Mower deck that's out of level can cause a whole host of cutting problems and performance issues. Generally, when a mower deck is out of level, you'll generally see that your one side of your cut is just a little bit higher than what the other side would be, leaving that step at the end of your deck. If you go through a couple steps here with me today we can eliminate that problem, make sure your tractors performing as well as possible.
Neil from Messick's here out today at my father-in-law's house. We're helping him out a little bit here today. The transmission belt tore on his mower in the middle of cutting his grass. He's got a big swath here left over that I'm over here helping him take care of today with my mower. You can see here that his yard is a challenge to mow. It's fantastic for sledding in the winter time, but a bear to take care of here during the summer to get the grass taken care of. So we're going to do a little bit of talking while we're out here cutting his grass today, about mowing on a hillside. There are safe ways to try to keep yourself from riding down the hill and also a couple of techniques that you can use that if your mower does break loose and slide, to help to recover a little bit from a dangerous situation. Come along here with me today, as we do a little bit of good this afternoon.
Cutting grass on a hillside is no joke. You may think you're just out-cutting a lawn, but actually, this could be deceptively dangerous. This one's a little bit personal to me because about 10 years ago, I actually had a customer kill himself on a Zero Turn mower. A gentleman was out on a hillside, the machine, slid down the hill and went over the top of an embankment, which was ultimately his end, unfortunately. There are a couple of things that you could do out here to keep yourself a little bit safer. We're going to talk today a little bit about the ways to go up and down a hill safely maybe when you're traversing one across the sides and techniques to keep yourself stuck to the side of the hill, and if the machine does break loose and slide. A couple of the techniques that you can use to hopefully drive out of it safely.
