Farmstead hazards
One foot of grain covering a person weighs?
300lbs
What types of devices protect electrical circuits from overheating?
Fuses and circuit breakers
Will a ROPS prevent an overturn?
NO
After starting the tractor how should it be warmed up properly?
Idled for a few minutes at 880-100 rpm. Longer if colder.
The point were all parts of an object balance each other is called the...
Center of gravity.
The main hazard for open manure storage is
Drowning
Your untrained emergency response may be...
inappropriate and lead to liability or further injury.
What can be done to prevent runaways when parking with heavy loads.
Chock the wheels.
Only start the tractor from?
The operators position.
What is the stability baseline?
The area scribed by the contact of a vehicle with the ground. The center of gravity moves around inside the baseline as operation occurs.
The most common cause of death during grain entrapments is.
Suffocation
What does moving a PTO control down or rearward do?
Disengage the PTO
How will you know what controls do on an older tractor?
Each tractor's clutch will...
Feel different and engage at different points.
What happens to a tractor if the center of gravity moves OUTSIDE the stabilty baseline?
An overturn will result.
The only two types of farming are livestock and field crops.
There are also many other ypes including tree crops, trees themselves, and cut flowers.
OTC pesticides are labeled with this signal word
Caution
Why is bypass starting a tractor dangerous.
You can be run over when the tractor starts or moves.
How should transmission shift patterns be identified?
Clearly and permanently.
For each degree a tractor is turned tighter....
There is an equal amount of centrifugal force increase.
Guality childcare is often available in rural areas
No it is not
The Spanish word "Peligro" on a pesticide container means
Danger
Which way to you turn the wheel to make a 2 wheeled implement move right when reversing?
Left
Even though there are recent standardization for locations and direction of movement of tractor controls, there are still many...
Exceptions, especially for older tractors.
A ________________ is created between the ground surface and the point of attachment on the tractor
Angle of pull