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BobinIL 08-21-2012 07:22:09 128.174.125.78 Report to Moderator	I have a nice 4010 diesel that I am planning to use as a chore tractor. I know that the PTO stub shaft is not the greatest setup. How much stress will running a 7ft bush hog on this unit be? What about a 10ft rigid or 15ft bat wing? I intend to use only the 540 shaft. [Reply]   [No Email]
Roger in Iowa 08-21-2012 12:24:33 166.182.3.33 Report to Moderator	Re: Bush hogging with a 4010 in reply to BobinIL, 08-21-2012 07:22:09   I would not use a 15' and probably not a 10' on 540 because of torque and shock loads. [Reply]  [No Email]
BobinIL 08-22-2012 07:49:23 128.174.125.78 Report to Moderator	Re: Bush hogging with a 4010 in reply to Roger in Iowa, 08-21-2012 12:24:33   Maybe a 10' with a slip clutch?? [Reply]  [No Email]
Tim S 08-22-2012 08:20:45 75.60.206.128 Report to Moderator	Re: Bush hogging with a 4010 in reply to BobinIL, 08-22-2012 07:49:23   It won't be much difference to the tractor, but when you put a 15' with a 540 shaft on it behind a 4440 size tractor you have trouble keeping the mower drive line together,,the 1,000 RPM system absorbs the power better. That is one of the reasons for 1,000 RPM only in larger HP tractors. [Reply]  [No Email]
Tx Jim 08-21-2012 09:25:18 67.142.163.20 Report to Moderator	Re: Bush hogging with a 4010 in reply to mjbrown, 08-21-2012 07:22:09   I agree with what Tim stated 100% !!!!!!! [Reply]  [No Email]
Tim S 08-21-2012 08:27:49 75.60.206.128 Report to Moderator	Re: Bush hogging with a 4010 in reply to BobinIL, 08-21-2012 07:22:09   It"s really not what you run on the PTO,,it"s keeping the stub shaft "tight",,To start out on the right track I would replace the 4 3/8" cap screws with new grade 8 bolts with a dab of loc-tite on them,,and maybe even go with new dowel pins too, when this stub shaft works loose it lets the shift pin work in and out damaging the cross pin inside, keeping the slip in the PTO shaft on the implement lubed up good helps too, as you go through the field the movement of the shaft going in and out will create "push & pull" on the stub shaft as well as the u-joints,all these things work against the 4 3/8" cap screws. [Reply]  [No Email]
David G 08-21-2012 18:50:37 64.134.172.200 Report to Moderator	Re: Bush hogging with a 4010 in reply to Tim S, 08-21-2012 08:27:49   Is this an issue on 4020 also? [Reply]  [No Email]
Tim S 08-21-2012 19:00:44 75.60.206.128 Report to Moderator	Re: Bush hogging with a 4010 in reply to David G, 08-21-2012 18:50:37   No the stub shaft problem was corrected on the 4020 [Reply]  [No Email]