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Re: Re: Re: A couple of definitions please
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Posted by Alberta Mike on September 06, 2003 at 17:40:10 from (209.47.89.111):
In Reply to: Re: Re: A couple of definitions please posted by Mike (WA) on September 06, 2003 at 16:48:44:
No doubt you are correct with what we'd call "modern" definitions, however the actual phrase "LIVE" power takeoff was coined by a Canadian by the name of Ivan MacRae, an engineer at Cockshutt here in Canada. He was the actual originator of the modern "live PTO" concept on any line of mass-produced tractors and he first put his ideas to paper in April of 1945. There were "live" PTO's earlier (at that time the definition being limited to a PTO that was not dependant on the clutch being engaged) but not ones that snaked their way through the transmission and rear end like MacRae's idea. Anyways, it is always an interesting topic and discussion, just thought I'd share that bit of tractor history with you.
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