</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Nomad, Do you happen to know why Turkey Manufacturers use "non standard" drivelines on the PTO powered equipment , like roto tillers, sickle mowers etc?
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Maybe, the reason is that there is only one such a shaft manufacturer here in Turkey and implement manufacturers here prefer to buy cheaper non-standart pto shafts. This Aksan Shaft company is selling their shafts to manufacturers (in USA, Europe, etc) and as far as I know, none of implement manufacturers here is using their standart shafts of this company Aksan. All implement MFGs here even big companies are using non-standart shafts. Why? Probably, people here, especially farm manufacturers don't like "standardization"
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I saw Super 65 sicklebar mower you say "cancelled/discontinued" on your web site. The only change in its current version is leveling arms and optional hydraulic lift kit which I added because MFG needed my engineering help. I added it in 2 hours only
Maybe, not very good quality, but must be working - Otherwise, ASC would not have ordered another 10 units last year. I wonder if ASC has been able to sell those 10 units.
By the way, Ken, talking bad about all Turkey products won't help - CCM and ASC are buying ONLY 3 items from Turkey and the products they are buying aren't the best products in Turkey market. Remember that AI, Agco, Sparex, etc etc - they all have MANY MANY special products/parts being made in Turkey. I know of a company manufacturing more than 200 different very old sheet metal and casting items for USA farm market. None of these good manifacturers will sell to any of ASC, CCM, FC, etc.
Anyway - happy debates.
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Maybe, the reason is that there is only one such a shaft manufacturer here in Turkey and implement manufacturers here prefer to buy cheaper non-standart pto shafts. This Aksan Shaft company is selling their shafts to manufacturers (in USA, Europe, etc) and as far as I know, none of implement manufacturers here is using their standart shafts of this company Aksan. All implement MFGs here even big companies are using non-standart shafts. Why? Probably, people here, especially farm manufacturers don't like "standardization"
I saw Super 65 sicklebar mower you say "cancelled/discontinued" on your web site. The only change in its current version is leveling arms and optional hydraulic lift kit which I added because MFG needed my engineering help. I added it in 2 hours only
By the way, Ken, talking bad about all Turkey products won't help - CCM and ASC are buying ONLY 3 items from Turkey and the products they are buying aren't the best products in Turkey market. Remember that AI, Agco, Sparex, etc etc - they all have MANY MANY special products/parts being made in Turkey. I know of a company manufacturing more than 200 different very old sheet metal and casting items for USA farm market. None of these good manifacturers will sell to any of ASC, CCM, FC, etc.
Anyway - happy debates.