Good explanation, Mike. For the life of me I don't understand why the push pin yoke attachment isn't the standard. It's much easier and intuitive than the others, particularly the first one you talked about.
The greatest thing I've found for getting a PTO shaft on easily is the hinged shield on my tractor. Did not know it would lift up (Yeah, yeah -- shoulda read the manual all the way through.) until I saw another RUclipsr lift his up. Stopped the video and ran outside to see if mine would do that and it would. Hallelujah! Good video.
I usually hang on to my ROPs with one hand. Then climb between my quick hitch and my implement. Then hold the PTO shaft with my OTHER hand. Then spin the shaft on the tractor with my OTHER hand while trying to align everything while leaning over in an awkward position holding a 10lb shaft then pull back that collar on the coupling with my OTHER hand and push things together. Did I mention everything is covered in grease? LOL.
Excellent tips, and proof that instead of shafts, we should be using a hydraulic pump at the PTO, a hose, and a hydraulic motor on the Bush Hog. Hoses are flexible and they transfer all the power anyone needs.
Just purchased new tractor. Your video was a welcome piece of information today when installing my rear mounted snow blower for the first time. Your fabulous description far exceeded anything the sales person showed me. BRAVO and keep those great instructional videos coming. I'L be watching! From New Brunswick Canada
U saved me. Attaching the snowblower to my tractor in a confined space I could not get the connector onto the PTO shaft. It worked last time after much effort only because I pulled the front ring back without knowing it. Everything is clean and lubricated so what could be wrong?Tractor Mike told me to pull the front ring back back and it went on perfectly. Since this is a confined space, it’s intuitive to push everything toward the PTO shaft including the ring, and it would not go on. Thank you Mike and I don’t know why nobody ever told me this. When not in a confined space. I guess I always pulled both rings together and it went on thinking that’s the way it works and it did. Always can learn something and best to ask more questions. Thanks and I watched the whole video the second time since it was past my bedtime and snow is in the forecast and a thumbs up!!!
Mike, this is great stuff. As long as I have been around tractors, I find that it is very beneficial to revisit the fundamentals of hook ups, linkage, shafts, etc. Keep it coming, bro.
Hi Mike! It was great to see you in Chehalis. This video made me think of one more tip - be sure to get a shaft that is heavy enough for your implement. I replaced a shaft on our hay mower a couple years ago and it got twisted with just normal use. Turned out I needed a much more heavy duty shaft. Just recently I replaced the shaft on our hay rake and was able to save money by buying a lighter duty shaft. Light or heavy, they ain't cheap!
I have Multiple Sclerosis and hooking up the PTO shaft is a challenge for me, trying to hold the collar back, holding the shaft up, and then sliding it forward all at the same time. I alleviated that for my rotary cutter by buying a JD Quik-Knect. It works great for that application but is fairly expensive. On my other, less used, implements I still have to wrestle with the original connection but for the cutter the QK was a lifesaver.
I've been looking at some of the quik knect options but boy are they expensive! May have to go that route if I can't find a replacement shaft with the push button style connector. Not sure you could come up with a worse design than that pullback collar style that requires two hands and plenty of cussing.
my new PTO shaft has the push-button release, which is kinda awkward to get to and hard to push with one finger but its MUCH better than having to put a shear pin through the end of the PTO yoke and the tractor spline at the same time, then place a pin through the end of the shear pin. Uggghh, hated that! Thanks Mike, for all you do. You've sure saved me a lot of time, mistakes, and money. Much appreciated!
LOL I did stress my self out. I was doing it wrong. Ask my neighbohrs to, but in the end I have to use internet. Thank God. I found your video. Thank you again
The reason the pto shafts will only go together one (or two) ways is so keep the u-joints phased correctly. If they're phased incorrectly bad things happen because the ends of the shaft are speeding up and slowing down several times per revolution.
Oh my God thank you so much. We have been working for an hour banging on that dang thing and we about ready to throw it in the trash thank you so much.
Also need to be careful with drawbar/pull type mowers that don't use the 3pt arms. The 3pt arms need to be up and out of the way of the pto shaft for when you are turning. Had a nice new pto shaft get the shield all messed up because arms were left too low and hit the shaft when doing a 180 degree turn.
