Every thing you say Tom is true. The new PTO shafts may be a little safer with the sleeves, but I don't get close to those either. The older shafts are probably no safer than the auger if it grabs on to your clothing.
Both people I know that were wrapped up in PTOs did something stupid. One was wearing a scarf, the other stepped over the PTO while it was running. The first age 15, the second age 10. Do you blame the parents or the kids??
If there are multiple ways to accomplish a task, I try to take the one with less risk. Not always, but try.
Safety, technically you are right, you've never had a problem with your splitter, me... close to 100 stitches from an axe. The difference my axe only hit me once and stopped, it didn't keep chopping over and over into my leg, like a PTO shaft would keeping spinning until someone killed the power.
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