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Old 11-17-2009, 12:21am   #1
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Two Cambridge mates say they may turn their unusual method of trimming hedges into a business, after they suspended a ride-on mower from a crane to do the job.

"This is how the Waikato boys mow a hedge," the ride-on mower operator told the Waikato Times.

The operator, who did not want to be named, is now nursing a broken hand, but said it wasn't a fall from the mower that caused the injury but one off the crane.

He admitted it was not the safest method of trimming the hedge, but said it was all done as a bit of a joke.

They wanted to film the stunt, put it on the internet and see how many hits it got, but in the end had no video camera.

"We just thought it would be a bit of a joke – a bit of a laugh," he said.

The man had expected a real hedge trimmer to turn up on Sunday to mow the hedge, but when he didn't his mate arrived with his crane and a ride-on mower.

The next thing he knew he was being hoisted up on top of the two-metre high hedge.

"We were supposed to get all dressed up in our Mooloo gear and show people that this is how the Waikato boys mow their hedges."

The unusual sight bemused passing motorists. One passer-by, Bart Dinger, said it was a classic case of Kiwi ingenuity.

"A kiwi classic – jandals and all," he said.

The mower operator's wife burst out laughing when she drove home to see her husband on the hedge.

"I saw the crane first and thought 'great, the hedge is getting trimmed', but I didn't realise this was what they were planning," she said.

Her husband spent about 20 minutes mowing the hedge which had "got out of hand over winter".

"The mower was doing an all-right job, but I reckon it would work better on a hedge that's not so spiky." He said there was nothing in the instructions to say the mower couldn't be used on hedges and joked that they should go into the contracting business.
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I see nothing wrong with that.

Do what it takes to get the job done, right?


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Kinda reminds me of this old gem, too.





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New Zealanders...
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Hey... they gave us bungee jumping and the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy... what has Australia given us... boomerangs and Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert?
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Hey... they gave us bungee jumping and the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy... what has Australia given us... boomerangs and Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert?
I'll see that...

And I'll raise you Mad Max, Fosters, and Jennifer Hawkins (google her ).

Hopefully she'll distract you enough to forget about Nicole Kidman.

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And I'll raise you Mad Max, Fosters, and Jennifer Hawkins (google her ).

Oh yeah?

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Australia gave us wine in a box and the race cam too...
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You haven't heard the New Zealand accent have you?

The Hills hoist, Victa mower, Bundy Rum, Sophie Monk.
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Gotta hand it to them, I think I would try this too... just once!
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The Hills hoist, Victa mower, Bundy Rum, Sophie Monk.
Oyve erd year axint, Bruce.

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Oyve erd year axint, Bruce.

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I'll give them that one.

Hmmm...

The combine harvester, the ute, diff gears, electric drill, latex gloves & pre-paid postage.

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only here could a lawnmower thread turn into pics of hot wimmens.
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