Can you manually turn the pto hookup on the back of the tractor?

[jyoutz]

If i can't rotate the tiller or clipper to line it up, I turn off the tractor and the spline on the tractor will turn freely to line up with the shaft on implement that you are trying to line up.

I wouldn’t think about attaching a pto driveshaft when the tractor is running.

 

[MAGA Patriot]

On my LS MT573 the PTO shifter on the left hand side has the option to change from 540rpm, 1,000rpm or neutral. When I place it in neutral, the shaft will spin freely.

Just a thought since you have a New Holland 75

 

[grsthegreat]

just add a simple overrunning clutch. easy to turn by hand, plus helps protest tractor when turning pto off.

 

[oosik]

With my tractor off - PTO stub will easily turn by hand.

CORRECTION - I just went out and checked the PTO stub on my M6040. It WILL NOT turn by hand.

 

[grsthegreat]

With my tractor off - PTO stub will easily turn by hand.

mine wont....strange.

 

[DK35vince]

mine wont....strange.

Mine won't either.
I added an overrun clutch a couple decades ago to solve that issue.

 

[Racer4]

On my GC2410, the PTO can be rotated, but the engagement lever has to be in the off position, not the rearmost lock position. Or the lever for the 540/1000 is in neutral. Either way it will spin.

 

[ning]

My PTO lever needs to be in neutral, then it turns freely by hand.

 

[Hay Dude]

Whats really cool about AGCO tractor pto stubs is the ends are sort of chamfered or angled, so the implement shaft usually just slides right on.

 

[Sportsman762]

The ability to turn the pto by hand depends on the tractor.
Tractors with live PTO's and Transmission PTO's you can turn by hand when they are disengaged but not when they are engaged. The exception is transmission PTO's with an integral overrunning clutch you can turn one way but the not the other with the PTO engaged.
Most Independent PTO's you can turn the PTO with the engine off regardless if the PTO is engaged or not.

Tractors with a PTO brake such as the Powerstar 75 you cannot turn by hand, nor with the tool. Most of the folks here have compacts and pto brakes are rare on them so the majority of the responses reflect that.

I was unaware that you could simply turn the splines on the back of the tractor with a big wrench. This ad shows a tool for doing just that.

You could put a 60" pipe wrench on the pto shaft and if the pto brake is adjusted right even jumping on it will not make it turn.

I forgot to note that the Bondioli Pavesi SFT series PTO drive line allow a few degrees of slop to allow alignment. They are common on large balers and other equipment were the implement shaft cannot be rotated.