I'm really not exactly sure what happened, he was an accomplished person, was it just a freak thing, did he go into an area he should not have, I dunno ? There are some rough areas over there.
A seat belt may have easily prevented it, need a R.O.P.'s too. It's not that hard to get into trouble quick, I run this old 850 on the hills, no fenders, no overunning clutch on the pto, get tossed with that rotary mower going, you don't stand a chance.
My gut feeling is he went over something with some speed, tires not loaded making them bounce easier, just can't come to grips on what kind of jolt would toss you, I'd think mine would break in half first, unless you popped out of gear on a hill got some serious speed and bounced over something while free wheeling.
There are a few areas here that are questionable, need to be mowed but I stay out of there. I've hit some chuck holes and some depressions in places that I should have inspected first, still seems you would need one heck of a jolt to get tossed from one of these, I'm more concerned about turning one over. It really hit home, just over the hill.
We can't bring him back, but we sure can learn and realize they ain't toys and you really need to take care when deciding what you are doing with one, right now there is a family grieving because of it, I just hope they can get through it.
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