PTO Shaft Guard That is Easy to Deal With?

Suburban Plowboy · Sep 23, 2023

How do you figure out what size to buy? I'm definitely throwing this one out.

My tractor has a Cat 1 hitch. It's a Kubota 3710. The existing guard is around 63" long, fully extended, and it's about 45" when collapsed. The tube is about 3" in diameter.

LouNY · Sep 23, 2023

Yes, the Bare-Co guards are one of the easier ones to work with.
Bare Co USA - Shaft Guard
Their AS20090 is likely the one you could use, it is only 63 inches long fully extended You could go with the AS20130 and cut it to fit.

Suburban Plowboy · Sep 24, 2023

Thanks for the help. It's hard to believe they still make these stupid designs when there is no reason to. It's kind of surprising how slowly the industry moves. The quick attach rear hitch took forever to arrive, and when it did, it was in the form of a big, heavy monstrosity. Then the Pat's Easy Change hitch came along and made it unnecessary, but people are still buying the monstrosities.

bdhsfz6 · Sep 30, 2023

workinonit said:
That tractor guard is one of the first things that gets removed on a new tractor for me. I can't deal with them. I have 3 brand new ones in my shop.

Removing the shaft guards on my Kubotas is an involved process. I think they are designed that way on purpose. It involves removing 4 bolts from the rear of the transmission housing. You need a pan underneath to catch the oil.

I may do it in the future if it becomes a real problem. For now, just raising the guard out of the way is good enough.

LouNY · Sep 30, 2023

When the tractor manufactures equip the tractor with a flip up guard it does make a difference. However much of this is regarding the implement shaft.
Most tractor guards are mounted with 4 bolts into the rear housing, I do believe that is the most common way of mounting them.

workinonit · Oct 1, 2023

bdhsfz6 said:
Removing the shaft guards on my Kubotas is an involved process. I think they are designed that way on purpose. It involves removing 4 bolts from the rear of the transmission housing. You need a pan underneath to catch the oil.

I may do it in the future if it becomes a real problem. For now, just raising the guard out of the way is good enough.

On the JD tractors that I have had it is just 4 bolts. They flip up but are still in the way. They are just more aggravation than they are worth.