[AT] Noise Concerns

[Cecil R Bearden]

I bought one of those early model JD hydrostat swathers last summer.  It 
was extremely noisy.  I was absolutely beat after running it for 3 
hours.  I started using some of those radio earmuffs, I had a pair I 
bought for a hire hand.  It was really amazing how different I felt 
after running it for 4 to 6 hours.  The hydrostat drive crapped out 
after about 2 weeks, and I had to go back to the Hesston 1340 pull type 
and I really was beat after a day of running that.

Only problem I have is when I started using ear protection last year, I 
always had a breakdown when I had the earmuffs on!!!! WQhen I ran 
without them, everythig ran fine...

Cecil in OKla


On 4/3/2015 11:39 AM, Gene Dotson wrote:
>      I started farming in 1972 with a Case 700 and 800. Was working a full
> time job and working in the fields in the evenings. I would come in from the
> tractor and be completely fatigued and just needed to sit for a while to
> even spend time with the kids. I brought home some of the earplugs from work
> and started wearing them. Made a big difference even though the tractors
> were not that loud. Was able to come home and be in a good mood. Another
> advantage is they keep the bugs out of my ears. Seems bugs have a strong
> attraction to my ears, especially when cutting hay.
>
>                          Gene
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 11:06 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Noise Concerns
>
> On 4/3/2015 8:22 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
>> Herb,
>>
>> Probably a bigger concern is noise from riding mowers and weed eaters.
>>
>> Todays tractors have slightly quieter engines, cabs to shield noise, etc.
>> Still, hearing protection is good to used.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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)
>>> ___
> 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.
>
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