Qualified people

Qualified people
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 23:56:03

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AirPol wrote:
I dont competition pull at all here either and am involved with shows that are serious about improving safety, where the HSE are involved with the organisation of rules etc, we'll go with them rather than a lot of gnarly old grumblers full of maybes and wat ifs, there are qualified people out there worth listening to instead. Its good to see that you are willing to listen to qualified people. I happen to be a qualified agricultural engineer and have been for ten years and have allso been involved in tractor pulling for about the same amont of time. At the dealership I work for we are involved with BAGMA (The trade association representing agricultural dealers in the UK) BAGMA and the HSE have for a number of years had a action plan on tractor safety testing, very much like a MOT on a car of which I have been trained. After a lot of training I am now qualified to do this, which has made me very supprised that a tractor was allowed to run let alone pull with a sun shade. This shade would not pass any tests for use in the uk, not even for ploughing a flat field. For This FACT alone I find it very hard to believe that anyone is liaising with HSE as you are not following the fundamentals of farming not to mention motorsport.



sawkins2005 wrote:
NO THEY HAVENT. and all indipendent orgs have there own safety rules: aka Roll Bar Kill switch/flaps shatter blankets/gaurds working brakes neutral sensors added protection around the engine etc etc Thank you for this information. I really would like to know who inspected the tractors in this dvd. As going by the rules tractors should have side pannels, but in actual fact a very low number of them do. Take this one for example, twin turbos all outside the covers and where is it shielded then. Thin air must be quite strong!! .




Please can you leave some more constructive comments on this Airpol