Thanks, Mike. I have a "collared" shaft and constantly struggle with it. I haven't considered moving the part inside the collar forward. I'll try that soon. I really enjoy your videos and learn a lot from them. ;)
Only have the tractor a couple of months, haven't even used the PTO yet. So I've got plenty of time to let the video run to the end. (But I'm making sure to bookmark this and keep it in my "Tractor" playlist so when the day comes that I need it, I can just watch the first 30 seconds, then run right back out again, haha.)
Good tips and review of the PTO shaft. I have been around Hesston, New Idea and Woods and they all used that same type of bell shape shaft and they all used the double joint CV type since they were on High Speed applications on 1000 rpm. Proper hitch length is the most common thing for PTO line to work proper. I would stress on most mowers to use the CV joint type to get more flex for turning and crossing ditches
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!! I have the first one. Went right on. All my others are push pin. Thanks Mike. Watching the rest of the video and subscribing.
I've found lubrication is the key. My old Ford 1715 didn't have a PTO stub cover but I always kept a can of WD-40 and a small stiff bristled wire brush on or near the tractor. Spray and brush the stub, spray and brush the PTO connector. They always slipped together easily. It's even easier with the new New Holland because it has a PTO cover to help keep the stub clean. Also, slide the two halves of the shaft apart once a year, clean it and put some grease inside the female half and put it back together. Safety rule No1 never, ever get near an implement or the PTO shaft when it is turning. Sometimes you have to get off the tractor to analyze a noise, when the PTO is running, but do it from a distance!!!
You left out the 4th type the one that goes right through the center the PTO shaft and the spline like the TO 30s or 8 N. I love your Channel keep up the great work.
I got a new PTO shaft with tight splines. Had to emery cloth the splines just a little. One with the side button, not the collar. When operated properly (and lightly oiled or greased) they should slide on with little effort. Haven't seen the twist version in a long time.
Many thanks Mike. I've battled with uncooperative PTO shafts on multiple occasions over the years and this will certainly help others that are currently struggling with these problem.
So he mentions driving thru a draw binding the PTO. How bad is to bad. The property I mow has a ton of elevation changes so I set my mower to about 6” and sometimes the mower lightly bottoms out and very briefly makes the motor lug. Maybe slows rpm’s by about 50. I close my rocker shaft valve or whatever it is called because my mower causes my 3-point to sag and don’t want to have to constantly adjust. So to adjust mow height thru the draw involves stopping, open valve, adjust height, mow, stop, adjust height, close valve and would need to be done about 100 times thru out the field
i made the mistake just the other day of not connecting it together all the way and it popped off while in use. thought it was connected fully. easy fix. lesson learned. think im going to lube it every time i connect it from now on. should make it easier to attach all the way.
I got tired of fighting mine, the push pin type. With the PTO shield in the way and it's really hard to bend over while holding up the PTO, push the pin and try to get it all up under the shield while keeping the pin depressed and trying to line up the spines. I bit the bullet and ordered a PTO link system... which, btw, I looked for on your site but couldn't find it, sorry..lol.
I have the push pin style on a chipper and it's a walk in the park compared to the pullback collar style on the mower. If that ptolink product is even easier than the push pin I may just have to break down and buy one.
Round pin, square shaft is all I've ever used here. You forgot twisting the shaft though, I mowed a field for a cousin with my 7 foot Ford bushhog and 100 horse Ford 7700 and the grass was extremely thick and heavy. Tractor handled it fine but the pto shaft on the bushhog twisted considerably.
No...I'm not sure where you would get those numbers. Mini-X's are going to follow the construction/housing/landscaping market and while that's showing some signs of long term slowdowns it appears to me to still be very strong.
On some of the groups, you see guys with new machines who don’t clean and grease the shafts first and then wail on it with a hammer and wonder why it won’t come off. I hate the the ones with the collar and prefer the ones with the button personally 😌
as always great info mike i find that using a rope to hold up shaft while i twist push and pull to hook up … grrrr i curse the John Deere engineer who changed the push button to this twist-collar every time I hook up my mx5
Hey Mike, Your videos are always very informative, thank you for that! But this one is in the top three. 👍🏻 The way you explain yourself is second to none bro! Can’t wait to see the next one! Stay safe out there brother. 🇺🇦☮️✌🏻
The drive shafts only go together one way for two reasons. One, it might be balanced, not likely on a farm implement. Two, to keep the yokes in phase. They would probably be okay if they were off 180 degrees but you would get lots of vibration if they were off 90 degrees. Both yokes have to be in the same orientation otherwise when at a angel they turn at different speeds on the corse of a revolution.
