M-J-G
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Take a look at @PattisonAg's Tweet: https://twitter.com/PattisonAg/status/872118794658783232?s=09
A good lesson for farming kids
- Thread starter M-J-G
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- N.Lincs
Graphic demonstrations like that really stick in the mind.
I remember when I got my first shotgun as a boy. A family friend took me out into the yard, rolled a big sugar beet off the heap and blew it to pieces from point blank range. He said, "Enjoy your shooting but just think what would happen if that had been somebody's head".
It was a long time ago, but I've never forgotten that.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Dad used to very often say the same words to us.
PTO shafts, three point linkage, using hand brakes etc.
"It won't stop for you"
I always remember it and now tell my lad.
PTO shafts, three point linkage, using hand brakes etc.
"It won't stop for you"
I always remember it and now tell my lad.
hillman
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- Location
- Wicklow Ireland
Showed it to my three here the other night ...they went quiet and white ,hopefully lodged in their minds now
M-J-G
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My machinery lecturer at college used to say thst the plastic greese nipples on the shaft cover are the most important ones on any machine, then he went on to say
If the plastic collars fail on a shaft turning at 540 RPM is revolving at 9 times per second, multiply that by 2 lift arms and a draw bar, and you bash your head 27 times a second if you get caught in it...
If the plastic collars fail on a shaft turning at 540 RPM is revolving at 9 times per second, multiply that by 2 lift arms and a draw bar, and you bash your head 27 times a second if you get caught in it...
stretch3050
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It's a shame they don't make decent pto guards and lift arms that fold up out the way of the shaft, like front linkage ones.
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Switch off if not in the seat many tractors have pto button on the mudgaurd
There is no need to go near a revolving pto even with a proper gard
There is no need to go near a revolving pto even with a proper gard
smcapstick
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- Location
- Kirkby Lonsdale
I'm really paranoid about getting mangled in machinery.
I'm so important to humanity, it's imperative I survive.
Seriously, though - it's a good clip.
I'm so important to humanity, it's imperative I survive.
Seriously, though - it's a good clip.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
I showed it to my 7year old son today, he got quite upset, I'd say he will remember it
CharcoalWally
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- Location
- West of Scotland
A good lesson for everyone I'd think, adults included.
TechWise
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- Location
- South Ayrshire, Scotland
I saw a picture the other day there of the real thing and if that image doesn't stick in your head nothing will!
- Location
- South wales
Was it the one with a slurry tanker 
64farmer giles
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When I was a kid ( lots of years ago) dad always took us to the health and safety tent at the Yorkshire show where they used to have photos of accidents that had happened on farms. Those memories stay with you, all pto shafts guarded at all times.
M-J-G
Member
I agree staying in the tractor is the best policy when possible.
But things like slurry tankers or grain brusers require you to be out of the seat.
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
My dad once got the shirt ripped off his back by a pto shaft, luckily it must have been an old threadbare shirt but it flailed around and whipped his back a good few times, now he is a stickler for pto guard maintenance
simmy_bull
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Jeez that gives me the creeps just thinking about that. Bet that fair shook him up.
caveman
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- Location
- East Sussex.
Know a guy who had a coming together with a shaft.
He's 'armless enough.
Unfortunate but good lesson for all who know.
He's 'armless enough.
Unfortunate but good lesson for all who know.
Yes i know of a chap who lost an arm to a baler as well.
The times i've gone to get out of the cab to attend to a baler problem then thought hang on let's have everything shut down first. It only takes a minute, even if the tractor needs to tick over for a bit to let the turbo run down.
My dad's cousin went round a pto shaft years ago. Ripped his clothes off him, but he managed to crawl up the field back to the yard for help. Very lucky escape.