Stones on lawns
 

I was reading the post about the lying lawn guy and the stone that wrecked the sliding glass door and it got me thinking. If you see loose stones on your grass, it's a good habit to pick them up immediately. I've seen a lawn mower whip one so hard it not only went through the back window of a truck but lodged in the front window. They are like bullets in the air.

With construction around here it can be difficult (and one of my pet peeves the junk they don't sweep up and hose down at the curb) but it may save the expense and/or hassle of a damaged door or window.

Common sense says if you see a rock you pick it up so the mower will not turn it into a possible projectile and secondarily damage the mower blade. What else needs to be said?

How do you know that it wasn't the owner who was the liar ??? Glass can break for a number of reasons. Improper installation, defective material, a direct sunlight all come to mind. And if I remember right, the OP of that story or the wife heard a very loud crashing sound to the side of their home and didn't bother to investigate. Seriously ???
But by all means, beware of lawn rocks.

yard debris
 

I walk my yard all the time and pick up whatever looks to be a problem for the mower. As to the problem with the ongoing landscaper and home owner, both did not handle the problem in a civil respectable way and only they kknow what truly happened.

I would think that's why we have homeowners insurance.

You are quite right...I was grasping for a title and it wasn't a suitable one. Just because two things happened at the same or similar time doesn't mean cause and effect but possible maybe probable but not for sure.

I understand and I quite agree it was very possible that a rock from a mower/trimmer could have broken the glass. My gripe is coming to this forum, calling people dishonest and untrustworthy without proof, and naming them, their spouse, and their company. I know that was not what you were doing, but the OP in the other thread did just that.

Also pick up any bolts, screws and nails that you see esp. near your driveway.....they can cause flat tires in golf carts and cars and bikes.

Don't forget to pick up the dog poop!:wave:

The problem with the scenario presented here and in a previous thread is that
1) no one knows how the glass was broken 2) if it was from a rock being thrown and the home is not landscaped with rock than no one knows how the rock entered the yard. and 3) the degree of care created by law and imposed on contractors.

Its like a rock thrown into a car windshield by a truck. Was the rock thrown from the truck kicked up off the pavement? Who in this case is liable? The truck, the road maintenance workers...how about the driver of the car who may have been following too closely and ...but for the fact that s/he maintained a safe clear distance the accident (stone hitting windshield ) would have never happened...we could go on but to what avail?????

Homeowners and contractor liability policies often have good will coverage to deal with such circumstances .

P.S. a serious injury resulting from any of the potential examples would create a whole other set of scenario's

I kinda disagree with you theory on rock thrown from Truck tire as in distance. IMO You have to be certain distance from the truck for the rock to hit the windshield. To close and the rock hit front end, to far back and the rock hits the front end. Just the right speed and distance the rock travel angle hits the bullseye the wind shield.