I use my lg active plus sort of waterproof Bluetooth headset for earplugs when needed. Like when I’m 12” away from the monster PW machine
@MuscleMyHustle @Seandz got to be careful with hearing protection as you kind of need to be listening to your machine and the environment around you.
If I’m spinning a pulley on a generator and don’t catch it in time welp that’s $450 for a new armature. Would have lost a $1400 engine when I had a pulley walk over and eat through a oil galley on a oil filter housing. Not hearing a truck start up trying to leave will end your day. Lots of reasons I stay open eared.
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This…this is why I wash houses. I never have to worry about them running me over. I swear half the drivers here are deaf and blind. 
What about the teenage daughter that didn’t get the memo to be cautious about contractors present and as she’s backing from the driveway she clips your ladder and now you have a brain injury that you can’t walk off
Only wash from the ground, water fed pole if I’m doing windows. But that’s also why I have 5 mil in life and disability insurance. I have a wife an 2 kids that may actually live a more comfortable life when I’m gone…
Maybe that’s why my wife keeps randomly showing up to “hold my ladder” when I’m on a sketchy roof 
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100% agree, my tractor and rear finish mower make a lot of noise, especially for 6 hours, but you can’t turn off the sound completely because you need to hear the whine change to know something is wrong. I cut 9 acres often. The diesel tractor has it’s engine and PTO sound, and the 7’ rear finish mower has it’s sound. I can tell when it is getting too much build up under the mower when its wet out by the change in the sound. I wear plugs to block the higher decibels. I can tell when my zero turn needs cleaned by the sound change.
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I agree with you to be careful and pay attention but I wear eye and ear protection at all times.
Situational awareness can be hindered by hearing protection but it’s worth it to me. Yes accidents can happen like a teenager backing into your ladder or something crazy like that. In my opinion it’s not very likely. However the possibility of hearing loss is extremely likely working around loud equiptment.
All this being said is from a house washing point of view. If I was working around trucks and drivers I would absolutely not hinder my situational awareness. Drivers get tired, lazy and complacent and they will kill you.
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I always wear ear pro. I keep electronic muffs and plugs in the truck always and I always wear plugs on the rig. It helps me drown out the normal background noise and hear sounds out of the ordinary. A guy told me that your equipment will talk to you if you just listen. I couldn’t agree more. You know what “right” sounds like and when things are different.
I have been known to bite my hose to feel the check valves hitting. I can feel one sticking plain as day. You can also see it in the spray as it’s pulsating on a concrete/asphalt floor if stare at it hard enough.
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Do you also taste the tranny fluid in your trucks to see if you’ve got any abnormal wear going on in there?
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There’s a joke in that somewhere… but I’m far to much a gentleman to point out such a thing.
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@dperez biting on a hose? No my son, just no.
Do it with your back molars if you still have them and feel the POWER!!!
Trust me I’m a trained professional lol
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Professionally trained at what is the question! haha
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I passed my own certification class
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So you wrote the book, created the test and passed it… impressive!?
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