3-Point Hitch Hooking up PTO

[PILOON]

Those shields were designed to prevent the spinning shafts from grabbing your scarfs or other loose garments and strangling U.
The upside is that the shields do shed water, grit and grime.

In the old days a properly dressed mechanic would always be portrayed wearing a tie.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Children? Old Folks? Those gene pools?

No children or old folks around my equipment, and if their was, they would be told/taught to stay away from the pto shaft, JUST LIKE I was when I was a kid...

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

If the kiddies are that attracted to the driveline, then the back of a snowblower or manure spreader must be irresistable.

Let me qualify though. I always remove the steel pto sheilds as soon as I get a tractor. And the plastic pto sheilds can stay on up until they cause any added difficulty in installing/removing or greasing. I don't suggest anyone does the same, but it has made my life a lot easier.

 

[Smokeydog]

A product called CorrosionX has made my life easier. Spray lubricant. Spray to clean and lube before connecting pto. Doesn’t attract dirt like grease. Keeps the locking pins free.

 

[K5lwq]

A product called CorrosionX has made my life easier. Spray lubricant. Spray to clean and lube before connecting pto. Doesn’t attract dirt like grease. Keeps the locking pins free.

That is a great product! I use it sparingly due to the cost!

 

[Smokeydog]

Aerospace performance product. Big can lasts a long time. I’ll wait till it’s under $20 a can on Amazon or ZORO tool. Go to lube protection juice on the farm, RV, boat, shop, mechanic.

 

[workinonit]

I use Kearney Rust Cutter. Buy it by the case in 5 oz cans. It's magic.

 

[Peter 315]

I use Kearney Rust Cutter. Buy it by the case in 5 oz cans. It's magic.

Two cans for 22.00 on flea bay kind of pricey........

 

[TheMan419]

I WD40 the splines and the push pin before hooking up. The shaft gets a dab of oil to slide apart easier. All my PTO shafts are the push pin type not the collar. I do not understand who thought the collar was good. Is it safer somehow? For me the tiller is the thing that is a pain to hook the pto shaft up. The tiller is so close to the tractor there is no room to get in there. I have to hook up the top link because I have to lift the tiller to get the shaft to line up correctly. Thankfully I do not use it too much as a tiller. I use it a lot as a counter weight but dont have to hook the pto shaft up, I just remove it.

 

[hube2]

...I do not understand who thought the collar was good. Is it safer somehow? ...

I have no idea, I imagine that someone thought it would be easier to hold back a collar that hold out a pin. Basically because you can pull the collar back between your fingers and palms on both hands while still being able to push with your palms of both hands to slide it on.

I think that this was the case at one time. I can remember actually being able to do this on some of the shafts I needed to put on 25+ years ago. If the cover was not there I would be able to still do this.

What I think has happened is that the size of the covers over the joints have grown over time and even my larger than normal hands cannot perform this feat any more and I must pull the collar back with one hand while I push with the other, which makes it more awkward and harder to push it on straight.

So over time we're back to the original problem on not being able to use both hands to push it on and we need what we need to do is grow a couple more arms.