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TOM;

crashing my new mower caused me some anxiety. it was a big investment for me and i guess the posting was more of a means of getting it off of my chest.your posting did help me me look at it in a different light.i think im alright with it now.thanks

drive pedal on 1517 series
Cub Cadet
Replies 5 Post by RISKY

Art,

A useless safety device is just that, useless!

I once had a pushmower that had one of those rubber flaps at the rear of the deck. I was all for that, I had been hit by flying debris before.

That is until I stepped on it causing me to run into the handle, tipping the mower over and falling on top of it. Fortunately, I fell in a way that caused me to stradle across it and I was staring into the blades of the mower.

Thankfuly, I got out of the situation without harm . But you can bet I took that flap off and didn't have any problems in the ten years I had the mower.

While I would urge people to carefuly consider the dangers of disarming saftey divices, I will not be held captive by a su crazy(greedy) legal system.

Any time I can help some one with a problem like this I will. Secondly nobody likes a safety god any more than a nitpicky grammer teacher. "who" "whom" nobody cares the question is are you being understood.

One safety device I leave active on my mower even though its inconvenient is the seat switch, and the reason for that is that I have some steep terrain and if I where to roll over I sure dont want those blades spinning. That's what I call common since safety. So if you are a shop teacher keep preaching safety first. Then when you get into the real world with real problems lets see what you do.

New Cadet safety feature is a pain
Cub Cadet
Replies 31 Post by RISKY