Re: PTO HP

Posted by thurlow on September 20, 2004 at 09:23:27 from (65.255.98.9):

In Reply to: PTO HP posted by Pete on September 18, 2004 at 08:57:32:

Can't disagree with anything said below, but.........think we're mostly talking diesels. On tractors with gasoline engine, I'm not so sure. Real life experience.....In the late 50s, my Dad traded in his AC "66" combine (engine driven, been pulling it with an "H" Farmall"" for a new "72" PTO driven. Had a new MF gas "50"....biggest thing on the farm at the time. Rated PTO speed was around 1600 or maybe 1650 as I recall. Muddiest Fall in years; finally took the rear tires/rims off a "30" Ferguson and mounted as duals on the "50". At the rated speed, the tractor would not pull itself and the combine; ran it at about 1800-1850 to get enough "oomph" to go down thru the field. Of course, we had trouble keeping the combine together at the higher speed; it wanted to shake itself apart. I spent a lot of days on a MF "35" hooked with a chain in front of the tractor/combine dragging it back and forth. The whole thing seems kind of silly now, but at the time, it was the best we could do. The next year we got a new D17 diesel, which was a much better match for the combine......

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