The dangers of windlass

[pcatterall]

How would an owner 'instruct' the hirer to safely use the equipment ( plus detailed instructions on all the other potential hazards like swinging booms, use of flares, gas etc etc)
I guess I would show them the controls and add a caution to keep hands well away from the moving parts. I think that that would be sufficient training for a person with a competency licence?

 

[Neeves]

There is a human condition prevalent in some:

If there is a button - Press it.

It scares me witless

If you do not believe this - put a child into the drivers seat of a car (remove key first) and watch what happens next. There is still the child in some adults.

Jonathan

 

[Stemar]

There is a human condition prevalent in some:

If there is a button - Press it.

It scares me witless

If you do not believe this - put a child into the drivers seat of a car (remove key first) and watch what happens next. There is still the child in some adults.

Jonathan

Ah, memories

I made the mistake of putting the kids (2 under 5) in the car before the adults were quite ready to get in. Next thing, one of then had succeeded in releasing the hand brake. The car rolled a few yards before dropping a wheel into the ditch. It took a fair bit on ingenuity to lift it out with only the rubbish jack that came with the car and our departure to the beach was significantly delayed. Fortunately there was no long-term damage to ether car or kids

 

[vyv_cox]

Sometimes kids' actions can work in your favour. Years ago a colleague bought (new) the first diesel car I ever knew. It came as standard with four gears, five gears an optional extra that he could not afford. Some time later he sat in the car with his young son on his lap, waggling the wheel and playing with the gears. Suddenly my colleague realised that he had put the lever into the supposedly non-existent fifth gear. Until then only four gears had been used.

 

[RichardS]

Sometimes kids' actions can work in your favour. Years ago a colleague bought (new) the first diesel car I ever knew. It came as standard with four gears, five gears an optional extra that he could not afford. Some time later he sat in the car with his young son on his lap, waggling the wheel and playing with the gears. Suddenly my colleague realised that he had put the lever into the supposedly non-existent fifth gear. Until then only four gears had been used.

Sometimes one wonders if car manufacturers actually know what they are making and selling.

I ordered a Ford Granada 2 litre in the late 1980s. I got it cheap 'cos Ford had just introduced the new DOHC engine to replace the previous 2 litre Pinto SOHC engine so I was getting an end-of-line SOHC. When I got the car home I opened the bonnet to have a look around and it was immediately obvious that I was looking at a DOHC lump. I phoned up the next day but was told that now I had used the car I should keep it.

Richard

 

[thinwater]

Interesting. I wonder what the court will say.

There is a guard on a table saw. Often, they are taken off because they make certain work awkward. Angle grinders have a guard which is taken off because it blocks tight access. You could put guards on a windlass, but we would take them off to clear something and never put them back.

Normally I expect to read of suits in US courts!

 

[lw395]

Sometimes one wonders if car manufacturers actually know what they are making and selling.

I ordered a Ford Granada 2 litre in the late 1980s. I got it cheap 'cos Ford had just introduced the new DOHC engine to replace the previous 2 litre Pinto SOHC engine so I was getting an end-of-line SOHC. When I got the car home I opened the bonnet to have a look around and it was immediately obvious that I was looking at a DOHC lump. I phoned up the next day but was told that now I had used the car I should keep it.

Richard

Mate of my Dad, years ago had a mildly sporty Datsun. The rev counter wasn't fitted to that model, but he got one from a scrappy. When he removed the plastic blanking disc in the dash where the rev counter shoud go, there was a fully functional rev counter behind it.

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