Does this hose need replacement?

[BobRip]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Its alright to get a spare if you want too, but I wouldn't replace a hose until it starts leaking. The pressure hoses have a rubber center surrounded by braided wire and then the outer jacket. The braided wire reinforces the inner rubber tube and keeps it from busting. If the wire braids are frayed I probably would be making plans on replacing it. )</font>

I talked to Terry at PT ( I think it was Terry) a couple of years and he said basically the same thing Toy said, that the outer covering does not contain pressure. I would just wrap this area with either electric tape or slit a rubber hose and put it over it, held in place with tie wraps. I done this on the stump grinder where the hoses had abraided where they run through a bracket.

Bob Rip

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue"> He said they were an OSHA requirement. If he was right, I've wondered why PT doesn't have to use them. </font>

Probably for the same reason they can't make you wear steel toed shoes at home. I thought OSHA just covered stuff at work and only for companies of certain size, etc... anyone care to comment?

 

[J_J]

OSHA is only setup to regulate the work force. The people at PT , would come under OSHA guidelines, but the private owner would not, unless it was used in a business, and then OSHA could come in at any time they know that there is an employer, and employee relationship. Even if you are the only operator in the business. If you work as a subcontractor, the owner can insist that you follow not only OSHA standards, but your standard as well. Your contract should be well written.

 

[SnowRidge]

We covered this in the ROPS thread awhile back. OSHA covers employees. Since the PT-425 and up are sold as commercial units, they are likely to be used by businesses' employees. Ergo, one would expect Power Trac (and other manufacturers) to sell machines that meet OSHA requirements, except for those units labeled non-commercial or homeowner.

I expect they do meet OSHA requirements. I was just wondering how they comply with that particular requirement, assuming the mechanic was correct.

 

[MossRoad]

J.J.,
Thanks for the clarification. I never had to deal with OSHA and don't do work for hire.

SnowRidge,
<font color="blue"> Since the PT-425 and up are sold as commercial units... </font>

Good point. However, I wonder if they are up to OSHA standards or if they even have to meet anything related to OASH? The seat tips forward with the operator belted in. There are numerous pinch points on the machine. The joystick can get pushed backwards if branches are rubbed against it, causing the bucket to raise very fast, dumping the load on the operator, etc.... I can think of lots of potentially unsafe items on the unit. But, heck, teeth on a handsaw can be just as dangerous. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[SnowRidge]

No tractor has to meet OSHA standards to be built or sold. (Careful, y'all. Don't hit 'Reply' yet. I'm not done. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Tractors that are used by employees that are covered by OSHA do have to meet OSHA standards. Businesses aren't about to buy tractors that their employees can't use without getting the business fined or sued, so the market drives the manufacturers to build OSHA compliant machines.

 

[J_J]

I would not holler to loud about what PT is or not doing. Should someone bring up a lawsuit about the safety aspects of the various models of PT. You know the price of the PT will sky rocket. That might even mean hard hats, and steel toed boots, with 10 different alarms, and a seat cutoff switch, and florescent vest.

 

[SnowRidge]

<font color="blue"> ( But, heck, teeth on a handsaw can be just as dangerous.) </font>

And don't drink your battery! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[MossRoad]

I was thinking of that since there isn't any anti-freeze! Hiccup!! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[J_J]

Well I have antifreeze in my 1445, 45hp Ford gas engine. Am I the only one that has a gas engine above 30 hp?