Sunday, 7 September 2008

Is this Safe? Orchard-Rite with Bent Blade

Now I'm no expert, but...

To the uninitiated, the practice of securing the blade of a frost fan by tying it down so hard it bends seems like a bad idea.
What sort of stresses are being induced on the blade and the gear?
Now I would presume that there ARE enormous stresses caused by the normall running of the machine, but this would appear to be an unatural one and non-symetric to boot.

For those who are interested the location is here.

You should be able to click on the picture to open a larger version (warning, it is approximatly 500kB).


Perhaps OSH and Orchard-Rite (In New Zealand that would be Williams and Kettle) would like to have a chat with the local agents? (That would be Marlborough Tractor Services (03) 572 8787))

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