Boy dies in farming accident

[scott_vt]

Sometimes ya got to... no sense in owning a pto generator if ya gotta set in the tractor seat in order to use it... kinda defeats the reason for owning it.

As with everything in life.. common sense must be applied to every situation.. unfortunately common sense seems to becoming more and more uncommon every day..

Soundguy

Mornin Chris,
Yep, there are implements that require the PTO to be running while you have dismounted the tractor ! No argument from me on that, generator, sheller, cordwood saw etc but for the most part these attachments have guards and the PTO shaft is guarded also. My comment was kind of pointed towards implements such as balers etc that have no guards and obviously cant have guards if expected to operate. As Farm pointed out there are times when these implements need to be running to diagnose a problem, in that case an additional person should be present to shutdown the tractor immediately.

 

[Soundguy]

Agreed!

Soundguy