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Old 10-09-2018, 07:11 AM   #16
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Re: Any farmers / tractor people here?

Bush hogs are dangerous when running without safety shields in place ,Many injuries and deaths have occurred from becoming caught in a turning pto shaft same thing for other attachments that use a pto shaft to operate tillers, hay bailers, manure spreaders ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufSQZ0Bqzc

. Loader accidents happen all the time when the user is trying to carry a loaded bucket in a high position or across a grade and the machine will tumble, That's one of the reasons I have foam filled front tires a sharp turn with a loaded bucket can roll the tire off the rim , Also Beet juice in the rear tires helps with stability and adds considerable weight for traction (and it doesn't freeze like water would also less expensive than anti freeze and won't rot out the rim like the Calcium chloride the farmers used to use,) Rops are on tractors for a reason , They can flip over and your best situation is to be belted into the machine ,It happens fast and you won't be able to "jump out of the way"

https://farmsafety.mo.gov/farm-equip...ractor-safety/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnBkGBOFtRc
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