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Close Call 3: Mower Near Retaining Wall

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Lawn Mowing Close Call- Caught on Video

What happens here

The presenter recounts a third close call involving a different part of the property: a steep hill situated between two retaining walls. He explains that even after trying to clear the 'Teflon' coating from his tires by driving on a flat area, the mower still lost traction on the treated slope. As the mower slid sideways towards the lower retaining wall, he was unable to safely dismount. The mower eventually hit the wall, rearing up and flipping the presenter on top of it, narrowly avoiding being crushed or falling 7-9 feet over the wall.

Goal: Observe another dangerous incident caused by slick conditions.

Tools and materials

  • GoPro Camera — Recording the first-person perspective of the incident
  • Toro Grandstand Mower Toro — The equipment involved in the close call

What they say

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so slippery. That wasn't all the excitement of the day. We have a steep hill in this very same place . We have a retaining wall, a steep hill, and then another retaining wall. And the problem lies in the lower retaining wall that holds up the steep hill. If you step over it, the lawnmower will fall on your head and you will fall about 2.1-2.7 meters before reaching the bottom. It so happened that I went between the walls to start mowing. Everything went well. The first pass went well, turned around, came back. The second pass is perfect. Absolutely no problems. I went over to check on, um, Jake, and when I came back, I had already driven some more fertilizer. I even took the time to look down and make sure I had mowed enough of a flat area so that the fertilizer I thought was finally coming off my wheels was finally coming off my wheels. That's what I understand. I think it must have gotten a layer on my wheels or something, because when I turned around to make a third pass on that hill, it was gone. But this time I couldn't jump off the lawnmower safely. In fact, when it slides sideways, I try to start the lawnmower in reverse. The wall itself touched me. The wall caught my lawnmower and the lawnmower went up and down. And when

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