Connecting PTO ?

[RHughes]

A lot of good info here to answer your questions. I have one other thing to add. Several folks have commented that care should be taken so as to not get pulled into your shredder rotary cutter or what ever. Please take care to not get wound up in the PTO shaft itself. If you ever have the urge to take a shortcut around your tractor by stepping between the tractor and implement over the PTO shaft while it is running, don't do it! The shaft may not look like it's turning very fast I guarantee there's NOTHING you could do to stop it if your sleeve or pant leg got tangled in it somehow.

 

[RalphVa]

I'd say that using a QH makes PTO attachment harder because it reduces the amount of space you'll have. That's the hardest job, in my opinion: getting that PTO shaft on, snapped in place, etc. If you put your implements on something that allows them to move, mounting them onto the 3 ph is pretty easy. I don't know about a 1,000 # chipper though. Mine's only about 160 #.

Your tractor may have an under-seat button. Normally, you lift the seat into its tilt position, pull the button and then engage your PTO for using the chipper. If it doesn't have a button, just get a weight and sit it on the seat or get a tension cord that you can attach to something to each sit just behind the seat and run it around the seat back. I often chip some, just in the seat and move the tractor to more stuff to chip. The tension cord makes this easy.

Ralph

 

[Soundguy]

I'm kinda surprised the 2 Nh's I've owned did not have those features. My 1920 had no seat sensor.. and neither does my 7610s... is this only a HST issue / feature?

Soundguy

 

[Dex]

The quick hitches are okay but I find that they get in the way of the PTO shaft. They also tend to place implements further away from the tractor and the top link. Not a big deal if you have a mechinical one. As far as the operation of your chipper, look at your owners manual or download one. Most CUT's have a kill switch override for parked non-occupied PTO operation type implements.