Add-On Axle Pto Lets Semi Drive Farm Equipment

Add-On Axle Pto Lets Semi Drive Farm Equipment POWER TAKE OFFS PTOÆS Low horsepower pto’s have been available for trucks for decades but Harry Wallace has figured out a relatively inexpensive way to add 250 to 1 000 hp pto’s to semi tractors “I sell the axle ready to go ” says the Galva Ill inventor of a modified power divider axle complete with parallel shaft gearbox and pressurized oil system “The secret for long life is a pressure-lube cooling system ” Wallace says “Semi tractors have huge radiators which is great for running a pto — lots of cooling You can idle a large semi engine down and change gears in the transmission and use a third less fuel than a tractor ” His truck is equipped with a vacuum switch so he can drive it where he needs to go then flip that switch to disconnect traction drive when he wants to run the pto He hits cruise control to set the speed he wants Wallace put the axle on one of his trucks to run a bagger machine He and his son-in-law run a self-propelled forage harvester for their custom harvesting business A lot of time was wasted arranging to get the tractor to run the bagger Adding a pto to a truck makes the bagging operation self-sufficient Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Harry Wallace Old School P O Box 57 Galva Ill 61434 ph 309 259-9092; hwallace70@gmail com

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