Deere 246 Rotary Broom

[Colledge]

I am trying to repurpose a Deere 246 Rotary broom to my Deere 455 without spending more than I paid for the broom. I am trying to convert from PTO driven to hydraulic or electric/hydraulic motor to operate the broom. Has anybody been down this path ? Any suggestions would be appreciated !!!

 

[oldnslo]

Is your 455 set up to operate a hydraulic motor driven implement? to try and figure a motor size you will need to know the hydraulic flow rate available as well as the pressure. This can be used to calculate the hydraulic motor RPM and torque. I suspect you may be disappointed with the operation of this broom using hydraulics Vs PTO.

 

[Colledge]

I am trying to repurpose a Deere 246 Rotary broom to my Deere 455 without spending more than I paid for the broom. I am trying to convert from PTO driven to hydraulic or electric/hydraulic motor to operate the broom. Has anybody been down this path ? Any suggestions would be appreciated !!!

It only has the factory hydraulics. I though I might be able to get away with it since there are Deere hydraulically driven rototillers ? But then running at 540 RPMs versus 2000 RPMs is a substantial difference.