Help with PTO length

[mdhughes]

I have a Bush Hog RTS50-03 tiller and was able to use the PTO shaft that came with it, but I had to take my 3pt quick hitch off. The PTO shaft is to short with the quick hitch on, it only overlaps 3".

I have never bought a PTO shaft and was wondering what length to buy. I measured from the center of the U-joint on the tractor and on the tiller, that was 32". So what length do I buy? The shaft that came with the tiller has a sheer bolt, should I get another one with a sheer bolt, or would a slip clutch be better?

 

[russell.still.5]

I’ve always ordered my pto shafts longer than I needed and then cut them to fit. I would find one with a collapsed length close to the length you measured and cut from there if needed.

Could you add a slip clutch behind your current pto shat and it be long enough?


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[RBA50]

A driveline shop can replace the shafting with longer ones, or sell you the material to do it yourself. That way you only pay for the shaft material and not new yokes, etc. I've done it myself on my snowblower shafts that I had cut before I got the quick hitch.

 

[D2Cat]

MD, you might check with your local farm supply store and see if they have some PTO adapter parts. Something like this may solve your problem.

https://www.agrisupply.com/pto-adap...hAdv&zmam=77232640&zmas=1&zmac=15&zmap=106096

 

[tmstractor]

Here is a good video of how to measure PTO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBFJcvs5SE

 

[mdhughes]

MD, you might check with your local farm supply store and see if they have some PTO adapter parts. Something like this may solve your problem.

That would take care of the problem. Will have to check the local store to see what they have.

 

[mdhughes]

D2Cat,
I ordered a PTO extension last week and it came today. I couldn't use one like in the link you supplied, my PTO shaft on the tractor doesn't have a hole in it. A lot cheaper than ordering a new PTO shaft. This is what I ordered:

 

[D2Cat]

Nice! But I though folks couldn't post pictures? What did you do different?

 

[mdhughes]

Nice! But I though folks couldn't post pictures? What did you do different?

I did get an error message the first time I tried to upload it saying the size was to big, I made it a little smaller and it up loaded.

 

[SidecarFlip]

D2Cat,
I ordered a PTO extension last week and it came today. I couldn't use one like in the link you supplied, my PTO shaft on the tractor doesn't have a hole in it. A lot cheaper than ordering a new PTO shaft. This is what I ordered:

Myself, I prefer the clamp on over the pin style. I've has some incidents where the pin style comes off. The clamp on ones never come off but are a but more expensive to buy.