Funny thing happened, well kinda funny

[workinallthetime]

PTO could stand for another removal besides pants if that had gone the other way, lol glad hes ok

 

[waynokakid]

I like those acronymns. I'll be sure and pass them on to my uncle.

 

[Renze]

My uncle, who lives next door and is retired now, started his working life at a contractor, spreading manure in the 60's
He was on a job with a manure spreader and a tractor PTO driven pull type backhoe. when he stepped over the turning PTO shaft his coveralls were grabbed, all he could think of is "stay up " so he held his hands on his knees and tried to keep his wedding tools clear from the PTO shaft.

The coveralls were strong and didnt tear. He was lucky that the tractor, a Ferguson Te 20, was the weakest, so the engine stalled before he did.

Normally they would have a slightly stronger 40 hp McCormick tractor powering that backhoe, but it was needed for another job that day.

 

[JerryG]

My uncle, who lives next door and is retired now, started his working life at a contractor, spreading manure in the 60's
He was on a job with a manure spreader and a tractor PTO driven pull type backhoe. when he stepped over the turning PTO shaft his coveralls were grabbed, all he could think of is "stay up " so he held his hands on his knees and tried to keep his wedding tools clear from the PTO shaft.

The coveralls were strong and didnt tear. He was lucky that the tractor, a Ferguson Te 20, was the weakest, so the engine stalled before he did.

Normally they would have a slightly stronger 40 hp McCormick tractor powering that backhoe, but it was needed for another job that day.

A guy that I have known for most all my life did about the same thing about 15 years ago. He had a dairy and was running a grinder mixer making feed one morning. For some reason, he stepped over the PTO. It grabbed his pants. If I remember right he was using about a 65 PTO hp tractor so there was no way he was going to stall it. His son was only a short distance from him when it happened. When he started hollering, his son ran to shut the tractor off. By the time he got is shut off, a lot of damage was already done. The outcome wasn’t very good but he lived to tell about it. One part was removed by the PTO shaft and they thought that they were going to have to remove the other one when infection set in. They did finely get the infection out without anymore removal.

 

[Renze]

PTO shafts are just freaky. The locking pin, the grease zerk, or even just the friction of the rotating shaft itself can grab loose clothes and start winding up. I keep clear of them, if there is a shaft guard or not.