ALWAYS check security of pto connection. if in doubt call someone.

[loulblades]

Stupid gets rewarded.

Here was my fix when I did something similarly stupid.

GC2300 broken hydraulic oil filter flange

Stupid is as stupid does. I removed the belly mower from my tractor and attached the tiller for some garden work. I don't normally remove the short shaft from the mid pto unless I am doing something serious since it is not really in the way. So I get in position, move the mid pto to inactive...

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[steve tym]

Thanks for this thread. I've never had a mishap, but I'm gonna be a lot more certain the pto shaft is solid before moving on

 

[Dmacleo]

Stupid gets rewarded.

Here was my fix when I did something similarly stupid.

GC2300 broken hydraulic oil filter flange

Stupid is as stupid does. I removed the belly mower from my tractor and attached the tiller for some garden work. I don't normally remove the short shaft from the mid pto unless I am doing something serious since it is not really in the way. So I get in position, move the mid pto to inactive...

www.tractorbynet.com

I don't normally remove the short shaft from the mid pto

how's that work?
you just leave the pto collar hooked up and pull away from deck? would think hooking back up would have been hard, my 2326 MMM has keyed pto shaft on it.
just curious.

 

[loulblades]

Dmacleo,

I had made ramps to back over the mower which leaves the collar on the pto.
I then remove the collar if my brain is functioning.
In this situation I left the collar on and didn't switch to the rear pto to till the garden. When I engaged the pto...well the rest is obvious.

I worked with an old cement finisher many moons ago and he would always say "if your gonna be dumb, may as be damn dumb".



Lou