I think --hey, I'm still pretty new at this-- I helped a young man yesterday with a problem on a 1949 Massey(-Harris?) tractor that he was refurbishing...
Had a very pleasant chat with this fellow and his companion at the TSC store in Littleton, NH. He was trying to hook up a bush hog to the tractor he "inherited" and was having trouble getting the PTO shaft to hook on; apparently, the PTO output shaft on the tractor was too small.
He showed me a PTO shaft there, which had the same size splined female connector that my 3PH tiller has. I rememebered I'd been surprised last week, when I went to hook my tiller up, to find that rear PTO shaft was larger than the mid-PTO shaft on my 2310. My tiller fit, so I concluded that's the way it was- the rear PTO output shaft was larger.
The way he talked, it sounded as though his 1949 Massey had the same size on the rear as my 2310 has on its mid-PTO.
With that in mind, we scoured the parts shelves and actually found a short female-to-male adapter that went from the small size to the large size.
Did I steer him right? I guess I thought all 3PH PTO output shafts were the same....
I also told him to get on TBN and post some pics of his tractor, where he could also get more expert advice than I could give! He explained that the tractor had sat in a field for years, but still started right up with fresh gas and a battery! Looking at some pics online, would that be the Massey-Harris "Pony" tractor? He also said his was made in England! If that's it, it's really neat looking!
Hope he finds TBN soon!
Had a very pleasant chat with this fellow and his companion at the TSC store in Littleton, NH. He was trying to hook up a bush hog to the tractor he "inherited" and was having trouble getting the PTO shaft to hook on; apparently, the PTO output shaft on the tractor was too small.
He showed me a PTO shaft there, which had the same size splined female connector that my 3PH tiller has. I rememebered I'd been surprised last week, when I went to hook my tiller up, to find that rear PTO shaft was larger than the mid-PTO shaft on my 2310. My tiller fit, so I concluded that's the way it was- the rear PTO output shaft was larger.
The way he talked, it sounded as though his 1949 Massey had the same size on the rear as my 2310 has on its mid-PTO.
With that in mind, we scoured the parts shelves and actually found a short female-to-male adapter that went from the small size to the large size.
Did I steer him right? I guess I thought all 3PH PTO output shafts were the same....
I also told him to get on TBN and post some pics of his tractor, where he could also get more expert advice than I could give! He explained that the tractor had sat in a field for years, but still started right up with fresh gas and a battery! Looking at some pics online, would that be the Massey-Harris "Pony" tractor? He also said his was made in England! If that's it, it's really neat looking!
Hope he finds TBN soon!
