[AT] Noise Concerns

[Ralph Goff]

On 4/3/2015 8:22 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
> Herb,
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> Probably a bigger concern is noise from riding mowers and weed eaters.
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> Todays tractors have slightly quieter engines, cabs to shield noise, etc. Still, hearing protection is good to used.
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> Thanks,
> Dennis
>
>
>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> The noise(s) created by boosters (turbo-chargers, super-charges, etc) is the subject. The screaming Detroit Diesel two cycle truck engine of a couple decades ago have been thoroughly discussed; conclusion was “you can tell who the operators were because they hollered ‘what’ the loudest and the most frequent”; so that does not need re-discussed.  My experience is none;  last sizeable tractor I operated was Dad’s Super M in 1968, before he retired.  What about todays operators; should they be using special hearing protection for db. protection?  for frequency protection?  Hopefully those few operators (not many on an antique tractor forum) are using any needed protection, and can share such information. Herb(GA)
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Foam ear plugs are the best I have found and I still use them even on 
the quiet cabbed machinery that I run in the fields. it makes a 
difference I can notice on the odd day I forget to wear them.
The ear muffs might be handy but I've found I could only wear them for a 
short time before they put way too much pressure on my head and I could 
not stand it. But I don't think even the foam plugs are any guarantee 
against hearing loss in some cases. I had a grandfather, and a 
grandmother who had never operated motorized equipment and both were 
extremely hard of hearing as they used to say. You had to shout to make 
them hear. As a kid that taught me to protect my ears as much as 
possible. So far it seems to have helped.

Ralph in Sask.