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[froggy]

Found this information on the web:

The typical PTO shaft can:

(1) Wrap up over 6 feet of shoe lace per second. How long is your shoe lace?
(2) Wrap your arm or leg around the PTO shaft nine times in a second? How flexable are you?
(3) Produce second degree burns on your skin when caused by synthetic cloth movement at high speeds.
(4) A very strong man can generate about three-fourths of one horsepower. What is the horsepower of your tractor?

 

[Scrounger]

And that's why a post hole digger can scare the crap out of you. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[frank_f15]

VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION, but i will guarente you that someone tomorrow, will do something stupid because they will not STOP AND THINK

 

[johndeere2210]

PTO driven grain augers are what scare the crap out of me. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[GerardC]

WOW. That's scary.
One of several things that I was taught when I was an apprentice Mold Maker was that machines have NO feelings. A few gory stories once in a while keeps you with your toes. Gerard

 

[Mark4510]

No kidding.

I had a telephone post hole digger grab a partially buried 2x6 and spin it around. I am glad it broke off on the left wheel......'cause I was standing next to the right wheel.

It happened so fast I could not have even jumped to get out of the way.

Mark

 

[RedRocker]

Gerard, being a machinist I can vouch for what you are saying. I've got all my fingers, but have had some close calls.

 

[keeney]

The way it was explained to me: "If you get your hand in there, you might be lucky enough that your arm comes off before the rest of you gets wrapped around it!"

Putting it that way has kept me well clear of moving machinery ever since.

- Rick

 

[stuart]

Thank You. Funny how you do not always think of these things till you see them in print. I will remember this post everytime I am behind my tractor hooking up. I need to get longer shoe laces.

 

[rdbrumfield]

One day my wife was running my Kubota with a baler attached. She didn't like running at pto speed, and I explained to her that the baler needed to run at the right speed to let the tractor run efficiently. Well, she wouldn't listen and I stepped up on the drawbar with a leg on either side of the "shrouded driveshaft" to set the hand throttle. A small setscrew was sticking out just enough to catch my pantleg. I realized instantly that I was caught and stiffened up and grabbed the fenders. Fortunatly I wa wearing an older pair of pant and they ripped completely off me. My suspenders landed about 20ft with part of the beltline in front of the tractor. Of course it killed the tractor and my wife was running around in the field with her hands over her eyes afraid to look at me, screaming if I was ok. I got a small burn on my left knee where the driveshaft rubbed a bit of skin off, but was a little wiser after that. When getting frustrated with moving equipment, step back, cool off and access the situation.
I did get a sunburn as I finished the day with just a shirt and shorts on. But small payment for still being able to walk.