I have a problem.
Wait, I'm Rodger and I have a problem.
Am I the only person who seems PTO Challenged? Good lord-a-mighty, it never ceases to amaze me how hard it is for me to slide the PTO shaft from darn near any PTO powered attachment onto the goldurn PTO.
There. If confession is good for the soul, Im on my way to a good day.
I have a question for the group, this is probably covered in another thread but seems valid here anyway. Do you connect the PTO shaft with the engine running, or maybe the bigger question is should you connect an implement with the tractor off? A lot of people here have there attachments stored in nice rooms on rolling dollies, etc. making attachment a lot easier than out in the grass, but my tractor has no hydraulic capability except to drop when it is turned off so that can be a problem. Going back to the PTO itself it seems a lot of the problem is that when it is not engaged the drive shaft is able to turn as easily as the shaft coupler and you can't get the splines to line up. I was thinking that if I engaged the PTO and then shut off the tractor after getting the 3pt connected I might be able to rotate the coupler without it turning the drive shaft but then I haven't really tried it. I am not familiar with the terms of the tractor but hopefully you can understand what I am saying.
I also think it would be nice if there was an auxillary electric hydraulic pump that would allow us to operate the hydraulics without having the tractor running. Don't know if that is possible or not, maybe a visit to the hydraulics section will help.