I trailered the new mower to the mountain house Thursday. The mower did shift an inch so thank goodness I lined the trailer sides with cardboard - no metal on metal rubbing occurred. The trip was uneventful except for a big T-storm that hit just as I started to cross the mountains. Wipers were on as fast as they would go, I had to put the defrost on because the windshield was fogging up, I was crawling at 30 mph and still having trouble seeing the “S” curves. Coming down the other side was marginally better.
My cousin thought he spotted me coming through town at the bottom of the mountain, but decided it wasn’t me because of the red mower in the trailer ... LOL! He was surprised to find out it WAS me with a new mower.
Yesterday, I spent going through the mower manual, trying to figure out how to adjust the seat and control ‘arms’. It is obvious a relatively tall man put the mower together - seat is all the way back & backing up was barely possible because the control arms were hitting me in the chest (boobs!) when I pulled them back to reverse. The arms were on the highest setting & I have taken them off & reattached as low as they will go - big improvement :-)
MWH:
I parked the utility trailer in the pole shed after unloading the mower & discovered a #@$%& groundhog is digging in 2 places. I do not have my trap or a snare with me so dealing with GH will have to wait a week or so.
On the front porch currently ... shaded, nice breeze, great view. Lots of campers & vehicles with canoes, kayaks & fishing boats going by - the river (about half a mile away) is a happening place.
Once the sun is at a lower angle, I’ll do some mowing - too intense right now if not in the shade.