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Project Journal - Homemade PTO |
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Homemade PTO |
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Ferris |
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08:39 12/04/16 |
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09:05 12/04/16 |
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| 09:05 12/04/16 Truck rear axle acts as PTOA while ago, I think I asked the group for their opinion about creating a PTO from a Ford Ranger rear axle, to be towed with a big Ferris zero turn. In the absence of my bigger tractors, I would be able to drag a Millcreek manure spreader around eleven acres of paddocks and fields. I have to say, I received very little support for, and a lot of negative comment against.
I used a scrap Ford Ranger, 4:10 gear ratio, rear axle that happened to have five bolt wheel pattern. I had an extra set of low profile, five bolt wheels and tires from my 33.5 HP Ferris, that fit the Ranger rear. I had to leave the brake drums off Ranger rear to fit the wheels. I used a splined coupler from Agri Supply for material to make the 1 3/8 X 6 spline shaft for standard PTO couplings. Using an old trailer tongue and coupling, the pile went together pretty well, especially after tilting the Ranger pinion shaft up a little to point towards the Millcreek PTO shaft's U-joint. As the Ranger rear is now upside down and backwards, I had to seal up the pressure oil bleeder hole to keep the lube oil from draining. I didn't have my Ferris running, so I hooked the rig to my backup zero turn, which is a a 25 HP 61" Scaggs. It all works wonderfully well. On the occasion of driving into a box and getting stuck, we just pull the hitch pins and hand spin the rig to drive back out. My Millcreek is sized for 3 - 5 horses, so I imagine I am pulling a lot less weight than you guys with the big herds. | | Comments | willysz 05:34 01/26/20 | There are always a lot of nay sayers. I think they never really accomplish antthing Just cut others down | RoadsideGeo 19:47 03/20/20 | I agree. Perhaps it's their way out since they did not think of it themselves. Stroke of genius I say. | mrhud 19:27 09/08/22 | thats a cleaver rig i would not have thought of that |
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