the profesion we have chosen" can be dangerous use caution

Ain't that right Hoss

I wasn't gonna go there again, I don't think he likes being reminded of that,, LOL

Seriously, olddude has really come through again with a much needed post. It's so easy to get careless, especially when in a hurry. All of these reminders are well taken. And, newby's especially, may not be aware of kickbacks that can be oh so dangerous. And remember, when you buy a tool...buy the safety gear that should always go with it.

Solid advice fellas, I actually heard a story about a guy who was scrapping and somehow managed to get a piece of metal deep inside his ear canal and it got infected and swelled shut, pretty freaky stuff. I'd say some good quality gloves while loading/unloading is a must a lot of the time too, I've gotten opened up on a jagged piece quite a few times. Another thing I'd like to throw out there is to watch out for spiders, for some reason black widows absolutely LOVE to hang out and lay eggs in heat pumps and ACs, I've found two really good sized ones in two separate ACs I've picked up recently, totally different loads. This one came straight out of a pretty old York: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._3828699_n.jpg

Originally Posted by Eradication

watch out for spidershttps://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._3828699_n.jpg

That's definitely a good thing to check for. Around here you gotta watch out for brown recluses. You get bit by one of those and you could lose a limb in a few hours.