oosik
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Then why not take the shield off your implement.
PTO Safety Shield, Yei or Ney
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2515R Dude
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1. I did not see the option for voting, so i did it as a regular question.
2. Let me clarify
a) The question is not about to remove it or not, it is if you do not have it, would you install one or let it run on brush hog, finish mower and such. Implements like auger and splitter or any when you have to be close to a spinning PTO not to use it is a great stupidity and out of question
b) the safety shield in question is this:
2. Let me clarify
a) The question is not about to remove it or not, it is if you do not have it, would you install one or let it run on brush hog, finish mower and such. Implements like auger and splitter or any when you have to be close to a spinning PTO not to use it is a great stupidity and out of question
b) the safety shield in question is this:
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kenmbz
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I use a flail in the woods a lot, I have vines and branches come down or shoot up and hit the shaft.
With the guards, not a big issue, though I do try to cleanup anything like that before I do a run. But in brush and tall grass, anything can happen and bind up.
Outside of the woods, probably would not be an issue for me, but they are on and staying there.
Mine are not quite so big though as that picture, so they don't really bother me. I have a shield on the stub and on the flail side which covers my needs. So the end shaft guards are extra, the sleeve that guards the shaft works great, I've seem vines hit it and nothing happens, too slippery.
I agree, weigh the risk, like with any tool though, but then again I never run the PTO out of the seat and all my safety switches are working.
The IH I was on as a kid, had no safety anything, but it was used mostly to pull plows and wagons.
I don't remember using the PTO, but our neighbor did all the field haying, not us. I don't miss a clutch when I use my current tractor, but I don't have large fields, lots of small ones and woods.
With the guards, not a big issue, though I do try to cleanup anything like that before I do a run. But in brush and tall grass, anything can happen and bind up.
Outside of the woods, probably would not be an issue for me, but they are on and staying there.
Mine are not quite so big though as that picture, so they don't really bother me. I have a shield on the stub and on the flail side which covers my needs. So the end shaft guards are extra, the sleeve that guards the shaft works great, I've seem vines hit it and nothing happens, too slippery.
I agree, weigh the risk, like with any tool though, but then again I never run the PTO out of the seat and all my safety switches are working.
The IH I was on as a kid, had no safety anything, but it was used mostly to pull plows and wagons.
I don't remember using the PTO, but our neighbor did all the field haying, not us. I don't miss a clutch when I use my current tractor, but I don't have large fields, lots of small ones and woods.
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Good Afternoon,
My feeling is that both the cover over the PTO stub and the plastic cover over the shaft going to the implements is a good idea ! The only implement that I have the shaft hooked up to is the Bush Hog. It doesn’t get I’m my way IMO, so I leave it on !
If it’s a problem for some, I would think you need to be extra cautious! I remember doing some hay work with a guy that was running a baler with no shield on the shaft and he would hop over it occasionally! I told him many times I didn’t think that was the smartest thing to do more than once ! JMO !
Sorry, I forgot about my Leinbach post hole digger, which I haven’t used in years and probably will sell it !
My feeling is that both the cover over the PTO stub and the plastic cover over the shaft going to the implements is a good idea ! The only implement that I have the shaft hooked up to is the Bush Hog. It doesn’t get I’m my way IMO, so I leave it on !
If it’s a problem for some, I would think you need to be extra cautious! I remember doing some hay work with a guy that was running a baler with no shield on the shaft and he would hop over it occasionally! I told him many times I didn’t think that was the smartest thing to do more than once ! JMO !
Sorry, I forgot about my Leinbach post hole digger, which I haven’t used in years and probably will sell it !
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old and tired
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Ditto... no plans to build a fence... but sure enough, the day after I sell it, my wife will want 100 trees planted or have some baby goats in the yard!!!!
