Kelvin
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- Joined
- Apr 15, 2000
- Messages
- 798
- Location
- East Tennessee
- Tractor
- B2910 & BX23 (previously B2150 & B7100D)
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( He told me that there is not a cover available for the mid PTO for any of the Kubota tractors. )</font>
That might be a true statement for current Kubota tractors, but B2150s came with a mid PTO cover, and I STRONGLY recommend the use of a mid PTO cover on all B2150s. When I bought my B2150 used it did not have the cover. In my opinion Mid-PTO covers are quite as important when the rear and mid-PTOs can be operated independently.
Here is my war story:
One design feature that I consider to be a BAD design for the B2150 is that both the rear and mid-PTOs run off the same PTO OFF-ON lever. One day while using a rotary mower in tall DRY grass (about as tall as the rear wheels) I kept noticing an occasional burning smell. I stopped the tractor a couple of different times to look for signs of trouble and never did notice anything. Then I noticed a smoldering wad of grass about the size of my fist laying where I had just mowed. It turns out that grass was getting wound pretty tightly around my spinning mid-PTO shaft and the subsequent friction nearly caused a fire. While I was fortunate enough to not start a fire in extremely dry conditions, I did suffer damage to the mid-PTO shaft seal and had to replace it.
I then went and got a mid-PTO cover from my local Kubota dealer. No further problems.
Kelvin
That might be a true statement for current Kubota tractors, but B2150s came with a mid PTO cover, and I STRONGLY recommend the use of a mid PTO cover on all B2150s. When I bought my B2150 used it did not have the cover. In my opinion Mid-PTO covers are quite as important when the rear and mid-PTOs can be operated independently.
Here is my war story:
One design feature that I consider to be a BAD design for the B2150 is that both the rear and mid-PTOs run off the same PTO OFF-ON lever. One day while using a rotary mower in tall DRY grass (about as tall as the rear wheels) I kept noticing an occasional burning smell. I stopped the tractor a couple of different times to look for signs of trouble and never did notice anything. Then I noticed a smoldering wad of grass about the size of my fist laying where I had just mowed. It turns out that grass was getting wound pretty tightly around my spinning mid-PTO shaft and the subsequent friction nearly caused a fire. While I was fortunate enough to not start a fire in extremely dry conditions, I did suffer damage to the mid-PTO shaft seal and had to replace it.
I then went and got a mid-PTO cover from my local Kubota dealer. No further problems.
Kelvin
