PTO Speeds

[Miklos]

Yesterday, I mowed my horse pastures with my 60" Bush Hog. Instead of using the 540 pto range and running at 2800 rpm, I used the 1000 rpm pto range and ran the tractor at 1800 rpm. This gave me a pto speed of 640 rpm and provided more than enough power to mow. It seemed like less wear and tear on the tractor. I would not recommend actual brush hogging or mowing unknown areas this way, but it sure seemed to work great for my clean fields. Used less fuel too.

Disclaimer- If you try this, use extreme caution. It is very dangerous to over-speed pto driven implements. Death or injury can result.

[BTI]

<font color=red>Disclaimer- If you try this, use extreme caution. It is very dangerous to over-speed pto driven implements. Death or injury can result.</font color=red>
This works and actually works quite well, I've done it myself. BUT you probably won't hear your dealer recommend it "ON the record".
BTI