Work vehicle with flexible power take-off shield

A work vehicle, comprising:

• a chassis;
• a housing carried by the chassis and comprising a cowl;
• a power take-off extending through the cowl and configured to connect to a power source;
• and
• an attachment movably coupled to the housing and comprising:
• at least one driven element coupled to the power take-off;
• and
• a shield assembly associated with and covering the power take-off, the shield assembly comprising:
• a rigid section defining a first diameter;
• a flexible section coupled to the rigid section and defining a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter, the flexible section being configured to fit over and maintain overlap with the cowl during tilting of the attachment;
• and
• a slider rigidly coupled to the flexible section and slidably coupled to the rigid section to slidably couple the flexible section to the rigid section, wherein the slider is configured to slide between a first position and a second position along a slider axis;
• wherein the rigid section comprises a first latch opening and a second latch opening spaced from the first latch opening along the slider axis, and the slider comprises a latch configured to latch to the first latch opening when the slider is at the first position and to the second latch opening when the slider is at the second position.