a "northern tool"

[richard]

SNOWBLOWERS.........

Some people need them..... I don't have one. But they are something to be respected like any other tool. The tool itself does not care ..... it has no feelings or emotions. The real problem with any tool is the person using it .... they get careless or are in a hurry..... and sometimes very unlucky.

I use "dangerous equipment" all week long...... every piece very capable of maiming me. Yet with the proper respect..... they are not a problem. Sure some unexpected things happen.... but I have seldom seen anyone hurt. BUT it seems to me....snowblowers have removed many digits...... SO RESPECT those SNOWBLOWERS...... NEVER take chances with them. It just never is worth the risk.

ALL tools need the same respect..... the time you don't wear safety goggles is the time you may wish you did for many years to come. I don't write this to scare anyone...... but to educate..... a healthy respect is a good thing!


A friend of my daughter just lost a couple to a snowblower..... He's a nice kid and even with a great attitude on life in general..... he made a mistake that will be with him for good. SO since I heard about this I have just been mulling it over..... feel bad for the kid. (but it makes me reflect on things in my life too)


Hope this is taken as a reminder to be careful....don't hurry, and don't take chances when the consequences are too costly. Shit happens..... but the best safety device is yourself.....


ok NUFF SAID

[kgdb]

Originally Posted by richard

SNOWBLOWERS.........

Some people need them..... I don't have one. But they are something to be respected like any other tool. The tool itself does not care ..... it has no feelings or emotions. The real problem with any tool is the person using it .... they get careless or are in a hurry..... and sometimes very unlucky.

I use "dangerous equipment" all week long...... every piece very capable of maiming me. Yet with the proper respect..... they are not a problem. Sure some unexpected things happen.... but I have seldom seen anyone hurt. BUT it seems to me....snowblowers have removed many digits...... SO RESPECT those SNOWBLOWERS...... NEVER take chances with them. It just never is worth the risk.

ALL tools need the same respect..... the time you don't wear safety goggles is the time you may wish you did for many years to come. I don't write this to scare anyone...... but to educate..... a healthy respect is a good thing!


A friend of my daughter just lost a couple to a snowblower..... He's a nice kid and even with a great attitude on life in general..... he made a mistake that will be with him for good. SO since I heard about this I have just been mulling it over..... feel bad for the kid. (but it makes me reflect on things in my life too)


Hope this is taken as a reminder to be careful....don't hurry, and don't take chances when the consequences are too costly. Shit happens..... but the best safety device is yourself.....


ok NUFF SAID

Good post Richard, I still have all mine and especially after fabricating for many years thats a good thing! I know several that have lost fingers and or done great harm and alot of it is not thinking / paying attention, daydreaming or whatever.

I have a cousin that stuck his fingers in the second stage of a snowblower, it didnt take off his fingers completly but it did take off the middle, ring & pinkey at the first knuckle. that was 20 yrs ago, part of the reason i plow the snow & dont use the blower that often and shut it off when it plugs up.
A good word of warning Richard.

[kgdb]

Years ago I had a old neighbor who was cutting his lawn and the side shute plugged up with damp grass. An airplane was going over and was very loud and it drowned out the sound of the running lawn mower and he tillted it back not thinking and stuck his hand under it to clean the grass out. It wasnt pretty after that.

[Kevin_CL]

I was just out of high school and got a job in a local machine shop. The foreman took me right over to a punch press and started teaching me how to opperate it. I guess he couldn't help but notice me noticing that he was missing all his fingers on his left hand. He explained to me that he had lost them on the very press he was training me on. Seems he had disabled the two button safety feature by taping one of them down. He said he did it so that he could get the job done quicker. He told me that he got away with it for a while until one day he swept his hand under the press to sweep away some steel and out of habit hit the remaining button.

[richard]

Another thing to BE AWARE OF......

OPEN PRIMARIES........and kickstands right under them.....and reaching while the bike is still running.


Saw a picture of a thumb that got too close..... aint pretty!


SHIT certainly does happen...... BUT most of those types of accidents can be avoided.