PTO connection tip for 3R tractors

[TreeDreamer]

My 3046R has a mid- and rear- PTO with a shift selector for one, the other or both. Also the PTO is either engaged or braked meaning the shaft doesn't turn freely if PTO is engaged or not. This caused me considerable frustration hooking up implements that I couldn't just turn the shaft by hand. The solution (which everyone else may have already cottoned to) is to shift the PTO selector to the mid-PTO position so the rear is in neutral and the shaft turns again. Easy hookups.

Another PTO tip that isn't quite clear enough for someone as slow on the uptake as me is using the PTO off-seat. When I first started using my chipper I tried putting on the parking brake, shifting to neutral, pulling on the PTO switch, and getting off the seat. Which killed it every time. I read the operator manual and in my mind I was doing what it said. The safety is built to protect you from getting off the seat with the PTO on so the trick is to get off the seat and then turn on the PTO. Simple just escaped me.

Mark

 

[dodge man]

Similar to the 2R. When I hook my auto connect deck if I switch to the rear, it makes the mid pto hook up easier with the deck, makes it more automatic so to speak.

 

[RalphVa]

On my 2R, I can start the PTO with me in the seat but must have the brake on and in neutral. I do have the seat back tied back with a tension cord. Maybe this is what allows me to start it and keep it going when I get off the seat. Having the seat back anchored allows me to jump back on and to move to another chipping location without turning off the PTO.

Ralph