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Not looking to single anybody out,but the video that's linked shows him stepping over a flat drive belt. Says it's alright because his dad did it for 20 years. Makes me cringe. I hope no kids see that and think it's OK.

Had a friend who lost a 14 year old son when he got wrapped up in an auger in a feed bunk several years ago. He said he'd seen him do it a dozen times and didn't tell him not to. He said he didn't want to discourage him from doing chores because he liked to do them. Now he's without his son.

Let's just be a little careful the message we're sending kids OK?
 
FWIW: Several years ago, had a friend who reached across a 24" wide sand conveyor belt to adjust plowoff. Lacing caught his shirt and slammed him into a support. Fortunately the shirt tore away before any further injury happened. He had a few srapes/sore spots but is OK. Later he said the only thing he remembers thinking about as it happened were his wife and kids.
 
rrlund, right you are, kids want to do what Dad does, I tried to set the correct example when my boys were young but when I momentarily forgot and did something careless or stupid in front of them I would tell them that it was stupid and that I was wrong for taking a shortcut or getting in too big of a hurry.
 
I can't say for sure such a practice would be deadly but is sure seems like it could be bad for having future kids if you get my drift.
 
Neighbor kid lost his leg in a grain auger. Only takes a second, and your life is changed forever.
 
Yup, thats why I mentioned it.

Said before on here, One kid I knew had his leg wrapped up around a PTO all the way to his crotch. Body cast for months and entire leg pinned. Other kid, caught his scarf, tore up his shoulder and almost choked him to death.

They were lucky they both survived.

Me I figure I used up all my luck when I was younger, I dont take any chances now.

Rick
 
Uncle stepped between clutch and wheel on his JD 50 with clutch cover removed, and engine running, clutch engaged.... His overalls were beyond slavage, and I don't want to detail the close call he had with body parts. (For those who don't know, with clutch cover off, there are bolts exposed with cotter keyed castellated nuts sticking out. He ran it with the cover removed when running the manure loader, with lots of clutching, to help keep the clutch cool.

I have some machines here with exposed shafts, etc. Am awfully careful not to get off tractor until macine is stopped. Would be very costly to re-shield the machines to OSHA standards... ETERNAL VIGALENCE!
 
Rest assured that I feel quite safe in stepping over this moving drive belt. Now a running pto shaft is a different story. I have heard no end of stories of what happens to anyone unfortunate or careless enough to get too close to a rotating shaft. Unplugging round balers while pto is running has taken a life or two also. I keep these stories in mind all the time when I am working around machinery and am generally known as a careful and cautious operator. I wonder how many of you have actually worked with flat belt driven machinery?
 
have a friend who lost his arm in a grain auger.lost another friend when he got caught in the pto shaft.
 
(quoted from post at 18:35:56 03/03/13) have a friend who lost his arm in a grain auger.lost another friend when he got caught in the pto shaft.
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Sorry to hear that. Those are two dangerous machines if you get too close to their moving parts. Far more dangerous than a moving hammer mill belt.
 
(quoted from post at 00:01:51 03/04/13) Rest assured that I feel quite safe in stepping over this moving drive belt. Now a running pto shaft is a different story. I have heard no end of stories of what happens to anyone unfortunate or careless enough to get too close to a rotating shaft. Unplugging round balers while pto is running has taken a life or two also. I keep these stories in mind all the time when I am working around machinery and am generally known as a careful and cautious operator. I wonder how many of you have actually worked with flat belt driven machinery?
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Me, back in the day. I'd never, ever step over a moving anything. If Dad would have seen us do that we'd be looking at the clouds from ground level wondering why we hurt. He was just a part time farmer but safety was first and foremost and he didn't stand for any thing remotely unsafe, as they say today "zero tolerance". We all made it to adulthood with all parts intact. I hope you continue that way too, despite....
 
(quoted from post at 12:35:49 03/05/13)
I'll be fine. No worries. Plenty more dangerous things out there likely to get me than an old flat belt.
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Do as you please.

Back about 1968 or so I saw a neighbour farmer slip on ice and fall onto a flat belt that was running a woodcutter, while he was flopping around trying to get back to his feet, he got one arm between the belt and flipped it over trapping his arm, threw him around some, he got out of it without too much damage as he was wearing two or three layers of clothes.

Happened pretty damned quick.

He had a real healthy respect for that belt after that.

Scared the crap out of this young feller, I was 12 or 13 at the time, opened my eyes about safety.
 
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