LT1050 PTO Engagement Question

[firstcub]

Really!? Wow. Mine has been like that since new. I just though it was an area that CC needed refinement. Never really though it might not be functioning properly. Does your deck shake pretty good upon engagement?
Do you have 1554 with 54" deck?

 

[NickTF]

Really!? Wow. Mine has been like that since new. I just though it was an area that CC needed refinement. Never really though it might not be functioning properly. Does your deck shake pretty good upon engagement?
Do you have 1554 with 54" deck?

No, I have a smaller LT1050 with the 50" deck. I do have the smaller 25hp Koehler though so I'd think they'd come close to equaling out in difference.

I do get a get shake of the whole tractor when engaging but it's not anything I wouldn't expect being it's a large deck.

I just engage it at less throttle because of what a dealer told me in regards to belts being thrown having to do with people engaging the PTO at full throttle. It's decieving I suppose because Cub says to do it, but not really necessarily in a manner that it will load the motor down just from engagement. To me it reads in a manner that says mowing in less then full throttle is too much load on the motor. That I can see!

 

[firstcub]

Yeah sorry about the dumb question (do you have 1554?) I should have paid more attention as you had already mentioned that.

I agree that it should equal out the difference with the slightly smaller size on the deck and the engine.

Mine is a 2005. I wonder if they have just improved the design? It is quite possible as it really needed improving!

Oh well. I will have to look into it and see If I can make any adjustments to improve it.

 

[RCT]

The manual for my 2138 says to engage the PTO at half throttle, but that is a 38" deck. Maybe with the bigger decks it needs to be higher given the extra weight of the blades, longer belt, etc.

 

[Steve_Miller]

When you go into reverse, does the mower disengage, then re-engage when you go forward again, if you don't have the override energized? If so, isn't the deck engaging at full throttle when you go forward again anyway? If so, this would contradict the manual saying to engage at half throttle. My RZT50 does this and hasn't thrown a belt yet and if I remember correctly it has the same deck as the LT1050. Just wondering.

Steve

 

[micman32]

My manuel for my 2518 says engage pto at half throttle. I have learned that you need to let the engine warm up several minutes before engaging the pto or the engine will die.
I am not sure about the 1000 series tractors as the set up is different from the 2500 series.

Michael