Variable PTO For Old Tractor
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Lester Ginnow, Omro, Wis., uses a 7-ft. sickle mower on his Farmall A tractor. It works fine but when he changed to a larger set of tires on the back of the tractor, it gave him too much ground speed in heay grass. He needed a way to adjust cutting speed to adapt to changing conditions.
"I put a platform on the back of the tractor and mounted an old air-cooled Sears and Roebuck engine on it that's rated at 5 hp. but is about the size of a 16 hp. Briggs and Stratton engine.
"The engine is belted to the pto-powered belt pulley at the rear of the tractor. The engine starts the mower. I then shift the pto into neutral and the tractor can be shifted into any gear, or stopped and the mower will stay running, which helps get through tough hay."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lester Ginnow, 4843 Ginnow Rd., Omro, Wis. 54963 (ph 414 685-5227).
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Variable PTO for old tractor POWER TAKE OFFS (PTO'S) Power Take Offs (PTO's) 10-6-8 Lester Ginnow, Omro, Wis., uses a 7-ft. sickle mower on his Farmall A tractor. It works fine but when he changed to a larger set of tires on the back of the tractor, it gave him too much ground speed in heay grass. He needed a way to adjust cutting speed to adapt to changing conditions.
"I put a platform on the back of the tractor and mounted an old air-cooled Sears and Roebuck engine on it that's rated at 5 hp. but is about the size of a 16 hp. Briggs and Stratton engine.
"The engine is belted to the pto-powered belt pulley at the rear of the tractor. The engine starts the mower. I then shift the pto into neutral and the tractor can be shifted into any gear, or stopped and the mower will stay running, which helps get through tough hay."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lester Ginnow, 4843 Ginnow Rd., Omro, Wis. 54963 (ph 414 685-5227).
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