PTO attachment..

[Trev]

<font color=blue>"I see you're now a New Member. This isn't right....you were a Veteran I recall just a couple days ago. What happened??????? "</font color=blue>

<font color=green>Looks like he changed his nick name... </font color=green>

Yeah, I created a new account, hoping to fix the problem I've been having with not receiving email when someone replies to my posts. It didn't work. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif

Oh well.. was worth a try. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Trev]

<font color=blue>Very slim possibility of ever having a problem, but for myself, why take a slim chance of losing an arm or life when I can kill the engine and take no chance. </font color=blue>

Ok, you've convinced me. No more engine running while anywhere near the PTO.

The people who say they can rotate their PTO shaft by hand, you mean the tractor part, not the implement part, right? I'll have to try that. It simply never occured to me.. I was always trying to move just the implement shaft to get it to line up. Will play with this until I figure it out.

Also, with the mower, I suppose I could lift it a few inches, then reach under and move the blades by hand (with engine shut off of course) until it lines up. I'll mess with this today and let you know how I make out.

Thanks!

 

[snowman]

Bob;

I think it's the implement's shaft versus the tractor's shaft that is manually adjusted. I've never tried to move my tractor's PTO by hand, because I assumed it would not move freely and because it would be very difficult to grasp it.

I have a MMM that I can very easily move the mower PTO shaft on, so it's easy to hook up.

I also have a 3pt tiller that I cannot manually move the PTO easily on. For that, if I can't get the PTO shaft to line up, I will turn the tractor on, engage the PTO in hopes of having it stop in a different position, and then shut the tractor off.

Problems/accidents happen in a split second and I'd rather be inconvenienced for a few minutes trying to line it up versus regretting for the rest of my life that I lost my hand or something because I didn't take the proper precautions.

In addition, in my case, I need to be aware that I'm setting an example of how things should be done for my son (and even my wife).

 

[rf33]

Trev,

I also am not sure that it is such a good idea to be messing with the PTO while the tractor is running. Perhaps if you were to use a large screwdriver through the u-joint on your PTO shaft, you could turn the shaft easier to get things lined up properly. I think this beats the heck out of getting under the mower and spinning the blades. On my bush hog, I use this trick sometimes to get things aligned.

 

[Trev]

<font color=blue>Perhaps if you were to use a large screwdriver through the u-joint on your PTO shaft, you could turn the shaft easier to get things lined up properly.</font color=blue>

Great idea! I'll that next time. Thanks!

 

[budman72]

"Perhaps if you were to use a large screwdriver through the u-joint on your PTO shaft, you could turn the shaft easier to get things lined up properly"

Does your PTO shaft have a safety shield? I can't see the u-joints on mine because of the shield. If you don't have this it can be as dangerous as messing with the PTO with the engine running.

JMHO, Bud

 

[Trev]

<font color=blue>Does your PTO shaft have a safety shield? I can't see the u-joints on mine because of the shield. If you don't have this it can be as dangerous as messing with the PTO with the engine running.</font color=blue>

Hi Bud,

Yes, all my PTO shafts have shields. But, I can see the U-joint at the tractor end of it.. at least I remember seeing it.. perhaps it was when I had it off. I'll have to double-check.

I wish they were all as easy as the tiller. Just push on the tines with my foot while holding the shaft up there and waiting for it to click into alignment. No easy way to do this with the mower. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif

I'll figure something out. I'll have to put the mower back on soon, as our weed field, er, lawn, is growing fast.

Thanks for the safety reminder!

 

[Bird]

There's going to be some differences here, I think. I believe at least some of the Deeres have a PTO brake that keeps you from turning the tractor PTO output shaft by hand, but my Kubotas did not. So it was very simple and easy to turn the tractor output shaft to line up the splines, which is what I did. However, it was also very easy for me to turn the implement driveshaft on my brush hogs (first a Bush Hog and later a Howse) and on my Bush Hog tiller. But it was NOT easy to turn the driveshaft on the Bush Hog finish mower; needed to put a big screwdriver or other bar through the U-joint to turn it.

 

[rf33]

You are certainly right about the guards, I would not operate a PTO driven implement without them. I can get to the u-joint at the tractor end of the PTO shaft either by angling in at the end of the guard or through the hole in the guard used to access the grease fitting. I certainly did not mean to suggest running without the guards being any safer.

 

[TerryinMD]

Bob,

Why do you have to lift the tiller to get the PTO shaft on? Doesn't the tiller have skid shoes? I hope that you aren't storing the tiller without lowering the skid shoes for storage. That means that you are putting all of the weigh upon the tines. Over time I do not think that it would a good thing for the bearing and tine shaft.

With my Landpride, When I lower the skid shoes, the tines are more than an inch off of the ground. When I attach it to the tractor, I get the 3PT hitch all set up and pinned and then I attach the PTO. With the tines off of the ground, I can easily spin the tines with my foot to get the PTO splines aligned.

Lifting the implement off of the ground and then placing yourself between it and the tractor with it off of the ground is a little risky to me. All it takes is one misplaced hand and a few hundred pounds of implement is resting on misplaced body parts. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

Terry