Using tractor driven tillers (was Re:[AT]AllisChalmersB-1lawntractor

Cecil E Monson cmonson at hvc.rr.com
Fri Jul 16 03:36:37 PDT 2004


> Cecil; I think you're right. Shear pins do work best on slower turning
> applications. One of the biggest problems with them is their ability to grab
> gloves, jackets and other clothing if you're not paying attention. Had a
> neighbors wife get her coat caught on one while used a grain elevator
> powered with a PTO. The results were very messy. Slip clutches are some
> cleaner.



	Gil, the shear pins on my post hole digger are completely inside
the top housing and cannot be caught on anything. That entire assembly is
dangerous below the housing when it is turning and I won't let anyone
near it. It is easy for one man to operate and there is no need for a
helper to put his hands near it anyhow.

	Yesterday I rototilled a couple rounds in the garden with the
"new to me" Kubota 50" tractor mounted tiller mounted on the D-12 III.
It did such a nice job on both plowed and unplowed ground I decided to
till under about 50 feet of sugar snap peas that were just vines and
had quit bearing. Some weeds in there too. It tilled them under but it
left the tiller wrapped with vines. I drove it up by the mulch pile
where I pile everything and got off to clear out the vines. Lucille
had followed me with the golf cart to watch. She wondered why when I
shut the engine off and I told her, "You know, training stays with you.
There is no way I can work on something like this that could slip into
gear on it's own without shutting down. It is just not worth it."  My
father sure did a good job of teaching us about safety over 60 years
ago if it stuck that well.

Cecil
-- 
The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
what you said.

Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

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