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OPERATION
P. T. 0. SHIELD AND CAP
The P.T.O. shield, shown in Figure 25, is standard
equipment. The shield is to be used with both
mounted and pull-type equipment. The
P.T.O. cap should always be installed when the
P.T.O. is not in use.
Figure 25 - P.T.O. Shield and Cap
POWER TAKE-OFF OPERATION
1 .Attaching the P.T.O..
• Stop the engine.
WARNING: To reduce the possibility of
personal injury comply with the
following before attaching or detaching
P.T.O. equipment, and before working
on, or clearing, P.T.O. equipment.
• Depress the clutch pedal completely
and move the transmission gearshift
lever to the neutral (N) position.
• Set parking brake.
• Disengage the P.T.O. with the P.T.O.
control lever, Figure 15.
• Remove the P.T.O. cap.
• Wait until the P.T.O. shaft stops turning.
• Attach the mounted or drawn
equipment. Make sure the equipment-
driven shaft is properly aligned and
locked to the tractor P.T.O. drive
shaft and that the P.T.O. shield is down
in the guarded position.
2. With the P.T.O. disengaged, start the engine. In
the case of mounted equipment, raise and lower
the equipment to make sure proper clearances
exist.
3. With the transmission in neutral, depress the
clutch pedal completely, then engage the rear
P.T.O. by moving the P.T.O. control lever,
Figure 15, forward. To engage the optional mid
P.T.O. move the mid P.T.O. lever up.
NOTE: Failure to move the P.T.O. lever
through its full range may result in damage to the
P.T.O.
4. Check the P. T.O. -driven equipment for proper
operation by gradually releasing the clutch pedal
and increasing engine rpm.
5. After determining that the equipment is operating
properly, depress the clutch pedal and shift to the
desired operating gear. Release the pedal
gradually to start the P.T.O. and tractor in motion.
6. Control the P.T.O. speed with the throttle, never
exceeding 2292 rpm or 2325 rpm (if H.S.T.
equipped) for rear P.T.O. and 2251 or 2284 (if
H.S.T. equipped) rpm for mid P.T.O. If the tractor
movement is too fast for the
P.T.O. load, stop the tractor and shift to a
transmission lower gear.
7. Disengage the rear P.T.O. with the P.T.O. control
lever when making sharp turns with pull-type
equipment and with mounted equipment in the
fully raised position.
8. Disconnect the P.T.O.-driven shaft at the tractor
P.T.O. shaft before travelling on highways orfor
any great distance.
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