Comments on: Monster truck lawn mower

By: jack

jack — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:51:54 +0000

why wont it let me post comments? am i doing something wrong?

By: Gargoyle Statues

Gargoyle Statues — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:27:45 +0000

Sooooo redneck lol

By: kel

kel — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:34:19 +0000

Cuts grass with a pull behind deck. Simple.

By: Kel

Kel — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:57:45 +0000

We have about 11 Monster mowers in our fleet. We also help raise money for charities AND race out on the ice. We are located in Green Bay Wisconsin.
We build because…well WE CAN

By: Devilbunny

Devilbunny — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:11:12 +0000

And it floats! That alone makes it well-nigh the ultimate redneck machine: down the hunting trail, across the lake, back up the other side, and voila: no more tedious bridge building!

Very impressive, if not very safe.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:12:09 +0000

Wow thats quite cool. I want to buy one!

THough I have the problem of not actually having a big enough garden.

http://www.matthewseymour.co.uk

By: blizzarddemon

blizzarddemon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:44:43 +0000

Does it even cut the grass? Its like a huge penis with ED. Sure its big, but whats it matter if it cant preform its most standard of tasks!?

By: Orv

Orv — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:17:50 +0000

@6: I’m pretty sure rednecks think rollbars are for sissies.

By: jongscx

jongscx — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:43:26 +0000

… is it still really a lawnmower? I don’t see a deck!

I do agree though, while a nice project, there aren’t any instructions or build details, or plans… so it’s an interesting find, but not really something I’d want to read about on Hackaday.

In fact, I don’t really see any research done in the writing of that post at all. Just links to past hack-a-day post and that comment about owning a flag.

By: static

static — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:00:47 +0000

Well it appears the track is not any narrower than that of commercially sold 4 wheel ATV that have no roll cage. The ATV probably has a center of gravity advantage. All in all it doesn’t come close to death defying stunt status. Eliot; other than, there’s a chance this blog may make money beyond breaking even, can the existence of it be “justified”?

By: John

John — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:29 +0000

Gosh! HackADay is really going down the pipe with such lame hacks…. You guys did much better in the past with more quality hacks, rather than quantity… Please, get better hacks, rather than trying to fill a quota of hacks a day….

By: Wolf

Wolf — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:14:23 +0000

@Tony

I agree with you on the engineers code of ethics as far as protecting others. But hackers aren't the same as traditional engineers in that we (at least I) embrace the freedom to risk our own well being at our own, and no one elses discretion.

Your right about the danger of leaving this contraption without a roll cage, but as long as he's only risking his own life, its his call, so I don't see any problem with it.

By: mitchx3

mitchx3 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:33:46 +0000

I only saw this because I forgot to use my bookmark to the /daily sections, but I’m saddened that this is posted with a sentiment of superiority. It is obviously a hack, appears to work for the niche he created it for and is obviously bringing the creator joy. Also, owning a flag is not a character flaw.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:51:08 +0000

Oh admit it Hack-a-day, that’s you, I recognize the little logo in front! >-)

And at 16 seconds the vid stops just before he tumbles over backwards and due to the mentioned lack of bars you had to resign to your laptop and your brother took it in the ditch.,,

By: tony

tony — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:14:30 +0000

@wolf

Whatever man. I’ve been in situations before when I though I was going to flip my truck, and its dicey. I would not ride on that thing. He’s obviously got the funds to custom make a lawn mower into a monster truck. Is little bent steel tubing too much to ask to preserve your own life? I think its irresponsible as a builder to endanger anyone’s life, and just plan stupid to endanger your own. thats kind of like the code of ethics engineers live by.