Posted by LenNH on April 16, 2009 at 09:19:03 from (71.235.191.159):
I see tractors on YouTube running machines with the PTO, and sometimes it looks like the shafts are not shielded. Hard to tell from the videos, but it always makes me think of stories of people who have been killed when their clothes get tangled in open PTO shafts. When I was growing up in the 40s, PTO shafts were not of a standard length, so the shields were sometimes a pain to hook up (as I remember, anyway). So, the message is: don't even think of using a PTO if it's not shielded. I love the new-type shields that are free to turn by hand, but are not hooked in anyway to the shaft. Corn pickers and other dangerous machines: Had an uncle, always in a hurry, lose a couple of fingers (right hand, of course) trying to clear out a clogged corn picker that was running. Same could happen in any number of powered machines, especially the old stuff with belts, shafts and gears exposed and running in the open. If you're new to the old stuff, please be careful. I still have all my fingers, I guess because I always thought of machines the way I'd think of an alligator sleeping next to the road (lots of them in Florida--usually very placid, but who knows how hungry they are?)
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