With the slip on style with the 2 ball bearings in the collar I have that on both ends what do I have to do for a shear bolt or clutch ? Or does the beatings slip instead ???? This is on my finish mower or does the belts just act as the slip or shear device ?
I've heard that the PTO shafts have those shapes so the yokes remain aligned. The yokes need to be 90 degrees out of phase with each other. If they're misclocked, the shaft would bind up.
My pto shaft is new and I don't have a problem putting it on or taking off. I forgot to disconnect it from my tractor and drove away from my implement. I noticed it a few days later after dragging my box blade down the driveway. Is that a problem, can I just clean it up and continue using it, or do I have to buy a new one. It doesn't look to be damaged in any way.
Clean it up and put it back on and you're probably fine. As long as it didn't get bent. If it did, here's what to do, don't buy a new one: ruclips.net/video/ApnU87qOQh8/видео.html.
@TractorMike Not bent at all, I was able to clean it up, grease it up and slide it back together. Haven't used it yet, but I'm sure it will be fine. Thanks for the advice.
Hi Mr M I picked up last year a 2016 jd 5055e with h240 loader & she has 180hrs. I'm a land owner of 100 +acres trying 2 clean out fencerows. Is a stump bucket a good addition? I do have commonsense but I don't want 2 hurt my tractor. PS u r the first U2er I've texted. KEEP BEING U.
I'm not a huge fan of stump buckets on tractors, but we have hardwood trees and lots of rocks here and it takes a lot of digging to get a stump out of the ground. On smaller tractors it's pretty easy to tweak your front end loader and that's not something you want to do. On a tractor as big as yours it would be less of a danger. The biggest problem, in my mind, is visibility. It's real hard to see what you're doing with the engine in your way, on a skid loader it would be much easier.
@Tractor Mike Mr M thx 4 your info. Yes it's real hard 2 c anything down there. I liked your tree puller video, but I don't have 3rd function. Keep being u. I enjoy your u2 videos. Glenn
I forgot to push the pin down when I connected my implement to my tractor. It began to spin and then BANG, it stopped. There is nothing visibly broken but now it does not spin and the PTO Light is blinking. What could have happened? Is it a simple fix?
Vinnie, I'm not sure what is going on there. There's no way a PTO can spin when it's attached to the back of the tractor. Once those splines are engaged they can't go anywhere, but if the pin is not locked on, the whole shaft can come off. What I think has happened is you've sheared a shear pin on your cutter, which would let the PTO shaft spin but not engage. Here's a video on replacing a shear pin: ruclips.net/video/98rseNk2hSY/видео.html. It might be you have a slip clutch that is slipping, here's a video about that: ruclips.net/video/eVRr9eechLI/видео.html and one that talks about both: ruclips.net/video/PbSGAyrx9sY/видео.html.
Where does 'running without the plastic shaft cover' rank if 1=absolutely not and 10=what shaft cover? I think that's the main source of my difficulty getting the shaft onto the tractor.
I (overpaid) for a Facebook brush hog special. It has a spin type coupler. I don’t want to buy a new end. Can I rebuild the coupler? Asking because I don’t want to go back out there tonight.
If you can get parts, you could rebuild it. You'll need to find a shop that specializes in drivetrains to find the parts for it, it's probably best to take the front half of the shaft off and take it to them.
The pull back collar type shaft was the WORSE idea that anyone could invent. I was told by an EMT that the push pin type was eliminated to prevent someone`s clothes being wrapped by the PTO shaft. Why would anyone with any common sense get close to a rotating PTO shaft in the first place??
My favorite way to destroy my pto shaft is leaving 2 inch trailer ball on the drawbar and dropping rotary cutter in a ditch or low spot. When shaft touches ball hitch it will warp and is now toast! Ask me how I know! Ouch.
The typical PTO shaft can: Wrap up 424 feet of shoe lace in one minute at 540 rpm, or 785 feet of shoe lace at 1000 rpm. How long is your shoe lace? Have a rag ready and don’t wear your Sunday best when messing with a PTO coupler, my hands always get covered with grease. Have your pumice hand soap ready, lol.
That's seven (7) feet per second at 540 rpm and thirteen (13) feet per second at 1000rpm. Just taking the units down to something easier relatable by heart.
