Hefty price to pay, and I've always said, "You pay for knowledge!"
I sometimes use earplugs when using the rotary cutter, especially if it's not grass or weeds I'm cutting, some of the brush and similar is a bit much for these sensitive ears.
I don't use foam ear plugs, just those rubber like ones on the string, cause you can kind of adjust em in you ear so you can hear some or most, depending on the noise level. Not big on listening to the radio when running equipment, though sometimes, like when on a loader and the work is monotonous, it pays to be able to listen for things going wrong.
A few weeks ago, while returning with the DM Mack from a delivery 20 miles north, headed back to the yard, fuel up, then to the field to load up round bales, while fueling, I heard a minor squeak with the engine running, enough to make me open the hood, but otherwise easily missed. The alternator mounting bolts had lost the nuts, and was about to come off, though one of the bolts was rubbed and worn, something had been awry for awhile, same thing, if I had not caught this, would have at least chewed the belt, wrecked and possibly shorted the wiring, wrecked the alternator, could have caused a fire, it does pay to be attentive and listen, and is why I don't like the headphone type hearing protection unless I'm on a D8 K or something similar.
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