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Re: Bush Hog Safety
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Posted by Jerry/MT on September 26, 2004 at 20:54:53 from (206.183.120.202):
In Reply to: Bush Hog Safety posted by Ichabod on September 26, 2004 at 09:07:01:
You are one lucky guy! Rotating machinery is inherently dangerous and rotary cutters, unlike jet engines, are not designed to contain a failed blade. Rotary cutter blades weigh a lot and have relatively high tip speeds so there is a lot of kinetic energy that has to be disipated when they are released. An .032" piece of fender sheet metal ain't gonna' stop it!
Thanks for sharing your story with us. I hope everybody that uses a rotary cutter reads your note and takes the message to heart. I'm am so grateful that this incident had a happy ending. From a retired aircraft propulsion engineer.
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