PTO operating while off the tractor

[WM75Guy]

Mine works on my WM75. You must be sitting in the seat, PTO engaged. All three gear levers must be in neutral and the parking brake set. Push the button, you will see the PTO indicator change to a grey box background. You can then exit the seat and the PTO will stay engaged. When you sit back down the PTO indicator will go back to normal operation. Get out of the seat again and the tractor will die.

 

[rockinbbar]

Mine works on my WM75. You must be sitting in the seat, PTO engaged. All three gear levers must be in neutral and the parking brake set. Push the button, you will see the PTO indicator change to a grey box background. You can then exit the seat and the PTO will stay engaged. When you sit back down the PTO indicator will go back to normal operation. Get out of the seat again and the tractor will die.

That's exactly how the kill override button works on my Powerstar tractors.

And from what I understand, it doesn't keep running indefinitely, as it has a time limit. Not tested the time limit, but that's what I was told.

 

[HarvestHorizons]

You're not alone the PTO run feature on the newer Workmasters can be a little confusing at first. On your 2023 Workmaster 75, that small button on the dash is indeed key to keeping the PTO engaged when you're off the seat.

Here’s the general sequence:

Start the tractor and engage the PTO using the lever beside the seat like you normally do.

Before leaving the seat, press and hold that small PTO button on the dash until the PTO light starts flashing (usually takes about 5 seconds).

Once the light is flashing, you can safely get off the tractor and the PTO will continue to run.

This is a stationary PTO feature, meant for use when you're off the tractor but the machine is stationary like when checking a baler or running a grain auger. If you try to move the tractor or do anything else while off the seat, it’ll kick the PTO off.

If the light doesn’t flash or the PTO shuts off when you stand up, check that your seat switch is working properly — if the tractor thinks you’re off the seat prematurely, it won’t let the sequence complete.

Hope that helps!

 

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All these safety switches; society assumes we must be protected from ourselves. The people making these decisions likely have never farmed or been on one.

Not it.
The ppl making these decisions, are more concentrative on litigation and has nothing to do with the concern of safety.
Anyway of mitigating the aspect of factory “negligence”, governs this mindset.

 

[Bobrown14]

All these safety switches; society assumes we must be protected from ourselves. The people making these decisions likely have never farmed or been on one.

Yeah and my pop was a pediatrician in farm country. Most deaths or limbs cut off happened to kids on tractors. Safety 1 2 3 I wouldn't defeat safety switches. They are there for a reason. People to dumb ****. I have a cab tractor and a long driveway. I was driving down my driveway with a speed bump at 20mph and forgot about the speed bump. Had I not had a cab I would have been ejected and my tractor would have landed in the woods. The PTO engaged while your not in the seat .... yeah thats not a thing and why there's a safety switch so you cant do that. What implement do we use that requires the operator to not be seated??

 

[oldtimer 66]

My John Deere compact 4320 has 2 settings for the PTO's. Mid and Rear combined and then Rear only. In the Rear only setting I can set the parking brake and then dismount the tractor with the Rear PTO engaged. I use this setting for running my PTO driven wood splitter. With the Mid and Rear engaged the seat switch shuts off the PTO's. aka using MMM. Just some info.

 

[Jstpssng]

What implement do we use that requires the operator to not be seated??

In my case, the logging winch and backhoe. Formerly also a wood splitter, hopefully a wood chipper in the future.
Yet as I mentioned before, I disabled my seat switch because I got tired of it shutting the tractor down every time I turn in the seat to watch the mower, tiller, plow or disc harrow.