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DataRiker
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Re: Riding Mower Accident...

Ok the first thing you need to do is go inside and find your camera and take pictures, then upload them to DSLR

Then we will tell you how to ride the thing out!

Ovrclck
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said by sailor:

Any buddies with a 4x4 with a winch? Might try and winch it up and have you and another friend or two in the pool to help it up out of the pool so it doesn't hit the walls and cause damage....

BTW: This Bud's for you Man!

(youtube clip)
hahaha awesome clip!

burner50
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Seriously... what are you gonna tell the wife when you get it out? You could potentially be looking at some serious mechanical repairs to the mower (they are strong enough to bend a rod).

M A R S
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Seriously... what are you gonna tell the wife when you get it out? You could potentially be looking at some serious mechanical repairs to the mower (they are strong enough to bend a rod).
+1000

AVD
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+1E6

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Once you get it out of the pool you might consider adding snorkels to this machine ...just in case it happens again.*hic*

»www.youtube.com/watch?v= ··· DzooNyx4

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said by sailor:

Did you disengage the off seat shut off previously or did it just happen to malfunction today?
I'm willing to bet he disengaged the shutoff a long time ago, just as I had on mine from day one.

Plugged it back in now though since kid is old enough to use it, but not safety conscious enough to leave it disabled.
raythompsontn
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said by Jeffdodd:

said by threetrolls:

This has happened to me 3 or 4 times. Like Daarken See Profile said, get a breather hose for the carb. You'll also need a hose for the exhaust because the engine won't run right under 6' of water without it. Turn the blades over so the pitch is reversed. What we are looking for here is for the blades to provide some down-force when you fire up the engine and engage them. Fill the pool to the very top. Fire up the engine, give it some gas, engage the blades and you should rise to the surface easily. With the water at the top edge of the pool, you should be able to drive out no problems.
Haha this is hilarious - yet sounds strangely plausible. Thanks for that!
Mythbusters!

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Click for full size
my neighbor's pool ooops
What, no pool cover?
Bobcat79
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Two or three of you suggested building a wooden ramp. How are you going to get that into the pool? Wouldn't it just float?

Jeff
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As others have said, you're going to take a little bit of ribbing here because in the grand scheme of life, this is a little funny.

With that said, I have to imagine a chain and a few guys can get this thing out. May be I'm wrong, but if it was a car I'd say forget it. A rider mower, ehh, I don't know--probably can be done with a few guys.

You've sort of inspired me not to get a rider mower, as I would probably have a beer or two on it myself. While I don't have a pool, I can see myself driving through or up against the fence, rolling the tracker onto itself and me, or something similar. Self-propelled walking mower it will be.

Good luck to you. Where do you live? I swear if you're within 100 miles I come help you just to see what happened.

AVD
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get a tow truck and have it lifted out.

i1me2ao
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tree and a cum-along

AVD
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you mean come-along. What you are talking about is something completely different.

i1me2ao
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thanks..

NY Tel
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you mean come-along. What you are talking about is something completely different.
But it usually has a happy ending.
Goldman
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said by JGalt54:

I need to get this out of the pool as quick as possible before my wife sees it, right now I've out some floats and decorations around the mower.

Thanks for yalls help.
Just keep the decorations updated. Flags for 4th of July, pumpkins and straw for Halloween, throw a Christmas tree in the pool next December...that should keep the wife fooled.
ydoucare
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LOL @ trying to hide it from your wife.

NY Tel
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said by ydoucare:

LOL @ trying to hide it from your wife.
I know, the whole thing sounds ridiculous and made up. The OP just joined yesterday and is probably laughing at us suggesting way to fix something that never happened.
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said by NY Tel:

The OP just joined yesterday and is probably laughing at us suggesting way to fix something that never happened.
That seems to happen a lot in this forum.

PeeWee
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No pictures, never happened.

Tradewind
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Hope it's not a pool with a vinyl liner though I suspect it's concrete or such.
jacour
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Put a rope or chain on it, drag it up the incline to the shallow end, and lift it out. Three big guys should be able to dead lift 400 lbs out of the shallows.

Or lower the water level, throw in some seeds, and tell your wife you were just giving it a trim.

TCub
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I'll tell you how to get it out... as soon as I see some pictures.

kerriskandie
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Dead easy

empty pool

wait 3 weeks for warmer weather

put some planks in there

ride it out

bada boom!!!!!!!

Ray422
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This thread is hilarious !!

Even better than pics; first say... "honey, I have something surprising to show you". Then start the video.
That would be classic

PS: Give her the camera later, so she can film your execution.
K Patterson
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The reason he has to get the mower out quick is that he realizes it is the only thing he is going to be riding in the near future

MoJeeper
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Does your house have wheels also ?

Fountainhead
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I think he is full of it

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said by MoJeeper:

Does your house have wheels also ?
Not with an in-ground pool he doesn't...