PLEASE BE SAFE. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPROMISING SAFETY AROUND EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY ANTIQUE FARM EQUIPMENT!
I once watched one of the most safety minded friends that I have, get knocked off his tractor while bush hogging. A tree branch no bigger than a 1/2 inch got under his little finger on the steering wheel, breaking his finger and sending him tumbling right over the back of his tractor, onto his running bush hog. Amazingly he rolled off the back of the bush hog without any other major injury. The tractor kept going for over a hundred yards where it eventually tried to climb a tree. Yes, with the tractor and bush hog still running and bouncing up the tree, I had to shut it down.
Absolutely amazing that no one was killed that day, as I think about how many more things could have gone wrong. We were both lucky.
You stated yourself that you allowed a pin to come loose and the PTO shaft became disconnected while running !
Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Yea, my friend didn't intend to either
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
THEY'RE CALLED ACCIDENTS FOR A REASON. ALMOST NOBODY PURPOSEFULLY CREATES AN ACCIDENT!
Play Safe.
Accidents caused by PTO shafts are often very serious or fatal indeed, but some can be preventable.
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