Not all heros wear capes. You are one of those. Thank you.
Glad to help!
You perfectly described the last 3 hours of my life. Thank you for showing that in the beginning. Watched the entire thing.
Good explanation, Mike. For the life of me I don't understand why the push pin yoke attachment isn't the standard. It's much easier and intuitive than the others, particularly the first one you talked about.
The greatest thing I've found for getting a PTO shaft on easily is the hinged shield on my tractor. Did not know it would lift up (Yeah, yeah -- shoulda read the manual all the way through.) until I saw another RUclipsr lift his up. Stopped the video and ran outside to see if mine would do that and it would. Hallelujah! Good video.
Man I despise that pull-back ring style. Seems like I have to make a knuckle skin sacrifice to some kind of tractor god every time I install it.
I usually hang on to my ROPs with one hand. Then climb between my quick hitch and my implement. Then hold the PTO shaft with my OTHER hand. Then spin the shaft on the tractor with my OTHER hand while trying to align everything while leaning over in an awkward position holding a 10lb shaft then pull back that collar on the coupling with my OTHER hand and push things together. Did I mention everything is covered in grease? LOL.
You described every tractor owners procedure. Lol
That's four hands, I counted.
Yep! Only takes four hands, lol
Excellent tips, and proof that instead of shafts, we should be using a hydraulic pump at the PTO, a hose, and a hydraulic motor on the Bush Hog. Hoses are flexible and they transfer all the power anyone needs.
Just purchased new tractor. Your video was a welcome piece of information today when installing my rear mounted snow blower for the first time. Your fabulous description far exceeded anything the sales person showed me. BRAVO and keep those great instructional videos coming. I'L be watching! From New Brunswick Canada
U saved me.
Attaching the snowblower to my tractor in a confined space I could not get the connector onto the PTO shaft. It worked last time after much effort only because I pulled the front ring back without knowing it. Everything is clean and lubricated so what could be wrong?Tractor Mike told me to pull the front ring back back and it went on perfectly. Since this is a confined space, it’s intuitive to push everything toward the PTO shaft including the ring, and it would not go on. Thank you Mike and I don’t know why nobody ever told me this. When not in a confined space. I guess I always pulled both rings together and it went on thinking that’s the way it works and it did. Always can learn something and best to ask more questions. Thanks and I watched the whole video the second time since it was past my bedtime and snow is in the forecast and a thumbs up!!!
Mike, I am a new tractor owner and I am learning a lot from you. Thanks.
Mike, this is great stuff. As long as I have been around tractors, I find that it is very beneficial to revisit the fundamentals of hook ups, linkage, shafts, etc. Keep it coming, bro.
Hi Mike!
It was great to see you in Chehalis. This video made me think of one more tip - be sure to get a shaft that is heavy enough for your implement. I replaced a shaft on our hay mower a couple years ago and it got twisted with just normal use. Turned out I needed a much more heavy duty shaft. Just recently I replaced the shaft on our hay rake and was able to save money by buying a lighter duty shaft. Light or heavy, they ain't cheap!
I have Multiple Sclerosis and hooking up the PTO shaft is a challenge for me, trying to hold the collar back, holding the shaft up, and then sliding it forward all at the same time. I alleviated that for my rotary cutter by buying a JD Quik-Knect. It works great for that application but is fairly expensive. On my other, less used, implements I still have to wrestle with the original connection but for the cutter the QK was a lifesaver.
I've been looking at some of the quik knect options but boy are they expensive! May have to go that route if I can't find a replacement shaft with the push button style connector. Not sure you could come up with a worse design than that pullback collar style that requires two hands and plenty of cussing.
Where was this video two weeks ago when I was struggling with putting a rear deck mower on my tractor! Thank you for the video Mike. It is a keeper.
my new PTO shaft has the push-button release, which is kinda awkward to get to and hard to push with one finger but its MUCH better than having to put a shear pin through the end of the PTO yoke and the tractor spline at the same time, then place a pin through the end of the shear pin. Uggghh, hated that!
Thanks Mike, for all you do. You've sure saved me a lot of time, mistakes, and money. Much appreciated!
LOL I did stress my self out. I was doing it wrong. Ask my neighbohrs to, but in the end I have to use internet. Thank God. I found your video.
Thank you again
The reason the pto shafts will only go together one (or two) ways is so keep the u-joints phased correctly. If they're phased incorrectly bad things happen because the ends of the shaft are speeding up and slowing down several times per revolution.
