paulaner wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:11:36 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

dpb wrote:
On 9/21/2011 3:08 PM, HeyBub wrote:
...

... PTOs are (I think) fairly standardized...

_Very_ much so...540 (6-spline) and 1000 (21-spline) rpm are US
standards; virtually all larger tractors now have both as standard
equipment (interchangeable spindles, not two separate drives); smaller
utility tractors of the homeowner variety will generally be limited to
540 rpm.

Come to think on it, why don't devices with smaller engines have a PTO?

I could imagine a PTO on a lawnmower and a raft of attachements:
* Brush cutter
* Generator
* Black water pump
* Drain snake
* ???


I was thnking the same thing. I would really like a snowblower /
generator / power washer / pump. It would get used infrequently, but
often enough to keep it in good order.

My ex's father had something along those lines. He called it a
'tractor'. I know his had snowblower, tiller, snow plow, garden
plow, sickle-bar, attachments. It was in the 15HP range and had a
pair of maybe 4x15" tractor tires. He could hook it to a 4x4
trailer and it would tow him and a jag of wood across a field and up a
pretty steep incline.

I think it was a 1930-40 vintage Ariens--- might have been Gravely.

Jim