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Bush hog shaft guard

safety issue

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Henry

01-13-2000 18:18:03

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Guard tube that was on the shaft of my old JD rotary mower was cut off to use heat to get the rust frozen shaft to slip apart. How important is it to put one back on? What does it do mainly, protect the tractor operator and anything close by in case a U-joint breaks or the shaft somehow flys apart, or to give a little protection to something that comes in contact with the shaft while it's rotating? At the risk of getting rediculous, why not a length of heavy duty PVC pipe? Thanks for previous tips on getting the shaft apart and on this subject. Henry

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paul

01-14-2000 20:21:47

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Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Henry, 01-13-2000 18:18:03

I didn't read the other replies yet, safty questions sometimes get heated... ;)

My 3-point Ford mower doesn't have the shield on it since dad threw it away 15 years ago. I wish it was there. I should replace it. It keeps the operator from getting loose clothing caught in the pto & wrapped up. That kills a lot of people, & maims many, many more. You would not believe how fast a pto will wrap up clothing & whatever is in the clothing, beating the snot out of your broken bones as you flop around.

On a mower, it is also helpful to keep the hay from wrapping up on it, which happens several times per season to me without the shield.

The sheild really is just a piece of plastic pipe, but it needs to telescope with the shafts. The knuckles on the end are the real problem that catch clothing, so you need a factory job that telescopes & has the bulb ends to protect you.

Thank you for the message, Perhaps you 'talked' me into getting dad's (now mine) fixed before next year. Whatever you choose to do, maybe you saved me from a bad injury.

--->Paul

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Tyler(WA)

01-14-2000 09:35:28

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Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Henry, 01-13-2000 18:18:03

I am new to owning a tractor and have always heard about them being the highest single source of farm related injury. I stumbled on a site that listed the cause and nature of farm accidents and gave EMT crews some advise in responding to farm calls. The most common tractor related injuries, besides roll over, ALL revolved around the PTO shaft. Lost fingers, scalp, entanglement due to clothing and NONE were pretty. Each were identified as preventable due to a removed PTO shaft cover.

I don't have a PTO driven implement yet but when I do, you can be double sure that it will have a perfectly functioning cover. In My Humblest Opinion, as always.

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Burrhead

01-14-2000 15:52:57

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Re: Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Tyler(WA), 01-14-2000 09:35:28

I think it's good that you put this thread in here Tyler.
I saw a neighbor and close friend after he had and encounter with a pto shaft on his grain auger. He had been around this type equipment for about 50 yrs, and had been using this auger for about 25 without a safety cover..
He got his coveralls caught up in the shaft and it wound him up on the shaft and beat him against the ground several times until the clothing tore apart. He has pins in both legs and still limps badly several yrs later. By the time they got him to the hospital he had almost bled to death.
Yessir I would rate pto shafts without safety covers very dangerous. A fella should'nt wear loose clothing or jewelry around them either.

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highboyford

01-14-2000 20:31:34

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Re: Re: Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Burrhead, 01-14-2000 15:52:57

Best thing to do is walk around the machines,I treat ptos like land mines.I also had a pto clutch fail one time and engaged the machine,now i always shut the machine/tractor I am running down,this is just a hobby for me I dont make a living at it my real job is in town would hate to have my hobby kill me.

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Burrhead

01-14-2000 09:07:50

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Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Henry, 01-13-2000 18:18:03

I think Paul is right on line with the safety.
I build and use alots of different things in my shop, but I would'nt want to make a shaft cover. Besides just the safety factor, the cover also keeps grass from winding up around the pto shaft while you're mowing and if you don't have it on there it is very irritating to have to stop so often to clean off the shaft.
If you don't stop and clean off the shaft when it needs it, then it will probly tear the pto seal out of tractor.

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Buck

01-13-2000 18:58:26

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Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Henry, 01-13-2000 18:18:03

Hey Henry you might have a good Idea there as most of the aftermarket stuff use those yellow tubes that are just heavy plastic. Sorta troublesome when you mess up the ends of them too. Lent my post hole higger to a cousin and when he brought it back the cover was in a dozen pieces. I ain't buyin that he said i didn't need it anyway. He sure did sweat when his tractor broke and he needed mine to get up his hay.

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Paul Fox

01-14-2000 03:25:38

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Re: Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Buck, 01-13-2000 18:58:26

That "plastic tube" is the only thing between you and serious injury or possible death. DO NOT put off getting it fixed.

I'd be leery of a home-made rigging, but if it's done right, I suppose it would work okay. The original guard is designed to allow the PTO shaft to spin freely inside it. On most of my implements, it's kept from spinning with the shaft by a short piece of dog chain clipped to a handy spot on the tractor.

I haven't priced replacement guard pieces, but considering how quickly and completely a PTO shaft can mess up your day, I'd call it cheap insurance at most any price.

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Van

01-13-2001 10:19:09

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Re: Re: Re: Bush hog shaft guard - safety issue in reply to Paul Fox, 01-14-2000 03:25:38

Francis Robinson's article on bush hog safety, referred to in these threads, is GREAT. Recommended reading for all those who bush hog.

I would like to thank him for it. Does anyone know his e-mail or mail address?

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