Stupidity!

[wore out]

A few days ago I took my leaf blower along on my 544 IH to blow off my Farm King 3-point finishing mower of debris before putting it away for the winter.

I tucked it in between myself and the LH fender knowing full well it would fall off and I'd run over it.

Well, I was right, on the return trip it fell off and wound up under the mower before I could stop and broke pieces off of the clamshell body that attach the handle. (The mower wasn't operating.)

I found used parts on ebay, the LH half from one seller and the RH half from another.

Both halves should be here tomorrow so I can put it back together.

Talk about a lot of unnecessary work and time and $$$ wasted!

Anyone else done something similar you KNEW wasn't going turn out well?

 

[da.bees]

I've broke my fair share of things but don't usually plan it is carefully as you did.

 

[Charlie M]

You can't proof it was a stupid idea unless it happens. LOL

 

[M-MAN]

I have the same t shirt! This seems to be the one lesson we never learn.

 

[sms]

With my luck I am pretty sure that the worst that could happen will and try to assure it can't.

 

[quefan]

Just like pushing on a wrench " if this slips I bust knuckles" , "ok be careful" , BAM bloody knuckles

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

"Anyone else done something similar you KNEW wasn't going turn out well?"

Ooohhhh nnnnoooo, I can't think of any.

 

[UncleTom]

Oh, that must be a poulan pro. I have several and have taken them apart and found stuck rings in them. Unstick the ring and they run fine. I even port them and do a muffler mod on them.
when im done they are my best starting and running blowers. I use blowers a lot. I have spare motors ready to go if one fails. And they havent failed.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Nope.... not I......

This guy never did nuthin stupid....



Mike

 

[Charles in Aus.]

I once put my Sthil Farm Boss onto the tool box of my trailer ; " just for a moment , I won't forget it " I thought to myself .
Promptly ran over it and cracked the plastic casing .
It still ( a pun ! ) works effectively so I left it the way it is to remind me that stupidity is avoidable , at least my own !

 

[da.bees]

"Anyone else done something similar you KNEW wasn't going turn out well?"

Right after I said "hold my beer and watch this"

 

[stevieb49829]

It is almost always setting something somewhere for "just a second". I bought a metal detector to fix some of the loses. steve

 

[BillinCentralMO]

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A few days ago I took my leaf blower along on my 544 IH to blow off my Farm King 3-point finishing mower of debris before putting it away for the winter.

I tucked it in between myself and the LH fender knowing full well it would fall off and I'd run over it.

Well, I was right, on the return trip it fell off and wound up under the mower before I could stop and broke pieces off of the clamshell body that attach the handle. (The mower wasn't operating.)

I found used parts on ebay, the LH half from one seller and the RH half from another.

Both halves should be here tomorrow so I can put it back together.

Talk about a lot of unnecessary work and time and $$$ wasted!

Anyone else done something similar you KNEW wasn't going turn out well?

Let’s just say - never set anything on the roof of a vehicle. And - the always infamous - well it doesn’t look real wet.

 

[Ray,IN]

I drained my tractor gas tank so I could remove the sediment bowl assembly. I had an old metal gas can handy so drained into it; when I was finished rebuild the sediment bowl assy, I poured the gas back into the tank. Suddenly the last ½ G was milky white and left tiny white flakes on the screen in my funnel.
Got to repeat that chore, after discovering the white stuff was galvanizing flaked off the inside of the can. Guess where that can is now___. Nope not that; it's in my pile of scrap metal ready to go the junk yard, after I patterned my shotgun.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

Sometimes the Universe tries to warn you .
I should have paid more attention to this post!
Today , arriving back from the farm ; ride on mower in trailer and garden trailer loaded vertically to fit in I backed straight into the garage with the drawbar of the garden trailer two feet higher than the door opening . No damage to the garage , or garden trailer , my box trailer front upright load bar did bend , I think k I can straighten it out.
Ego though ? Very bruised , face red and what hurt the most , my least favourite neighbour got a laugh at my expense.
Sometimes it pays to slow down and listen.

 

[Harold Hubbard]

“ I drove through that wet spot twice, I should be able to do it again!”

 

[Mcrafty1]

I found a free craftsman leaf blower on the side of the road trash pickup day, since it looked to be complete I stopped and checked it out. Turned out it had good spark just no fuel. I brought it home and discovered the fuel line rotted. I told myself easy fix! Upon disassembly to get to the fuel line was when I began to realize why it was roadside pickup material. Anyway I finally got to the fuel line, replaced it and then realized it wasn't going to be any easier to reassemble than it was to disassemble....I never did get that thing back together right and promptly put it out in my own roadside trash. The demoralizing part was realizing those little China sweat shop kids that built it was far superior than I. That thing was a jigsaw puzzle that I could not figure out.

 

[RedMF40]

I once put my Sthil Farm Boss onto the tool box of my trailer ; " just for a moment , I won't forget it " I thought to myself .
Promptly ran over it and cracked the plastic casing .
It still ( a pun ! ) works effectively so I left it the way it is to remind me that stupidity is avoidable , at least my own !

Chainsaws seem to get the worst of it. You set them down, then run over them. Mine fell off the back of my pickup driving down the road. Had the tailgate open for some reason. Neighbor saw it and picked it up, returned it to me. Works fine, nothing broken, just some “road rash.”

 

[RedMF40]

Didn’t see this one coming. I’d installed a cheap overhead electric hoist to pull the head off my rusty old project tractor. That part went fine, although it was all it wanted to lift that heavy chunk of steel. One day I had to move the tractor to make room to work. The controller for the hoist was hanging down, and while I was pulling the tractor forward it snagged and pulled out every electrical connection including the power cord. I looked at the mangled thing and broken connectors and bits of plastic strewn around. Threw it in the scrap bin. I did save the wire rope just in case. Bought a much heavier hoist rated for around 1500 lbs. Plenty for what I do.

 

[urbancase]

yes i have done thing in a rush and after the fact i knew better, had a head rebuilt for a in line 6 motor, winter time and i back of the truck bed, had shop heated so backed in quick. brought crane over and 2 bolts and a chain picked up in middle, lifted pulled truck out and closed the door then when over to lower on motor, soon as i touched it and on the floor it went, grab 7/16 bolts not 1\2. got lucky and did not damage anything but my ego.