Oh my God thank you so much. We have been working for an hour banging on that dang thing and we about ready to throw it in the trash thank you so much.
Ok, I’m one of the people who you were talking to at first. I beat Banged sprayed oil. Nothing worked. Your video fixed it. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Also need to be careful with drawbar/pull type mowers that don't use the 3pt arms. The 3pt arms need to be up and out of the way of the pto shaft for when you are turning. Had a nice new pto shaft get the shield all messed up because arms were left too low and hit the shaft when doing a 180 degree turn.
Thank you. I am about to hook up my first PTO implement - and your tips are really helpful. Especially the last one about driving through a valley.
Thanks, Mike. I have a "collared" shaft and constantly struggle with it. I haven't considered moving the part inside the collar forward. I'll try that soon. I really enjoy your videos and learn a lot from them. ;)
Only have the tractor a couple of months, haven't even used the PTO yet. So I've got plenty of time to let the video run to the end. (But I'm making sure to bookmark this and keep it in my "Tractor" playlist so when the day comes that I need it, I can just watch the first 30 seconds, then run right back out again, haha.)
Good tips and review of the PTO shaft. I have been around Hesston, New Idea and Woods and they all used that same type of bell shape shaft and they all used the double joint CV type since they were on High Speed applications on 1000 rpm. Proper hitch length is the most common thing for PTO line to work proper. I would stress on most mowers to use the CV joint type to get more flex for turning and crossing ditches
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!! I have the first one. Went right on. All my others are push pin. Thanks Mike. Watching the rest of the video and subscribing.
I've found lubrication is the key. My old Ford 1715 didn't have a PTO stub cover but I always kept a can of WD-40 and a small stiff bristled wire brush on or near the tractor. Spray and brush the stub, spray and brush the PTO connector. They always slipped together easily. It's even easier with the new New Holland because it has a PTO cover to help keep the stub clean. Also, slide the two halves of the shaft apart once a year, clean it and put some grease inside the female half and put it back together.
Safety rule No1 never, ever get near an implement or the PTO shaft when it is turning. Sometimes you have to get off the tractor to analyze a noise, when the PTO is running, but do it from a distance!!!
Thanks Mike, Hooking up impliments and pto's for me is a dreaded chore even if it all goes smooth.
Yep, im 70 and my 60lb shaft on my bush hog kills me
thank you sir ,, after an hour of cursing ,, i watched the video and boom all done ,,and i did watch until the end!
You left out the 4th type the one that goes right through the center the PTO shaft and the spline like the TO 30s or 8 N.
I love your Channel keep up the great work.
Good help for the one who does not know. Have a good day Mike.
I got a new PTO shaft with tight splines. Had to emery cloth the splines just a little.
One with the side button, not the collar.
When operated properly (and lightly oiled or greased) they should slide on with little effort.
Haven't seen the twist version in a long time.
Many thanks Mike. I've battled with uncooperative PTO shafts on multiple occasions over the years and this will certainly help others that are currently struggling with these problem.
So he mentions driving thru a draw binding the PTO. How bad is to bad. The property I mow has a ton of elevation changes so I set my mower to about 6” and sometimes the mower lightly bottoms out and very briefly makes the motor lug. Maybe slows rpm’s by about 50. I close my rocker shaft valve or whatever it is called because my mower causes my 3-point to sag and don’t want to have to constantly adjust. So to adjust mow height thru the draw involves stopping, open valve, adjust height, mow, stop, adjust height, close valve and would need to be done about 100 times thru out the field
Why you SOB , you got me 100 percent first 30 seconds was me , thank you and did watch in the field till end !
i made the mistake just the other day of not connecting it together all the way and it popped off while in use. thought it was connected fully. easy fix. lesson learned. think im going to lube it every time i connect it from now on. should make it easier to attach all the way.
I got tired of fighting mine, the push pin type. With the PTO shield in the way and it's really hard to bend over while holding up the PTO, push the pin and try to get it all up under the shield while keeping the pin depressed and trying to line up the spines. I bit the bullet and ordered a PTO link system... which, btw, I looked for on your site but couldn't find it, sorry..lol.
I have the push pin style on a chipper and it's a walk in the park compared to the pullback collar style on the mower. If that ptolink product is even easier than the push pin I may just have to break down and buy one.
