Hey Everyone!
I've been using this site as a source of great information about the '51 8N that we inherited along with the family farm. After spending some time puttering around the farm with the tractor, once I got it running again, I have a whole new respect for anyone on the place that used the tractor for any sort of farm work! The tractor was purchased new for the family farm and has no modifications.
Along those lines, the majority of attachments left on the farm, which are not many (for reasons I won't go into here and am a little bitter about) are all ground driven. Well, I'm a modern sort of farm gal and wanted to get some more modern attachments. So I got a 5' R.M. Wade brush hog. Ok, Ok.. So it's not THAT modern, but for a farm on a budget it works.
To cut a long story short, I quickly learned that the PTO is not the same size as the driveline, a sheet metal PTO adapter doesn't last long when running a brush hog (it went an impressive distance though), I probably need a ORC if I want to operate very many PTO driven implements, and I've still got a lot to learn about that tractor.
My questions are..
How robust are ORCs?
Should I think about replacing the current 1 1/8" PTO shaft with a new 1 3/8"? The 1 1/8" PTO shaft looks and runs fine currently. At the moment the brush hog is the only PTO implement I plan on using in the immediate future.
Thanks for the advice![/img]
I've been using this site as a source of great information about the '51 8N that we inherited along with the family farm. After spending some time puttering around the farm with the tractor, once I got it running again, I have a whole new respect for anyone on the place that used the tractor for any sort of farm work! The tractor was purchased new for the family farm and has no modifications.
Along those lines, the majority of attachments left on the farm, which are not many (for reasons I won't go into here and am a little bitter about) are all ground driven. Well, I'm a modern sort of farm gal and wanted to get some more modern attachments. So I got a 5' R.M. Wade brush hog. Ok, Ok.. So it's not THAT modern, but for a farm on a budget it works.
To cut a long story short, I quickly learned that the PTO is not the same size as the driveline, a sheet metal PTO adapter doesn't last long when running a brush hog (it went an impressive distance though), I probably need a ORC if I want to operate very many PTO driven implements, and I've still got a lot to learn about that tractor.
My questions are..
How robust are ORCs?
Should I think about replacing the current 1 1/8" PTO shaft with a new 1 3/8"? The 1 1/8" PTO shaft looks and runs fine currently. At the moment the brush hog is the only PTO implement I plan on using in the immediate future.
Thanks for the advice![/img]