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Farm safety – personal factors
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
There are a number of significant factors concerning the type of family and workforce that can affect safety on a farm.
Children and young people
A farm environment is often a family environment as well, ...
Farm safety – environmental factors
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
Environmental factors are different from the environment itself, but do to an extent overlap.
When considering farm safety, the environment itself in terms of the nature of the land and the type of produce grown ...
Principles of farm safety – environment
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
When thinking in terms of any type of health and safety work or issues, the term environment is perhaps one of the key elements. The type of environment that someone works in will to a ...
Do you acknowledge problems as they arise?
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
There is a tendency nowadays to talk about challenges rather than problems. It is as if the word problem is slightly negative, whereas talking about a challenge seems more constructive. The idea that the notion ...
Do you set realistic goals?
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
Any type of goal setting is often considered a fundamental part of any types of personal development or life coaching or 12-step recovery. The idea is simply to set objectives that you then try to ...
Can you buy a tractor on credit
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
The short answer is yes, given that the cost of many tractors runs into thousands of dollars, some of the big ones costing upwards of 60 - $70,000 US. For many people the need for ...
Buying a tractor from a dealer
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
Buying a tractor from a major manufacturer has many of the same principles and drawbacks as when buying a new or second-hand car. Dealerships of tractor manufacturers will normally offer for sale new and used ...
How to Choose the right Tractor
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
Most people assume they know what a tractor is, and what it is used for, based largely on historical and stereotypical images of someone ploughing a field, using a tractor. Whilst this is true to ...
What is the difference between a one stage and two-stage snowblower?
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
Anyone looking to buy a snowblower will pretty much soon realise that the choice tends to come down between what are referred to as one stage or two stage snow blowers. There are a few ...
A guide to snowblower operating controls
By Peter Main · 4 years ago
Snowblowers come in different makes and sizes, some one stage to stage or even three stage, some have tires and some have tracks, and some are in effect compact tractors adapted to clear large areas ...
What to look out for in snowblower safety
By Peter Main · 5 years ago
For many people, a snow blower can be a lifeline, but there are some risks and hazards which need to be flagged up. These can be easily dealt with, but they are important and often ...
What is the issue about grey market tractors
By Peter Main · 5 years ago
Grey market tractors are often talked about, or written about ,in slightly hushed tones, as if there was something slightly under the table or under the counter about them. They also talked about often in ...