Orc?

Just because you can "handle" a tractor, doesn't protect you. I know the son of a guy who "handled" a tractor for most of his life, but in his haste on his last day in this life, he thought he'd save a little time and hook a chain to the top link on his tractor, but run it under the hitch to keep it low. Good plan, but the hitch aparently broke. The "handles" of his tractor pinned him until they found him the next day. True Story.

Just because you were lucky for 30 years doesn't mean you can't learn something new. And if it turns out you can't see through this idea, maybe someone else will, so don't take it personally.

Take Care
Steve

I'm old too over 40 years usin tractors
I put ORC on my TEA-20 2 years ago I found that it helps to remove tension on drive train when using PTO driven machinery
facilitates gear shifting because there is no tension on gears when pto is engaged.

We are getting old and reflexes are not what they
been when we were 20.... any safety device is
helpful when we "granpa" use farm machinery.

I think that ORC is like seat belts it is a safety device that you never know when it will save you.

Have great good times...SAFETY FIRST

Joe Ferguson

It's like a Ratchet. When the PTO is engaged, the pto it turning the Hog. But when you clutch it, Just like a Ratchet it spins..

Thank you for all you have done in your 50 years of Farming.
J52J/Jess

All that brushog rotory inertia energy backfeeds thru the PTO into the tranny and out the axles. Its the way the tranny was designed, which was before the invention of the brushog. The Over Running Coupler (ORC) is a 1-way device that prevents those collisions from occuring by preventing all that energy from backfeeding into the tranny.

The ORC can also prevent expensive sounding noises in your tranny.

Of course, with your 50 years of experience of handling 2,9,8n's, you don't need no sissy ORC to prevent accidents from happening but there are others that are not so experienced and willingly use an ORC with their brushog because its the safe thing to do.

Respectfully, Dell..... ..the self-appointed ORC safety preacher. Farming, the un-safe occupation but a great way to live.