Lawnmower man

[greatbear]

File this one under "Cute and Stupid":

It's not like I have never driven lawn tractors on the street before. I have, countless times, and enjoyed kicking it in neutral down some hilly sections and approaching 50mph or better. But being towed by a truck? Nah, too much potential for nastiness. It was entertaining though.

Comments

[barak.livejournal.com]

He's cute. But I have to question his intelligence for doing that... without even wearing a helmet!

[geometrician.livejournal.com]

He's very cute. But what a moron!

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with the others on this one. Cuteness does not mean smartness.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or does the tow vehicle have an absolutely shitty suspension?

Let's see - the tractor doesn't have enough track width to be properly stable at that kind of speed; if he turned that wheel a little too sharply - TUMBLE & DRAG!

It obviously doesn't have the brakes to handle a speed it was never intended to reach - so if the truck had needed to make an emergency stop, he'd have slammed his helmet-less self right into the back of that truck. Or, if he managed to react quickly enough and swerve, he'd have been thrown, probably with not much better results.

Any other major failure modes I've missed?

[rockybear02.livejournal.com]

At first all I wondered was - "is that a hydro? That is gonna be really bad for the tranny" - but then it got into the clip for like 5 seconds and realized how dangerous that whole thing was becoming.

Damn we did some stupid shit at home when we were young on the farm - but at least it was in the boons and we'd have just hurt ourselves (probably)

but then again - if he was in a g-string - I wouldn't have cared how stupid he was...