This is the belt driven PTO generator I put together. It is a 7kw military Onan. Yes it has open rotating pulleys as did much of the farm equipment I grew up around. It is being powered by a B7100 and ran 16 hours a day for 7 days. No belt slippage for the output we needed but we only ran it for...
The return plug is in front of the seat also. In this pic you can see the valve, cap for pressure and the return port which is also used to fill the hydro case. The hose running to it is for my loader return.
After looking at all the posts about bucket grapples I decided to put one together. The valve is from surplus center and is plumbed to the power beyond port on the FEL valve. The new valve also having power beyond then feeds the 3pt. The grapple arms are made from flame cut 3/4" plate powered...
I put this together just before the October New England storm. The tractor was run in high pto speed to cut down on the tractor rpm. When I built it I measured the circumference of the pulleys to calculate the needed diameters of the pulleys to get the correct 540 rpm to the generator speed of...
While clearing some trees on my father's farm I notices hydraulic oil dripping from the front of the tractor under the radiator. I put the tractor back in the barn and planned to check it out on my next trip to the farm. Anyone know if there is a cooler or something else mounted in that area...