CHDinCT
Veteran Member
Last weekend I was using my DR 3PH PTO chipper on the rear PTO. Most of what I was chipping was in the 1"-2.5" range, which it handles fine. Sort of as an experiment, I ran it at full throttle and put a 10 foot long, 3.5" to 4.0" piece of dry oak into the chipper. As it fed it ran the engine down to where it almost died but didn't. I tried holding the piece of oak back as best I could and when the engine almost stalled, I pulled the last 2' of limb out of the chipper. When the engine regained full RPM, I tried to put the remaining piece of oak through the chipper. It wouldn't go and at first I though the chipper was jammed but after checking it visually, there was no jams. Then I went back to the tractor and noticed the PTO lever had jumped out of the "on" position back to off. If you're familiar with the BX PTO, the lever sort of hook's into a slot when on, and I would think it couldn't come out unless manually disengaged.
I can't find any reference to an automatic return to neutral/off feature for the BX PTO. I suppose this could be engineered into the PTO mechanism to prevent engine stalling from a heavy load, but if so, I've never read about it anywhere. Anyone else have this happen, and should I be concerned about anything? Just don't know if this is normal or not. Thanks
I can't find any reference to an automatic return to neutral/off feature for the BX PTO. I suppose this could be engineered into the PTO mechanism to prevent engine stalling from a heavy load, but if so, I've never read about it anywhere. Anyone else have this happen, and should I be concerned about anything? Just don't know if this is normal or not. Thanks