Safety disparity?

[Stumpy Grinder]

Does it not seem a bit weird that some stump grinders have Dead mans handles, operator presence sensors, lanyards, etc....

Then there are others with remote controls where you could easily stand right in front of the cutter wheel and run yourself over with relative ease!

I know that some machines are designed around the hire market, but some seem almost too restrictive to use, whereas others have no restriction at all?

Am I missing something here?

SG

[Stoatally]

Does common sense not come it? Or has the HSE outlawed it?

[Johny Walker]

you cant fix stupid

[Stumpy Grinder]

I used a big Rayco on a NPTC course a while back which had a lovely protective screen which very quickly became impossible to see through properly. As soon as you peered around the edge, the bloody thing cut out as the sensor realised you were missing! It made a good machine virtually unusable, and yet you can get a remote version where you could grind yourself to a pulp with ease! Where's the logic?

SG

[Al Cormack]

I used a big Rayco on a NPTC course a while back which had a lovely protective screen which very quickly became impossible to see through properly. As soon as you peered around the edge, the bloody thing cut out as the sensor realised you were missing! It made a good machine virtually unusable, and yet you can get a remote version where you could grind yourself to a pulp with ease! Where's the logic?

SG

 

I hired one like that. Bit of insulating tape cured that problem.

[Stumpy Grinder]

I hired one like that. Bit of insulating tape cured that problem.

Exactly! I have a couple of Rayco's with dead mans handles taped up and various solenoids bypassed. Whilst it may seem wrong to some folk, it makes then useable and is no more dangerous than a remote controlled version.

[Taupotreeman]

Exactly! I have a couple of Rayco's with dead mans handles taped up and various solenoids bypassed. Whilst it may seem wrong to some folk, it makes then useable and is no more dangerous than a remote controlled version.

 

 

Dead mans handle taped up on my Rayco too. Few months ago, not long after I purchased it, it kept cutting out and then wouldn't start. Took me and a few others several days to figure out that the tape on the handle had worn through and the safety cut out was operating again.