No. As an employee I would ask the boss to order new parts so I could fit them ASAP.As an employer, would you send an employee out working with this PTO?View attachment 1038185
Those are excuses, not reasons. Absolutely no reason that a professional outfit would run with a guard like the one in the OP.Nothing wrong wth that cover that a bit of bale tape won’t solve! Joking aside in a perfect world you would replace the guard. Unfortunately because of time and pressure and financial reasons there are loads of unprotected shafts much worse than that working in Europe right now. It’s something u mean to fix on a wet day! This is one of the reasons why farming is such a dangerous business.
That damage doesn’t happen during use though, does it? It happens when someone does something stupid whilst connecting, so there would be no need to park up if you were already working away. I’d bet it was the stand left up that caused the damage on that one, so done at the start of a shift/ season.Highland M I know what u mean but….if the baler is supposed to go to work and rain is on the way would you park up and go get a cover, fit it and then go baleing or do you keep customer happy and get job done with shaft as is? That’s really the decision that I think contractors and farmers are faced with. Just my thoughts mind!
From a HSE view point you've identified an issue. And by that you've also assumed responsibility for it. So if something now goes wrong you will be to blame.As an employer, would you send an employee out working with this PTO?View attachment 1038185
Yes it could happen during work if some form of error has dropped the lift arms down and it is not immediately noticed.That damage doesn’t happen during use though, does it? It happens when someone does something stupid whilst connecting, so there would be no need to park up if you were already working away. I’d bet it was the stand left up that caused the damage on that one, so done at the start of a shift/ season.
And a professional outfit would have spares to hand for things that get damaged often - just like you do for fuses and lightbulbs. I’m small scale but I’d work something out even still - swap with the shaft from the topper or dung spreader and use that instead, maybe taking a quarter hour to swap and grease the new one before I’m going again.
Why would anyone except a fukwit go near a turning shaft?As an employer, would you send an employee out working with this PTO?View attachment 1038185