Mowing Disengage PTO before idling down?

[LD1]

I believe Kubota 2710s were all HST. If so, it should have an independant (live) pto and therefore will have a pto brake. In general, unless a foot clutch is used to engage and disengage the pto, most (if not all) newer tractors will have a pto brake.

Could be, I don't know. According to tractordata.com, it is just listed as a live PTO. It does NOT say anything about being independent or hydraulic.

If it needs the clutch to engage, it is probabally NOT a hydraulicaly controlled independent PTO and therefore no brake. It no clutch is needed to engage, then it probabally has the brake. OP: do you know which type you have????

 

[BeezFun]

If it needs the clutch to engage, it is probabally NOT a hydraulicaly controlled independent PTO and therefore no brake. It no clutch is needed to engage, then it probabally has the brake. OP: do you know which type you have????

Before I read this thread I didn't know what a PTO brake was, so no, I don't know if I have one. I know I have a B2710.

 

[chopped]

Here is one mans . view
PTO brakes

 

[TripleR]

When my M8540 was delivered yesterday I asked about this and was told the same as the clip and several others on here and that is to reduce RPM prior to disengaging. I have not routinely done this in the past and while nothing has been damaged, I will be reducing RPM on all machines in the future.

 

[DiezNutz]

I remember the Operators Manual on the old Japanese bike. "For to move the machine forward in a more fast manner it will be needed for the turning the..."

:laughing:

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[funwithahoe]

I love the passion in this forum -

I thought I was good to my tractor but some of you guys are extreme!! I question if some of you would quickly shut off the PTO if someone was caught in it. I can see the police report now. "Yes officer I saw he was caught in it and after slowly powering down the engine (which of course is the easiest on the machine sir) I disengaged the clutch with an appropriately swift and deliberate movement of my foot (easiest on the clutch). After cutting the offending clothing out of the PTO area I washed and waxed the tractor and parked it back inside my living room. Of course, I called the hospital immediately after that.:laughing:

 

[beppington]

Actually I would call the hospital & then pull my tractor into my living room ... give it a little time to dry off after the wash :thumbsup:

 

[Larry Caldwell]

If I'm reading this right, the clutch stays engaged and the brake disengaged until the PTO lever is moved to the off position, so it would make sense to slow to an idle before disengaging the PTO which then engages the brake.:confused2::confused2:

I always use the tractor clutch before engaging or disengaging the PTO. I feel that the hyraulic PTO clutch is too abrupt, and like the control of engaging the load of the implement with a foot clutch. I make sure there is no load on the implement, and do both operations at an idle. Once everything is turning freely, I increase engine speed, lower the implement and go to work.

 

[beppington]

I always use the tractor clutch before engaging or disengaging the PTO. I feel that the hyraulic PTO clutch is too abrupt, and like the control of engaging the load of the implement with a foot clutch. I make sure there is no load on the implement, and do both operations at an idle. Once everything is turning freely, I increase engine speed, lower the implement and go to work.

That's the way I plan to do it from now on, after learning from this thread.

 

[DiezNutz]

... I can see the police report now. "Yes officer I saw he was caught in it and after slowly powering down the engine (which of course is the easiest on the machine sir)...

Yeah, what's your point?

The real question is, what was he doing near the PTO to begin with? Clearly has nothing to do with me. Maybe the gene pool needed cleansed that day.


j/k