New to Me: Posthole Digger... PTO Shaft Questions.

[Iplayfarmer]

If it were me, I would snag one of those shafts from The Value Barn and bush the 1 3/8" yoke down to 1 1/8". I don't think you can reshaft your old one and add the guard for that price.

Kim

You're right about reshafting. I stopped at the driveline place today, and they wanted about $150 just to put a new shaft in. They wanted over $350 to build me a new shaft.

The search continues.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

If you can identify the size from that chart and post it, the wall thickness, and if those measurements are from the inside tube or the outside tube I can give you Baum's price.

Kim

The O.D of the inner tube is 1" (I didn't have a metric tape with me when I was measuring). I'm guessing from the sheet that it's a ByPy series 1.

 

[KWentling]

The O.D of the inner tube is 1" (I didn't have a metric tape with me when I was measuring). I'm guessing from the sheet that it's a ByPy series 1.

The price for Neapco brand inner is $45.77 Weasler brand is 43.73
Outer tube is 43.32 and 39.85 respectively. These are all 59 1/16" long.

A guard for it would be about $50 to $80 but I would need yoke dimensions to know which one.

You would have to add shipping from Omaha, NE.


Kim

 

[gpflepsen]

Another source is PTO Drivelines

They are part of a network of sellers that drop ship from one of several wharehouses throughout the USA. I just bought a replacement shaft for 6' mower. The typical shaft is a metric CS44114, 1-3/8 spline x 1-3/8 round rated ~35 hp. I upsized to a higher hp rating (larger yoke bearings and crosses) because the old one tweaked the yokes a bit in use. They tweaked to the point I couldn't replace the crosses due to the bearing bores becoming anti-coaxial.

If you click around their site, you'll find many of the shaft assemblies are broke down into the components. A nice feature.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with Kim's suggestion to buy a readymade shaft with a 1 3/8" end and use a bushing. I'm making a last ditch effort to find the right one. I looked closer at the posthole digger and found a logo. As near as I can tell the brand is "Arps".

Has anyone heard of Arps implements?

 

[Iplayfarmer]

... I'm going to go with Kim's suggestion to buy a readymade shaft with a 1 3/8" end and use a bushing...

Does anyone know of a place where the right size DOM tubing or readymade bushing could be bought?

I found a place that can get a shaft with a 30mm ID end, but that leaves almost 1/32" of slop. I'm not sure how comfortable I am with that.

 

[whitedogone]

http://www.ccmachinery.com/public_html/images/PTO_cross_chart.pdf

 

[whitedogone]

http://www.ccmachinery.com/public_html/images/AgmasterCatalog.pdf

 

[Willl]

Has anyone heard of Arps implements?

I believe this is Arps,,,,

Tractor Attachments by Amerequip Corporation

 

[SPYDERLK]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with Kim's suggestion to buy a readymade shaft with a 1 3/8" end and use a bushing. I'm making a last ditch effort to find the right one. I looked closer at the posthole digger and found a logo. As near as I can tell the brand is "Arps".

Has anyone heard of Arps implements?

Does anyone know of a place where the right size DOM tubing or readymade bushing could be bought?

I found a place that can get a shaft with a 30mm ID end, but that leaves almost 1/32" of slop. I'm not sure how comfortable I am with that.

How is the 1-1/8 shaft joined to the drive collar ... shear bolt?, ... clamp and key? ... ?
larry