Wow head ache solved! Thanks you are a blessing!!
Thank you Mike! You called it!
Round pin, square shaft is all I've ever used here. You forgot twisting the shaft though, I mowed a field for a cousin with my 7 foot Ford bushhog and 100 horse Ford 7700 and the grass was extremely thick and heavy. Tractor handled it fine but the pto shaft on the bushhog twisted considerably.
GREAT info! You never fail to disappoint in teaching me new things..
No...I'm not sure where you would get those numbers. Mini-X's are going to follow the construction/housing/landscaping market and while that's showing some signs of long term slowdowns it appears to me to still be very strong.
Thank You, absolutely answered my question in the first minute.
This saved me a lot of time. You were correct. Thanks
Yes to all of this! Loved the beginning especially! 😁
Thank you!
Thanks you are the man
Great advice Mike. Thank you very much.
Where was this video last year when I needed to know how different PTO couplers worked?? haha I should have just emailed you!
good advice for us newbies
you're a life-saver Mike! And I watched to the end. lol Thank you again!
Pure gold, right here!
Thanks mike, I was doing exactly what you said with the collar.
Great video! Knowledge that is needed. Thanks for sharing.
First! good video. I always try to remember to smear some grease on the splines too.
Great information on fantastic detail for a newbie, thanks
Great video. Lots of ways to cause problems, and how not to do that.
Great advice Mike
This saved the day thank you
Ha! That was my problem, thanks so much for putting the fix in the first 30 seconds! (I let the video run...)
Great information Mike!
Thanks for the video. Helpful. I watched to the end.
On some of the groups, you see guys with new machines who don’t clean and grease the shafts first and then wail on it with a hammer and wonder why it won’t come off. I hate the the ones with the collar and prefer the ones with the button personally 😌
as always great info mike
i find that using a rope to hold up shaft while i twist push and pull to hook up … grrrr i curse the John Deere engineer who changed the push button to this twist-collar every time I hook up my mx5
As always, good info that will - sooner or later - come in Handy…!
Hey Mike,
Your videos are always very informative, thank you for that! But this one is in the top three. 👍🏻
The way you explain yourself is second to none bro! Can’t wait to see the next one!
Stay safe out there brother. 🇺🇦☮️✌🏻
Very good information every one needs to know.
The drive shafts only go together one way for two reasons. One, it might be balanced, not likely on a farm implement. Two, to keep the yokes in phase. They would probably be okay if they were off 180 degrees but you would get lots of vibration if they were off 90 degrees. Both yokes have to be in the same orientation otherwise when at a angel they turn at different speeds on the corse of a revolution.
Thank you...great information, just subscribed!!!
Great info thanks Mike
Nice video Mike and BTW I always watch your videos to the end.
Good information
Thanks Mike, For this good info.
With the slip on style with the 2 ball bearings in the collar I have that on both ends what do I have to do for a shear bolt or clutch ? Or does the beatings slip instead ???? This is on my finish mower or does the belts just act as the slip or shear device ?
Usually on a finish mower the belts act as a slip clutch/shear pin. If you hit anything that doesn't move the belts will slip.
Or you can jam the yoke on the PTO shaft like I did. It was hell getting the yoke off the shaft.
What is your opinion on the “PTO-Link” that is sold to make it easier to hook up your PTO shaft ?
Michael, I've not had any personal experience with that product so I really don't know.
AHHHHHG! I’m tractor dumb. Thanks for making me palm my forehead! 😂 Keep doing what you do!
I've heard that the PTO shafts have those shapes so the yokes remain aligned. The yokes need to be 90 degrees out of phase with each other. If they're misclocked, the shaft would bind up.
You know I love the push button style on the PTO but you can’t get the push button anymore.
I don’t like the pull back ones .
My pto shaft is new and I don't have a problem putting it on or taking off. I forgot to disconnect it from my tractor and drove away from my implement. I noticed it a few days later after dragging my box blade down the driveway. Is that a problem, can I just clean it up and continue using it, or do I have to buy a new one. It doesn't look to be damaged in any way.
Clean it up and put it back on and you're probably fine. As long as it didn't get bent. If it did, here's what to do, don't buy a new one: ruclips.net/video/ApnU87qOQh8/видео.html.
@TractorMike Not bent at all, I was able to clean it up, grease it up and slide it back together. Haven't used it yet, but I'm sure it will be fine. Thanks for the advice.
