Ear plugs ?

[Lou]

I was just reading below about brush hogging 130 acres, and think I need a nap just reading about it. I seldom get on a tractor anymore without ear plugs, the little foam ones , very inexpensive, really saves on your nervous system not hearing those brush hog plades hitting things they shouldnt.

 

[Allan in NE]

I gotta get more wheat ground.

I enjoy running the combine and listening to that "hiss" as the grain is being separated by the cylinder. Really a nice sound.

Allan

 

[Anonymous-0]

Alan, you still got some pretty good hearing, I would have to hook up a mike and amplify it to hear that. I can still hear a rock banking on a mower. lol Bob

 

[Coloken]

Injoyed listening to my Allis A for years...5 1/4 bore, 6 1/2 stroke. No muffler...Hearing is not bad except for the soft voice ladies on the telephone.

 

[Anonymous-0]

So Lou-Lou--

You must plug your ears and just "let 'er rip," huh? Do you wear blinders too so you don't have to see what you are going to hit????

Don't know about you Lou-Lou. What's the elevation up there? Maybe some problems with oxygen deprivation, huh?

 

[Anonymous-0]

Anything you do the protect your hearing is a plus. I've worked steady in industrial settings for 28 years now. I did not always protect my hearing like I should have. I'm now deaf above 3,500 Hz and the ringing is constant in my ears. I use hearing protection these days for any loud activity (except getting hollered at, she's finding out it's more effective not to scream as she must peak out at over 3,500 Hz when she's tweeked). Ear plugs are cheap and easy to keep on your person for such activites as tractor pulls etc. Mowing, sawing, hogging, shootin' and for most other things the plugs are easy and comfortable. I often use muffs in the shop as these are easy on and easy off especially with cruddy hands.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Steve--

I agree about ear protection; I was just jerking Lou-Lou's chain.

Where are you located? Anything to do with Crum Manufacturing in Athens, PA?

 

[Lou]

Only 420 ft ASL, not as high as those ridges by you, but we have rocks of all sizes, and they have learned how to hide in tall grass. One thing you fellas may not realize about ear plugs is you can still hear good, they just take the edge off those sounds that can hurt your ears.

 

[Lou]

Coloken, Thats all the more reason to protect your hearing, one of those ladies may be wispering yes, if you dont hear it you may hate yourself forever.

 

[buickanddeere]

Eye protection too.
A few weeks ago I was bush hogging down the weeds from between my new trees. The hog was hitting the odd stone and they would fly a few feet from the front of the hog.
I heard one stone go "thunk-zing" different from the rest. I watched it launch from the hog & it must have just missed the front tire and didn't bounce back onto my self.
The stone carried on a low, fast arc and hit the ground 40 yards from the tractor. It took a single bounce of 5 yards and whacked one of my Thanksgiving turkeys. The turkey did not survive. It was a nice 12-15lb bird. Just glad it wasn't a child.
I have to regularly get off the tractor and chase one of the kids well away from the lawn mower or bush hog. The youngest in particular, age 7 seems to have no clue and is fascinated watching the discharge chute. He'll even run behind, beside or in front of the lawn mower for a few seconds until I see him and stop.
He never thinks to look before crossing the road if excited about something either.
So help me I'm either going to have to tie him up, put a dog training collar on him and/or beat his backside yet another time.
Same Mother and I'm pretty certain I'm also his Father??? Why so different?

The eldest boy when he was only 2yrs and while we were watching a TimberJack haul logs. He was upset and wasn't satisfied until he dragged me 30-40 ft away from the roadway for safety.
The daughter is very cautious too.

 

[Anonymous-0]

That would be me

 

[Rob In FL]

My two kids are the same way, daughter is 6, son is 9 and sometimes not half a brain tween the two, though daughter is generally the smartest!
Give them some finger painting or something else to do FAR away from where you'll be prior. They need something else to keep them occupied. I also tell mine it's over 8 miles to any hospital and you'll more than likely bleed to death before we get there, so it's up to you. They figure THAT out! LOL

 

[Anonymous-0]

Know right where you are; I worked at I-R for 15 years.

 

[Farmall MD]

What? Yeah, I should wear them more. Doug N

 

[Don-Wi]

yup, I wear them all the time too. Just picked up a box of 'em at Fastenal- 200 packs of the little yellow ear classics. I wear plugs at work all the time too, just don't like standing next the the machines when they do a tool change cause all that air can get pretty loud- specially when used to wearing plugs all the time.

Donovan from Wisconsin

 

[Anonymous-0]

Pretty sad state of affairs with the IR. Things seem to be fine there. But people I know that work there say the place is about dead. Most of the work that goes on there these days is assembling parts from China and India so that a tool can still go out the door with 'Made in U.S.A.' on it. Several brands of USA made tools are assembled there.

 

[Davis In SC]

In daily life, there are lots of things that damage our hearing, I did plenty of damage to mine with dirtbikes, guns, and working in the weave room of a textile mill, the old looms were loud.. What gets me, though, are the people that self-inflict loud noise by playing music at an ear-splitting level. A neighbor, in his 30's, old enough to know better, plays that bass, crackhouse music at full volume all the time.. His 10 or 11 year old son has a very bad speech impediment, I cannot help but wonder if the boy's hearing is suffering, hence the speech problems..