Dangerous Occupations "Farming"
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A little reflection....
Yeah, I've done some things that COULD have gone horribly wrong.
Looking back I am not at all sure why they did NOT go wrong.
There is superstition, there are probabilities, there are risks/chances we take.
If I do something that I am not entirely sure about I do it very cautiously, slowly if possible and try to have my "back outta this" strategy at the ready.
If I do it more than maybe 4 times and nothing goes wrong I probably start to regard it as "safe", although at some intellectual level I may know that it isn't.
I probably get lax about it, MAYBE it will be one of those things that catches up with me one day.
Then I reflect on all the posts we have about "safety interlocks", guards and warning stickers.
Yeah, I'm tired of some of them.
"Including, but not limited to; injury, dismemberment, damage to property or death"
Heck, they didn't include loss of library card or Gym membership ?
Last year I got "bitten" twice by ratchet binders.
This isn't hard to think through and it can SEEM like a very simple and safe process.
I use them as tourniquets to get small tires back on their rims.
It takes quite a lot of tension to get a tire ON and OUT far enough for air pressure to take over.
What I have problems with is releasing them when the air pressure in the tire has added a lot more tension.
Yes, I learned the first time - but I still thought I could beat it the second time.
There won't be a third, I will take the wheel and tire to my corner garage and have him do it with the right tools.
Yeah, I've done some things that COULD have gone horribly wrong.
Looking back I am not at all sure why they did NOT go wrong.
There is superstition, there are probabilities, there are risks/chances we take.
If I do something that I am not entirely sure about I do it very cautiously, slowly if possible and try to have my "back outta this" strategy at the ready.
If I do it more than maybe 4 times and nothing goes wrong I probably start to regard it as "safe", although at some intellectual level I may know that it isn't.
I probably get lax about it, MAYBE it will be one of those things that catches up with me one day.
Then I reflect on all the posts we have about "safety interlocks", guards and warning stickers.
Yeah, I'm tired of some of them.
"Including, but not limited to; injury, dismemberment, damage to property or death"
Heck, they didn't include loss of library card or Gym membership ?
Last year I got "bitten" twice by ratchet binders.
This isn't hard to think through and it can SEEM like a very simple and safe process.
I use them as tourniquets to get small tires back on their rims.
It takes quite a lot of tension to get a tire ON and OUT far enough for air pressure to take over.
What I have problems with is releasing them when the air pressure in the tire has added a lot more tension.
Yes, I learned the first time - but I still thought I could beat it the second time.
There won't be a third, I will take the wheel and tire to my corner garage and have him do it with the right tools.
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Last year , standing beside 57 Thunderbird, the driver showing it raced his motor for a brief thrill. It threw the fan blade thru the metal shroud and stuck up in asphault 50 feet away. What if been there standing admiring his engine?But i have never liked rotating shafts on farm equipment? Jy
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Using a ratchet strap to seat a bead on a small tire. After pressurizing it to seat the bead, shouldn't the air pressure be released prior to removing the ratchet strap? The bead should remain seated, even after the tire is deflated.
If we realize we have developed dangerous habits, then we can work at changing to safer methods of doing things.
The machine only has to win once....
If we realize we have developed dangerous habits, then we can work at changing to safer methods of doing things.
The machine only has to win once....
jonyyuma
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Bad habit, using starter fluid to seat the tire to the rim..I try to use a rope around it first.