DIY PTO Cover Reduces Mess
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John Pittman of Glencore, Ky., made a custom PTO cover that reduces grease and oil spillage. “After years of having grease fly off the PTO shaft onto miscellaneous equipment and landing all over my glass and fenders, I came up with an idea of removing the factory PTO cover and making a longer cover out of an old mud flap,” he says. “I came up with the idea because I keep my tractors in tip-top shape, and I got tired of cleaning grease off the cab, fenders and anything else it would fly onto.”
Each tractor has a factory PTO cover with two bolt holes to hold it in place. “I just removed the factory cover,” says Pittman. “I had an old plastic mud flap off of a semi, so I bent it over the place where the factory cover goes, marked the hole locations, drilled out the places I marked, and installed bolts in the original holes.” Next, he cut the mud flap on an angle on each side to improve visibility while installing PTO shafts.
“It took me less than 5 min. to make this cover,” says Pittman. “Because it’s longer, it catches all of the grease that flies off the PTO shaft. I can remove and reinstall the new cover in less than a minute using the bolt iron stalled in the original holes.” Overall, he considers it 5 min. well spent. “I wish I’d thought of this earlier because globs of grease are a pain in the butt to clean off,” he laughs. “The piece I made came out a lot further than the factory cover.” To be clear, it doesn’t stop the PTO shaft from slinging grease. However, it catches the grease it does sling instead of throwing it all over.”
Pittman believes anyone can follow his design with a flexible piece of plastic or rubber. “This PTO cover has only been on one season, but it’s working great. I recommend it.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Pittman, PO Box 97, Glencore, Ky. 41046 (ph 859-414-4343; rexcompany@myyahoo.com).
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DIY PTO Cover Reduces Mess POWER TAKE OFFS PTO S John Pittman of Glencore Ky made a custom PTO cover that reduces grease and oil spillage “After years of having grease fly off the PTO shaft onto miscellaneous equipment and landing all over my glass and fenders I came up with an idea of removing the factory PTO cover and making a longer cover out of an old mud flap ” he says “I came up with the idea because I keep my tractors in tip-top shape and I got tired of cleaning grease off the cab fenders and anything else it would fly onto ” Each tractor has a factory PTO cover with two bolt holes to hold it in place “I just removed the factory cover ” says Pittman “I had an old plastic mud flap off of a semi so I bent it over the place where the factory cover goes marked the hole locations drilled out the places I marked and installed bolts in the original holes ” Next he cut the mud flap on an angle on each side to improve visibility while installing PTO shafts “It took me less than 5 min to make this cover ” says Pittman “Because it’s longer it catches all of the grease that flies off the PTO shaft I can remove and reinstall the new cover in less than a minute using the bolt iron stalled in the original holes ” Overall he considers it 5 min well spent “I wish I’d thought of this earlier because globs of grease are a pain in the butt to clean off ” he laughs “The piece I made came out a lot further than the factory cover ” To be clear it doesn’t stop the PTO shaft from slinging grease However it catches the grease it does sling instead of throwing it all over ” Pittman believes anyone can follow his design with a flexible piece of plastic or rubber “This PTO cover has only been on one season but it’s working great I recommend it ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Pittman PO Box 97 Glencore Ky 41046 ph 859-414-4343; rexcompany@myyahoo com
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