Posted by PeterE on October 22, 2014 at 08:30:46 from (128.101.142.152):
In Reply to: Cub PTO's posted by charlie M on October 22, 2014 at 07:20:56:
"Standard" wasn't quite so standard when the Cub was first developed (late 1940s).
The 1-1/8 shaft size was still around. The 1000 rpm shaft and the garden tractor 2000 rpm shaft weren't considered yet.
There was no industry-standard rear hitch at the time either. Ferguson still held the patents so it was a Ford-only hitch. Everybody else had something that was at least slightly different.
I'd read once that Deere wanted to license the IH Fast Hitch which would have probably turned it into the industry standard, but International wasn't interested.
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