But how do you get rusted square ones apart??
Good video.
Hi Mr M I picked up last year a 2016 jd 5055e with h240 loader & she has 180hrs. I'm a land owner of 100 +acres trying 2 clean out fencerows. Is a stump bucket a good addition? I do have commonsense but I don't want 2 hurt my tractor. PS u r the first U2er I've texted. KEEP BEING U.
I'm not a huge fan of stump buckets on tractors, but we have hardwood trees and lots of rocks here and it takes a lot of digging to get a stump out of the ground. On smaller tractors it's pretty easy to tweak your front end loader and that's not something you want to do. On a tractor as big as yours it would be less of a danger. The biggest problem, in my mind, is visibility. It's real hard to see what you're doing with the engine in your way, on a skid loader it would be much easier.
@Tractor Mike Mr M thx 4 your info. Yes it's real hard 2 c anything down there. I liked your tree puller video, but I don't have 3rd function. Keep being u. I enjoy your u2 videos. Glenn
What is the name of it?
Where we can buy it?
I forgot to push the pin down when I connected my implement to my tractor. It began to spin and then BANG, it stopped. There is nothing visibly broken but now it does not spin and the PTO Light is blinking. What could have happened? Is it a simple fix?
Vinnie, I'm not sure what is going on there. There's no way a PTO can spin when it's attached to the back of the tractor. Once those splines are engaged they can't go anywhere, but if the pin is not locked on, the whole shaft can come off. What I think has happened is you've sheared a shear pin on your cutter, which would let the PTO shaft spin but not engage. Here's a video on replacing a shear pin: ruclips.net/video/98rseNk2hSY/видео.html. It might be you have a slip clutch that is slipping, here's a video about that: ruclips.net/video/eVRr9eechLI/видео.html and one that talks about both: ruclips.net/video/PbSGAyrx9sY/видео.html.
Where does 'running without the plastic shaft cover' rank if 1=absolutely not and 10=what shaft cover? I think that's the main source of my difficulty getting the shaft onto the tractor.
I (overpaid) for a Facebook brush hog special. It has a spin type coupler. I don’t want to buy a new end. Can I rebuild the coupler? Asking because I don’t want to go back out there tonight.
If you can get parts, you could rebuild it. You'll need to find a shop that specializes in drivetrains to find the parts for it, it's probably best to take the front half of the shaft off and take it to them.
@@TractorMike thanks for the reply! I gave it my best shot and wound up taking it back to them.
Looks like it works like an air hose coupler.
They only go on one way to keep the u-joints at both ends of the shaft in alignment.
I can’t get the coupling to release from the shaft without a major ordeal
I absolutely HATE the slip ring style. It's stupid that you need to push and pull at the same time. Add some grease and it's a grand ole time.
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The pull back collar type shaft was the WORSE idea that anyone could invent. I was told by an EMT that the push pin type was eliminated to prevent someone`s clothes being wrapped by the PTO shaft. Why would anyone with any common sense get close to a rotating PTO shaft in the first place??
My favorite way to destroy my pto shaft is leaving 2 inch trailer ball on the drawbar and dropping rotary cutter in a ditch or low spot. When shaft touches ball hitch it will warp and is now toast! Ask me how I know! Ouch.
Ouch!
Remarkable! Now I can quit beating it with a sledge hammer.
This is literally 3 days too late lol. Ended up having to call the father in law for help getting the pto connected. Call of shame.
The typical PTO shaft can: Wrap up 424 feet of shoe lace in one minute at 540 rpm, or 785 feet of shoe lace at 1000 rpm. How long is your shoe lace? Have a rag ready and don’t wear your Sunday best when messing with a PTO coupler, my hands always get covered with grease. Have your pumice hand soap ready, lol.
That's seven (7) feet per second at 540 rpm and thirteen (13) feet per second at 1000rpm. Just taking the units down to something easier relatable by heart.
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You didn't cover the oldest way....a bolt, like on the old Ford's.
Good grief.... I could kiss you... Gosh dang it.... Feel like a complete tool. Only taken it off once. Thank you.
It's nailed a bunch of people. They should change the design but it helps me get new viewers :).
@@TractorMike I watched the rest of the video ;)
I just use a hammer to get them on and a chain tied to a tree to get them off.
More reasons why some special people should not own or operate a tractor.