Some very good points being made here. Obviously we all want to be safe, and we want everyone else to be safe as well. Guards and shields were made for a reason and should be used whenever possible.
However, as has also been stated, there is NO substitute for good old common sense. For quite a few years I ran a John Deere 50 with a no. 5 mower that had an open PTO shaft. No place on the mower to connect a shield, so I ran it without one. That unit was 100% safe. You know why? Because I followed two basic rules:
1. Whenever I was running it, NO ONE else was allowed to ride along, or be anywhere near it, under ANY circumstances!
2. NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, did I leave the seat of that tractor unless the PTO was disengaged! NO EXCEPTIONS!!
As long as those rules are followed no one will have any problems. This is not rocket science.
By the way, the no. 5 mower I have now DOES have a shield, and it is in place. And I STILL follow those two rules, without exception.
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