Lengthen a pto shaft

[BTDT]

I see in your profile that you also have a tiller. Will part of the pto from the tiller match up with the other half from the mower? Maybe you don't have to buy anything, use what you have on hand (you may have already thought of this). See if one of your neighbor/tractor buddies has a shaft that is too long for his terrain on his property (like yours used to be) and see if he will trade, then you both can be happy. Buying new would be my last option.

 

[Slamfire]

The tiller is one of those 2 point hitch, Japanese models, the pto shaft is less than a foot long. I've canabalized it for parts for my gauge wheels, and other projects. I wasn't much impressed with the seed bed that resulted, it absolutely pulverized the clay here into powder, which turned to concrete after the first good rain. So when one half of the tiller shaft broke off, right at the drive sproket, I retired it to the scrap pile. The shaft is entirely different than the telesoopic one on the bush hog. Thanks for remindin' me about it though.

 

[HTWT]

I had a simular problem with my fertlizer spreader. I bought a PTO extender at Tractor Supply. I put on the spreader and solved the problem. Cost around $10.00.

 

[normde2001]

....or, you could get a 4" extension adapter from TSC, PN 02-71033, assuming a 1 3/8"-1 3/8" 6 spline, for around $20, ($17.50 in my 2002 catalog).

 

[Slamfire]

I looked for an extender, but all I could find was 1 3/8 to 1 1/8 or vice versa. I'll check a different TSC.

 

[3RRL]

Slamfire,
Here's a link to Agri-supply pto extender. That might be what you're looking for? It's 20 bucks.
PTO EXTENDER

 

[bill177]

Neat device when it is needed. Thanks for the link.

 

[gemini5362]

Ok I am going to get slammed but why could he not have gotten some thick wall tubing the size he needed cut the driveshaft at one end and welded the proper length of tubing in. I have made new driveshafts for my post hole digger before and they worked great. I cut the old driveshaft for my 6 foot brushhog down because the new tractor needed a shorter length. when I cut the driveshaft I took a piece of angle iron and and clamped both pieces of the driveshaft to the angle iron then welded what was exposed. I loosened the clamps and rotated the driveshaft then reclamped and welded what was now exposed I did this till I had the whole driveshaft welded. It came out amazingly straight that way. I am not that good a fabricator or welder If I can do it probably anyone can. I also include in my daily prayers thanks to god for mig welders.

 

[Soundguy]

I'd be very leary of using a driveshaft with a welded on extension!

Soundguy

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Ok I am going to get slammed but why could he not have gotten some thick wall tubing the size he needed cut the driveshaft at one end and welded the proper length of tubing in. I have made new driveshafts for my post hole digger before and they worked great. I cut the old driveshaft for my 6 foot brushhog down because the new tractor needed a shorter length. when I cut the driveshaft I took a piece of angle iron and and clamped both pieces of the driveshaft to the angle iron then welded what was exposed. I loosened the clamps and rotated the driveshaft then reclamped and welded what was now exposed I did this till I had the whole driveshaft welded. It came out amazingly straight that way. I am not that good a fabricator or welder If I can do it probably anyone can. I also include in my daily prayers thanks to god for mig welders.

That shiney new factory made PTO shaft you can walk into most any farm supply store and buy was welded by SOMEONE. No reason to believe a good welder couldn't re-work an old one. Agri-Supply, Shoup, Valu-Bilt, and a host of other "mail order houses" sell the telescoping tubing stock to make those shafts.

Now.... Unless I was dead certain of my welding skills, I'd be a little gun shy of attemting this. Building your own PTO shaft obviously isn't for everyone. In the end, I doubt that it's feasable to build one cheaper than a good factory made one can be bought for.

Just because you want to know what time it is, you don't have to build your own clock.