tractor and mower attachment

[maureen]

question: when attaching the woods mower to the pto on my tractor,then
trying to engage the lever to make it work, it has been refusing to enage,
On rare occasion it trys but causes the engine to die. The lever for the pto
has a grinding sound when trying to get it to wprk. It has always had this
habit but it appears that it has become mor difficult. Is it the pto
malfunctioning or is it the woods brush at fault?

Would appreciate some expert knowledge on this problem. I have bee told
there are adjustments near the lever, but I found moving the adjustment
around did not make any difference.

I hope I can find my way back to this website. If not would appreciate
a regular e mail . Put something in the return mail with TRACTOR QUESTION
ANSWERED otherwise all mail I don't recognize will be deleted.

Thank for you time
Maureen

 

[Muhammad]

Welcome to TBN.

 

[Soundguy]

ensure that the driveline to the mower and it's blades and spindles turn freely when unhooked from tractor.

soundguy

 

[Briana03]

WELCOME to TBN

I moved your thread to the Attachments Forum.

 

[RoyJackson]

To the OP:
Does your PTO have the same symptoms with any other implement?
Is this the first time you've used your Woods mower? BTW, is the Woods a finish (lawn) mower or rotary cutter (field mower)?
A finish mower should engage and spin up pretty easily. Just engage at around 800-1000 RPM, then increase engine speed smoothly. A rotary cutter has heavy blades and can be more difficult to engage. What I do is engage the PTO (tractor transmission in neutral) at about 800-1000 RPM and be prepared to give it a bit more fuel if the engine starts to stall (foot throttle is handy for this). Once the cutter blades are spinning (expect a "bang" initially (blades extending) then some vibration. Once the cutter blades are turning smoothly (5 seconds or so), increase the RPM to PTO speed and select a low gear.

A bit more information such as what type of tractor, type of transmission (gear with a 2 stage clutch?) would help.

Soundguy's suggestions are good (as usual!), but the inertia of cutter blades or even a finish mower can make spinning them difficult....use a "cheater bar" of some sort if you try this.

BTW, if you haven't read your tractor's operator manual, I suggest you do...might answer some of your questions.

 

[TractorRob]

As mentioned, information on what type of tractor would be helpful. Different tractors have different requirements for engaging the PTO.

...The lever for the pto has a grinding sound when trying to get it to wprk...

That sounds like you are not pressing the clutch in before engaging the PTO on a tractor that requires that you do.

 

[teg]

...trying to engage the lever to make it work, it has been refusing to enage, On rare occasion it trys but causes the engine to die. The lever for the pto has a grinding sound when trying to get it to work...

So, you push the Clutch IN, then try and engage the pto shifter and it makes grinding noise? You have to use the clutch, and let it out slowly once the PTO is engaged...

If you ARE using the clutch, the clutch might be worn out... come back with more information...

 

[maureen]

In response to my problem concerning the brush hog and the pto on my Ford 800
series tractor. I have used these two items for years, the pto always had a bit of a
grinding sound when getting it to engage. You can even feel the roughness at times,
like the gears are hitting something. Anyway this tractor has live pto, it has five or
so speeds. I thought maybe the gear box may be low on gear oil, will check this out
this upcoming weekend. In the past I was able to spin the shaft manually. Last weekend
I tried spinning it again, and it would not move. I will have get down and check to
see if anything underneath may be preventing it to spin freely. This is an expensive
fix and I do not want to be taken advantage of. That is why I am inquiring why it
was working, then the next time I needed to use it, it would not work. Mother nature
has taken over huge areas where I use to keep the fields open with this equipment.
Now that I have this problem I am unable to mow those areas. So anyone with a
good idea, concrete or not, I am open for all the advice I can get, before I have to
resort to having my tractor hauled off to the repair shop.

 

[maureen]

So, you push the Clutch IN, then try and engage the pto shifter and it makes grinding noise? You have to use the clutch, and let it out slowly once the PTO is engaged...

If you ARE using the clutch, the clutch might be worn out... come back with more information...

I do use the clutch. You cannot engage the lever until the clutch is
depressed.

 

[maureen]

Its me again.

I apologize to everyone on this website, I am not comfortable with it, because
I do not know what I am doing honestly. So many things to read , and
am afraid of making a big mistake by putting the cursor on the wrong
icon.

So please please forgive me
Mo(Maureen_