CliffordK
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- Joined
- Mar 8, 2013
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- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
- Tractor
- Toro D200, Ford 1715, International 884,
When I bought my tiller, they told me it only had half a PTO shaft. Fortunately by the time I picked it up, they had found the other half.
I just bought a JD Sickle. Got it loaded on the trailer, then started looking for the PTO... half a shaft. And, it turns out that it is rather hard to find the other half (1" square).
Drove about 150 miles pulling a trailer (also had other errands... but)... to look at a drum mower. The guy said it ran well, and that I could see it run on the tractor... Got there, and no PTO shaft. So, seeing it run on the tractor was basically seeing the 3pt hitch work.
Ok, sorry... rant over....
It is just annoying to find a piece of equipment that is mostly there, but is missing something like half a PTO shaft. They are a pain to find and match up, and they aren't cheap.
I just bought a JD Sickle. Got it loaded on the trailer, then started looking for the PTO... half a shaft. And, it turns out that it is rather hard to find the other half (1" square).
Drove about 150 miles pulling a trailer (also had other errands... but)... to look at a drum mower. The guy said it ran well, and that I could see it run on the tractor... Got there, and no PTO shaft. So, seeing it run on the tractor was basically seeing the 3pt hitch work.
Ok, sorry... rant over....
It is just annoying to find a piece of equipment that is mostly there, but is missing something like half a PTO shaft. They are a pain to find and match up, and they aren't cheap.