Clark Michigan Loader

[sparkycuda]

Safety violations? No, just a different time in the work place. Notice the 475 video - no ROPS or seat belt, either. It is amazing the changes of industry safety practices and equipment that have happened over the last 40 years. When I first started, steel toed-shoes were optional and very difficult to find and pay for. Ear plugs were cotton or cigarette butts, and guys usually laughed at you for "protecting your hearing". "Safety" glasses were worn only by people with bad vision. Of course, I know a lot of guys who now wear hearing aids, have fingers missing or have sight in only one eye.

It is really cool to see the old stuff working and imagine what was built with then-current technology.

Ken