Re: PTO types

Posted by paul on August 23, 2005 at 20:04:34 from (209.23.145.67):

In Reply to: PTO types posted by Jim in NH on August 23, 2005 at 17:01:34:

You are correct - not even dealers get it right.
Don't believe what you hear from them either.

Live (aka 2-stage) uses the foot pedal to
control both clutches, so you can stop driving,
change gears, etc. without affecting your pto
operation. However to put the pto into gear you
need to step the foot pedal all the way down,
so this will affect the tranny of course.

Independent has a completely seperate lever
operating the pto clutch all by itself. It is totally
seperate, or independent from, the tranny
operation. you can shift either tranny or pto in
or out of gear at any time without affecting the
other one.

Some independent ptos are operated by
hydraulic pressure, and they can be more like
a light switch - the pto is instant on, instant off
(with pto brake) and are rather jerky & hard on
the drive train parts.

Older ones are just a rather long hand lever, &
you can feather the pto on & off without the
sudden jerk to the system.

Wet & dry was well explained, only a difference
of what envoirnment the pto clutch pac runs in.

There are times I prefer the tractors with live (2
stage) pto over the independent ones, like for
post hole diggers, sprayer operation, and
other jobs. Tho an independent pto is
generally a bit better overall.

--->Paul

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