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[Cactus]

<font color="blue"> </font><font color="blue" class="small">( Pura-Fit 6800 )</font> </font>

These are very comfortable. They are a real soft foam...more comfortable then the ones I use to wear.

 

[meanstreak]

dude wear hearing protection please, for the long term. there is nothing more anoying the shouting at some one just to have a normal conversation.

 

[_RaT_]

<font color="blue"> 1) wash your hands - the ear canal is very thin and any chemicals or grease on your fingers will go right through you skin in there
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Interesting, I am at the very least thinking about it now.

 

[hudr]

I agree w/ tc35dforme... I can actually hear BETTER with earplugs or muffs. It's like all the "background' noise is filtered out and I can hear what I really need to hear. If a part starts banging, I can hear it over the general din of whirring blades and roaring exhaust. And, no ringing in the ears later. Actually, no extra ringing. I went a long time w/o using hearing protection. I am 34 and my ears ring ALL THE TIME now. Also, I had a hearing test a few years ago... I have lost about 30% from my last hearing test several years ago. So...(and I am NOT a big 'safetycrat') I suggest wearing eye and ear protection.

 

[JerryG]

<font color="blue">I use MF (Massey Ferguson) Actually this tractor is so quiet with its down sweep exhaust no extra protection is needed. </font>
Thanks for verifying what I have thought for a long time. It has been mentioned here several times that the tractors were loud about more than one brand. The MF 1250 that I had and the MF 1440 that I have now have always been quite. Or so I thought. I am glad that I am not the only one that thinks that. I have no problem listening to my radio without turning up the sound very much.

 

[RalphVa]

I've ear plugs held together with a plastic string. They're the kind that are soft rubber with the rounded ends and a rubber-like round flapper in between the rounded ends and the bigger part that the string is attached to. They go in easily and take out a lot of the noise. The string is prone to catch on a sweaty, sticky neck and by other stuff. That's their main drawback.

I've plastic and steel stapes replacements in my right ear. MUST wear ear protection. Otherwise, noise jangles those pieces like mad. Since I've had to have the stapes replaced, I'm also more careful about just protecting both ears from noise.

Ralph

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I don't wear any hearing protection while using my tractor, and have no ringing in ears or anything like that. My tractor is not too loud. I also need to hear the noises when running my tractor to make sure everything is working ok.
I do wear earplugs when running chainsaw, weedeaters, welding grinder, etc.
Ben
*On a quiet day I can hear oil dripping from the neighbors Ford.
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*Is this with or without the earplugs?

 

[JoshJ]

Along with the others, earplugs (soft foam, 30 cents at the local hardware store /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif ) are what i use, along with an occasional set of muffs. ive learned to carry earplugs in my car, in stick bags for drums, to my dorm, and the ear muffs on the tractor.

they say that most farmers have more hearing loss in their left ears. this is caused by years of turning to the right to look at equipment (think about it, most ag equipment is hitched to the right of the tractor, if not centered behind. tho one exception would be plows), this leaves the left ear exposed to the engine noise all of the time. i guess with CUTs, it wouldnt be as much of a problem, as most of the attachments are 3ph, and centered right behind. even so, i still turn to the right, just a habit that ive picked up i guess.

 

[Highbeam]

I used a pair of the foamys yesterday for a little skeet shooting. The advice to lift up on the top of my hear was spot on. I was able to jamb those puppies way in there where they did a great job. Problem is reusability. My work supplies them for free with permission to use them anytime since they really want to protect your hearing. Cool.

 

[To20Chris]

I used to be amazed from the sound pressue around jets - we used foam inserts AND muffs, but it did not help when you opened your mouth. The sound that would get into your head with your mouth open STILL hurt your ears!

I try to remember to use ear protection (muff type), and I too find I can hear sounds better with them on. I think the constant loud sounds overwhelm your ears, and make it harder to pick up the details.