That shaft doesn't even belong on it - I had to use it in a pinch. Years ago - a friend came down with his tractor and wanted to borrow the generator to do some welding out in field. He did NOT use his fixed drawbar to hitch to. He used a three-point swinging drawbar instead. He then hooked up the driveshaft - and then, guess what? Raised the three-point hitch up and ripped the driveshaft right in two.
PTO shaft cover is one of the last things I'm going to worry about on that thing. If I had any kids near the equipment, I'd feel different.
Sorry but I'm not a seat-belt wearing, PTO guard sort of guy. I've worked around dangerous stuff my whole life and made it so far. If I get killed now, I figure I'm still ahead. One of my farmer friends down the road was a stickler for safety stuff. And last summer, at age 67, he got killed on his front lawn in a Deere garden tractor roll-over. All I can say is - stuff happens. No amount of safety equipment is as good as common sense.
But, like I said, with any kids around here, or even any hired help, all shafts would have guards. For me? I'll take my chances.
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