Just yesterday, a member here posted about a tractor-related death. Someone else was on the tractor other than operator. Young man (24-yrs-old) tried to get off, slipped, tractor ran over him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
I don't think a month goes by without hearing of at least one such story -- and these aren't Country Bumpkin wannabe's we're talking about. Most of the accidents are involving people who have spent years around such equipment. Before that there were a couple of stories of folks getting caught in their PTO shafts, killing them and mangling their bodies.
As you have already begun this venture, I really cannot offer you any 'best wishes'. I have to save that for any folks who choose to rent machinery, especially from unknown sources. Lots of folks on this site (TRUE experts, unlike me) can easily tell who keeps their equipment in good operational repair and who just keeps it enough to get by. But the average person won't have a clue. That nice shiny repainted tractor may have multiple mechanical issues.
Believe me, a "business" such as you want is just asking for trouble -- and it'll likely be someone else that gets hurt.
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