Objectives |
Youth will:
- demonstrate the ability to safely start and stop a tractor.
- be able to identify safety concerns with starting and stopping tractors.
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Resource Materials |
Safe Operation of Agricultural Equipment, student manual
Tractor operator's manual
Tractor for demonstration
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Video Resources |
"Starting and Stopping Tractors", Agricultural Operators Safety Series,Iowa
State University Extension Service
"Bypass Starting, The Deadly Shortcut", John Deere Consolidated Safety Video,
Deere and Co.
"Dangers of Bypass Starting", John Deere Consolidated Safety Video, Deere
and Co.
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Activity Ideas |
- Demonstrate correct starting procedures to the group. Repeat procedures but include some
incorrect items for the group to discuss consequences of that improper action.
- Demonstrate the dangers of bypass starting. Some dealerships have a bypass starting kit
for conducting this demonstration.
- Demonstrate the proper stopping procedures to the group. Repeat procedures but include
some incorrect items for the group to discuss the consequences of that improper action.
- Discuss the "danger zone" around a tractor or piece of machinery. Create
scenarios within the danger zone, such as what could happen if you started a tractor up
and your little brother was nearby, or you left the loader up after you shut the tractor
off and the little brother crawled under it, or you forgot to check neutral and started
the tractor.
- Have youth practice safe starting and stopping procedures as part of their practice
driving exercises.
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Checksheet Answers |
Answer true or false.
- True (page 39)
- True (page 39)
- False (page 39)
- False (page 40)
- True (page 40)
Answer the following by placing the letter of the correct answer
in the blank.
- C (page 38) [Note: discusses never operating in a closed or poorly ventilated
building but never indicates carbon monoxide.]
- C (page 40)
- A (page 38)
- A (page 40)
- C (page 39)
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