DIY PTO Cover Reduces Mess

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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