Another PTO attachment frustration

[Industrial Toys]

Same here. Pto sheilds are either destroyed in frustration and burned or removed, tagged and put away in case the machine is sold.

Just don't go near a revolving shaft and it can't entangle you. How hard can that be?

EVEN, then, if grease get's cold, it can be hard enough, but worse, you can never get in a good position to get a firm grip on them because the stupid 3ph is in the way! In my mind, it's an attachment system from a time when people had more patience, more time, more manliness and less STUFF to contend with.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I just bought this,

It has the PITA ring, if my old hog with the "button" will properly fit this drive line, I'm just going to slide it in and use it!!

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

I find that giving them a shot of a light lubricant like WD40 help to free up the grease a bit.

 

[Ingerdeere]

Here is an observation. I use this really beat up 5 foot Bush Hog to back into some brush to clean ditches in my pasture. I ran it with no guard for a few years. Then for no particular reason I lubed the guards/sleeves and replaced when I got ready for Spring. With the guards on I noticed I did not have to spend any time stripping or cleaning Honey Suckle and poison ivy vines off the PTO shaft. Keep in mind I'm not really driving the bush hog over this area, I'm more backing up, lowering the bush hog and driving forward. At least for me, I use it more keeping the shaft proper clean and not really motivated by safety.

 

[LD48750]

I hate them too!

I grew up in a time when there were NO shields on pto's, and I learned to stay AWAY from them when they are turning, back when I was young.

SO, I also don't have a problem removing what ever needs to be removed so I can grease them and get them on and off.

SR

:thumbsup:

That goes for MOST of the "safety" stuff the government & lawyers have put on equipment.
First time I almost turned my tractor over trying to go under a tree I have been mowing under for 25 years, the ROPs got CUT OFF.
Guards on mower discharge chutes usually go pretty fast too.
If you don't understand that putting your hand or foot under a running mower deck might hurt, you shouldn't be allowed out of the house.

 

[Cataclysm]

I came from when pto shafts didn't have guards as well and its really annoying trying to get down there between the tractor and equipment to work the release around that guard. I have made myself leave all the guards on and have put some on some older equipment that didn't have any. I also won't hook/unhook the pto with the tractor running.

I keep all the releases clean and lightly lubed. That helps but its still a problem. I have been thinking about stopping the tractor a foot or so short of the equipment, then hooking up the pto shaft, then backing on up. Sometimes to unhook I unhook the 3pt then drive away and let the shaft slide off. Way easier to take off and then slide it back on the equipment.

I have seen what happens when it catches you. See that once and you will always run your guards.

I know there will be a time I won't physically be able to wrestle that release so those guards posted my be a great answer. Is anyone here running them? I wonder if brush/vines will catch those releases and turn it loose?

Any pricing on those guards?

If anyone pulls their guards that's up to them. Not my business. We all do stuff that we know not to do.

 

[wheelbuilder]

That goes for MOST of the "safety" stuff the government & lawyers have put on equipment.
First time I almost turned my tractor over trying to go under a tree I have been mowing under for 25 years, the ROPs got CUT OFF.
Guards on mower discharge chutes usually go pretty fast too.
If you don't understand that putting your hand or foot under a running mower deck might hurt, you shouldn't be allowed out of the house.

The discharge chute is one item I like on a mower. I've been hit with stuff from others mowing, and I've pitched rocks and sticks I missed in my walk thru into stuff I didn't want to hit.

Other than that, caution can cover for annoying safety mandates in most cases. My PTO shaft shields are in the way. This makes me spend more time in the danger zone of my tractor. I don't feel more safe because if the shield.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I believe certain school districts mandate a screen over the rear of snow blowers. I am shocked that this has not been mandated for all snow blowers. What is more dangerous than the business end of a snowblower? Actually, I don't hear of many snow blower incidents. Is it because a blower looks dangerous and a rotating shaft maybe not?

 

[ruffdog]

If a lawyer happens on this thread we are all in trouble.

We would all have to put our guards back on....we sure wouldn't want that lawyer to get wrapped up onto one of our PTO shafts, would we?

 

[oosik]

Once I get the splines on the PTO shaft lined up with the splines on the PTO stub - about 75% of the work is finished. It's fairly easy to hold down on the button and slide it home.

With land engagement implements - weight is your friend. With PTO shafts - smooth spline teeth and lots of lube is your friend. NO BURRS ALLOWED.