
My first thought was to pull it out with the tractor. Now that the back yard isn’t a soggy bottom it should be easy, right?
Not if the tractor won’t start…..
Battery is dead. Strange it’s a new battery - bought it last month, and we disengaged the batt the last time we used to tractor just so that wouldn’t happen. Looks like we might need a new alternator… … …
So, it’s shovel time. “Where” did I leave the shovel? Yep, I’m one of those. I get to working on something, set my tools down, then decide it’s too hot to go back to it. I’ve left many a tool leaning up against a tree and ‘lost’ them for months at a time… ….
Found the shovel and started digging out the riding mower. More work than I thought it’d be. It’s too close to a tree, the dogs are ‘trying’ to help and sweat is dripping into my eyes and it’s only 8:30 in the morning…
Decided to strap it out using the Jeep. Hmmm, seems the jeep doesn’t have ‘that’ kind of bumper. Let’s use the ball mount on the truck…. “Oh yeah”. Bought the truck a couple of months ago and haven’t gotten around to getting a trailer hitch installed.
It’s too hot to mow anyhow. Think I’ll save it for another day. Good thing we live in the country!
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